LIBRARY - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3: Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process - page 130

Typically, you will start with photos from an image source, such as a folder or
collection, then apply i lters to see only the photographs you want from within
that source. h us, i lters are used to rei ne other sources. When you've created a
i ltered view, you can add those photos to a collection for easier access later.

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⌘ +F or Ctrl+F
Opens the
Text i lter bar
and inserts
the cursor in
the text search
i eld. Type a
string of text to
search for and
press Return or
Enter.

Lightroom
comes with some
built in i lter
sets, including
Flagged, Rated,
etc. Load these
i lters using the
popup menu
on either the
Filter Bar or the
Filmstrip (see
Figure 3-64).

Figure 3-64

You can also set up your own i lters based on a wide range of criteria, including
image i le properties and metadata such as keywords and attributes. Filters can be
combined to create any kind of i le grouping and can be saved as presets for later use.

By default, i lters are specii c to the folder or collection source to which they are
applied, and are saved automatically, so dif erent sources can have dif erent i lters
enabled.

In Lightroom 3, the i lter state is no longer tied just to the current source. Now,
i lter settings can be “locked” so the i lter's criteria persist even when switching
between sources. Click the lock icon on the Filter Bar to lock the i lter in place (see
Figure 3-65).

Figure 3-65

Showing the whole Filter Bar
If the Lightroom application window and main preview area are not wide
enough, the right side of the Filter Bar will not be visible (see Figure 3-66).
Make the window
larger and the panels
narrower, or hide
unused panels, to see
the entire Filter Bar.

Figure 3-66