Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Control+Click or right-click on the folder name
Choose “Synchronize Folder…” from the contextual menu (see Figure 3-16) to open
the Import window where you can see previews of the changed to be made during
the sync. Also, and maybe more importantly, metadata entries remaining from your
Previous Import, such as keywords and copyright notice, can be inadvertently applied
to photos added to the catalog during the sync process. Check those i elds before
executing the sync. Press Return or Enter to sync the Folder.
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COLLECTIONS AND FILTERED SOURCES
In addition to the ability to manipulate actual i les and folders on disk from within
Lightroom, there are even more powerful options for i nding, organizing and sorting
your photographs using
virtual
sources created in the database.
Collections
are like “virtual folders”; they exist only in the Lightroom database. A
single photograph can be a member of any number of Collections without requiring
additional copies of the i le on disk. Collections are an example of Lightroom's ability to
reference a single image in multiple ways from within the database.
Filters
dei ne image
sources using criteria you specify and are used to rei ne other, higher-level sources.
Collections and Filters are discussed in detail later in this chapter.
KEYWORDS AS SOURCES
You can create image sources using the Keyword
List panel; see Figure 3-17. When you place your
cursor over a keyword an arrow appears to the
right. Click the arrow to view images containing
that keyword. Note that this will only i nd photos
with that keyword
in the current source.
In other
words, if you want to search for photos with
a specii c keyword within a folder, make sure
that folder is selected i rst before clicking the
keyword arrow.
Figure 3-17
For searches on multiple keywords, use the text i lter
To set up image sources using multiple keywords, use the Filter Bar controls
instead of the Keyword List (discussed later in this chapter).
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