When in Loupe view (in a Collection) tapping the Delete/Backspace key will remove the active photo from the Collection but not from the folder/catalog.Cmd + Shift + Option + Return (Mac) | Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Backspace (Win) removes an image from a Collection and moves the image(s) to the Trash (Mac) | Recycle Bin (Win).Removing Images from Collections - When in Grid view (in a Collection) tapping the Delete/Backspace key will remove the selected photo(s) from the Collection but not from the folder/catalog. Control -click (Mac) | right -click (Win) on the Collection Set (in the Collections panel), that you want the new collection to be contained within, and choose Create Collection (Lightroom Classic will automatically choose the correct Collection Set in the Location area of the Create Collection dialog).
Click the plus (+) icon on the Collections panel and select Create Collection.Clicking on a Collection Set will display ALL of the images within ALL of the Set’s collections.Ĭreating Collections - To create a new Collection:.Click the plus (+) icon on the Collection Panel header to choose to sort Collections by Name or by Kind.Command + Option + B (Mac) | Control + Alt + B (Win) will convert (or save) a Quick Collection to a regular Collection.Ĭollection Sets - In order to organize your collections, use the plus (+) icon on the Collections panel header and select Create Collection Set, name it, and then drag and drop your Collections and Smart Collections into the Set.Command + Shift + B (Mac) | Control + Shift + B (Win) will delete the contents (clear) of a Quick Collection.Tapping it again returns you to your previous location (folder, collection etc.). Command + B (Mac) | Control + B (Win) will display the contents of a Quick Collection.Tapping the “B” key adds the selected image(s) to a Quick Collection.Quick Collection -Quick Collection (in the Catalog panel), was designed to create a temporary collection of images. Here are several tips/shortcuts for working with collections:
We can even add songs from several records to the same collection to create a custom “mix” of songs. Note: Another way to think about Folders and Collections would be to compare a folder to a record that contains 20 songs, if we don’t want to listen to them all, we can make a “collection” and add only the songs that we like from the record. And, if you make changes to an image, the changes are automatically updated across Collections. You can create as many Collections as you need, add as many photographs to each Collection as you want (even adding the same photograph to multiple Collections), and add Collection Sets to help organize the Collections. without moving the original images from their Folders and/or duplicating the images on the hard drive. I would create a Collection and add my favorite image(s) from each shoot to the Collection in order to create a custom sort order, sync with Lightroom mobile, show to a client, post on my portfolio etc. For example, I might have twenty Folders, each one containing landscapes from different location shoots. A Folder will typically hold all of the images from a specific shoot, client, or date for example, whereas a Collection is used to combine groups of images together “virtually”. Most photographers use a combination of Folders and Collections to organize their images in Lightroom Classic.