To find virtual Copies to smart Collections

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• convert images in virtual copies in a collection

  When you create collections in LR5 + you create a pointer to the master file. If you make changes to the images in a collection you change the master. To avoid this you can convert images in a collection to a virtual copies that will be virtual copy

  I don't know if it was a question? In case, it was...

  You can not turn directly copy (convert) an image inside a Collection, in a virtual. A master or a virtual copy (or both) can be added to a collection. There is a 'switch' master status command and copy a version of the given image - but if you have done such an image inside of a Collection version, you also would do the same for the image version outside of the Collection, as well.

  If master images have been added to a Collection, it is possible to make virtual copies of those - then that, if this is done by working 'inside' collection, will result in membership (a little) this special collection, can be inherited by the new virtual copies. Images of masters could then be removed from the collection, leaving only copies. These copies would of course also be considered, alongside their masters, when the relevant image file was seen.

  As part of creating a new Collection, there is an option to add the images highlighted. Beneath this, is an option for this have to happen in the form of new virtual copies - rather than add the masters of these images to the Collection. Was it that you were talking to the OP?

• Lost smart collections

  I tried to export a collection of photos on my desktop on an iMac. He said the successful exportwas so I closed the program.  The photos were not on the desktop and when I went back in lightroom that all my 'smart' collections have disappeared except for one.  It has happened, but they reappear magically at the end of 5 minutes.  This time, they have not... any suggestions!

  In Lightroom (not your operating system), browse to the file-> open the new item and select each catalog here until you find the one with smart collections.

• (Find and) removing the virtual copies

  Hello.

  I managed to create virtual copies of 1000 or more photos. This happened (I think) while trying to clean a file in the collection. What I want to do now, so to sort - and isolate? -virtual copies created accidentally. I tried to use Copies of filter/Virtual Library and sorting during editing, but it still seems that it will take time to find those that have been made virtual copies by intention and those who were not. As I also did a lot of editing work before this accident, I would rather not return a previous backup.

  So, to summarize: what is the best way to find only the created virtual copies from say 10:00 this morning?

  Thanks in advance,

  OLE k

  While you can order by order added, I don't see anything to display. I said descending because then the accidental should be the first to that see you.

  I think I may have confused things by saying smart collection / contains / whatever. The only goal was to find all virtual copies, so we could then see those accidental. We cannot do this by file Type, but we can do it by searching for a letter, for example 'o', which we know will be in the copy name field.

  Another approach would have been to go to these collections. Alt Ctrl Shift Delete (PC) or remove Opt Shift Cmd (Mac) is necessary to remove the items from Lightroom - what is necessary because a simple deletion would only remove the item from this collection.

  John

• How to identify the virtual copies (in my records) that have already been deleted a collection

  Hello!

  I keep looking for an answer to this anywhere on the web and 3 books, but can't find the answer...

  How to identify the virtual copies (in my records) that have already been deleted a collection?

  Here's the workflow, and where I'm stuck.

  1. I chose a picture and put it in a collection.

  2. I did a whole bunch of virtual photos in the collection copies that I tried different modifications.

  3. after and during a lot of changes, I have a lot of virtual copies removed from my collection because I decided against the changes after doing some comparisons.

  4. when I went the folders to select my next picture to work away and so to add to the collection, I discovered that each of my virtual copies was in the original folder, even if I had deleted from my collection.

  5. I really don't want these virtual copies deleted to be in my home folder.  They were virtual copies of trial and error and I wanted them to really just be thrown out.

  6. how to identify these virtual copies removed-from-the-collection in my folder?  File names all look the same, and besides, I want to be absolutely certain that I have selected the right ones.  Some of the changes were very minor and would be difficult to see without laboriously go through them one by one.

  Thank you very much!!

  Anne

  No easy answer on fixing the mess other than an individual inspection of the virtual copy can't watching the Images/Edit history to determine which ones that you no longer need.

  But to help prevent the problem in the future: when you are working from a collection, you must use ALT + return back to remove a copy of Photo or virtual catalog. With just the key DELETE or BACKSPACE only deletes the photo from the collection.

• How to retrieve virtual copies + information meta for photos which were in lightroom and climbed settles in the finder

  Hey there,

  Since I bought my new camera, I was extremely organized in my new photo folders. (organized by date, name of the event. ex: "YYYY-MM-DD - golf tournament").

  It's all about my 'external hard drive', in a folder called "photography hdd."

  tonight, I decided to go in a different folder on the same external hard drive (external hard drive > media > photos) that was never held. I used the same organization method mentioned above and created folders organized by date to reorganize these photos.

  then, when I was organizing the 'pictures' folder, I dragged all these organized by date records "photography-hdd", then deleted this folder "photos". in other words, I have added to my Lightroom main library folder where all the other those published were always.

  then I got the idea great to change the name 'photography hdd' to 'pictures', simply because it was more clean...
  

  Once in Lightroom, I did not know what to click to Update my file "photography hdd", now called "photos" in the Finder. so I think that I clicked and selected "update folder location" and selected the new 'pictures' folder (which was essentially the same folder as 'photography hdd' but with a new name - I guess it's this that mixed up Lightroom).

  Then, all the pictures are gone. None appeared.

  I decided to rename 'Photo' of 'photography hdd', hoping that Lightroom would recognize the name and then understand where the files are located. but it changed nothing.

  I saw that I had not a lot of options, I tried to synchronize the folder "photography hdd." It appeared as if I was importing 12000 new photos - I understood so that the pictures I had initially in it would be not be recognized even if I put the folder parent its original name "photography hdd."

  is it possible to recover the changes that I made to the files that were there at the beginning, until I screwed? all I care is to obtain changes that same back (called virtual copies I think).

  Please note: I haven't changed the names of file and their respective names organized by date file. all, I changed, it was the name of the parent folder, but I put it its original name. the BIG problem and the cause of all this, is that I did all my changes to folder in the Finder, and not in Lightroom.

  It may be better to use your last backup. Unzip the file and double-click the .lrcat file to launch your named catalog.

  Then try to update the files individually link to the new location.

• How is possible to create a smart collection to find all the photos that are not belongs to any collection?

  Hello

  How is possible to create a Smart Collection to find all the photos are not belongs to any collection?

  "Yesterday I was importing a lot of photo when my camera battery died then I succeeded him and continued to import without thinking that the previous import collection literally means" previous import. "

  So I need to find a way to create a smart collection that will reveal all the photos that do not belong to any collection.

  I solved the problem with a workaround is creating a collection based on the date of the photo which worked well, but must be nice to have a more general collection to find all the photo that are not from the collections.

  Thanks in advance,

  Marco.

  Another way to do

  1. Select all photos in the catalog

  2 dismiss a color label

  3. go to collections and multi select all your collections (ctrl)

  4. select images and give them a color

  5. return to the catalogue

  6. filter by color label - No

• Batch modify virtual copies to teachers

  Hi all

  I recently merged two catalogs and I'm trying to deal with all virtual copies created by the process.

  Basically, I merged my main catalog, which will automatically create xmp in the file, with a catalogue containing many duplicates but with no metadata on them, essentially creating a conflict.

  Lightroom processes the conflict by creating virtual copies of the duplicate files and moving all the metadata on them, leaving UN masters in the catalogue and the directory. So now, I have all my ratings, tags, keywords and information of the collection of 8 000 images on the virtual copies, not on the masters...

  I want to get rid of the virtual copies and re - write metadata on the masters but can't seem to find an easy way to do it.

  That's what I tried so far

  1. define the virtual copies as masters

  That would be my favorite way to do it and then go and remove the virtual copies safely. Unfortunately, I can't be able to do this on several virtual copies at a time.

  2 remove the master

  I thought that maybe if I removed the master, the virtual copy automatically take his place. They both refer to the same file... But none. Remove the master, removes them as well. I guess it's perfectly logical on any scenario!

  3 save metadata about the file of VC

  Unfortunately, you cannot perform this action

  4. synchronization of metadata in the stacks by using plugin Syncomatic

  This would be to merge the key words, which is an important step! But other metadata, control would replace the VC, the meaning to lose them. Fortunately, you can only choose to synchronize key words, so that's something. The main question here is of all collections. I have to go and add them manually.

  That's what I got so far, so I need some inspiration, you guys!

  Are there easy ways to do what I did and did not know?

  Is there a way to virtual copies of batch changes to the masters?

  Is it possible to synchronization metadata with a choice of how to resolve conflicts?

  Is there a way to put images superimposed in the collections where appears a single image of the battery? Or any workaround for synchronization of collections quickly? Once again, with the choice of the VC being chosen in case of conflict.

  Or any other solutions, plug-ins etc? I would really appreciate your help

  I have merged my main catalog, which will automatically create xmp in the file, with a catalogue containing many duplicates but with no metadata on them, essentially creating a conflict. Lightroom processes the conflict by creating virtual copies of the duplicate files and moving all the metadata on them, leaving UN masters in the catalogue and the directory. So now, I have all my ratings, tags, keywords and information of the collection of 8 000 images on the virtual copies, not on the masters...

  Rather than trying to fix the result of the merger, you have already done, it might be useful to take a step back and reconsider how you did the merger.  (This is assuming that you have a backup two catalogs that allows you to go back to, right?)

  To test my understanding, you have two catalogs, call them A and B.  B a lot of pictures of A duplicate, and these duplicates have no metadata and are not placed in the collections that they are in A.  While in A, you have imported B, by selecting the option Replace: metadata settings and develop. The pictures that were in B but not got merged into A very well. But if a peak has been in the two catalogues, his master had its metadata replaced by B 'empty' metadata, with a virtual copy that is created that contains the metadata of origin.   Even worse, that master has been removed collections is, replaced by its virtual copy.

  To avoid this, why not just select the option Replace: nothing?  In this way, only the photos in B that are not in a will get imported into A.

  If my interpretation is not correct, then provide details of the scenario, using the same terms (A and B).

• You can save smart collections as the regular collections.

  I want to use the photos captured in a smart collection of Lightroom in a slideshow, but I want to change the order of the slides. can I save the slides or copy them into another collection where I can do? Alternative workaround? Thank you

  You cannot change the sort order of a smart collection. However, you can select all or some of the photos in a smart collection can do a regular collection by clicking on the button at the top right of the Collections Panel +. A dialog box opens that allows you to make virtual Copies of the selected photos. This is not absolutely necessary, but it does not hurt, especially if you decide to make additional changes to the photos that will be specific to the slide show.

• LR4 will make virtual copies

  I installed LR4.4 and now it will not create virtual copies. He said that this was the case, but none does not appear. Show badges is always checked in display options.

  Make sure that you have disabled filters and/or ensure that you operate not out a smart collection that excludes the VCs.

• Stop Lr count virtual Copies?

  In the library filter, gives counties of photographs meet certain selection criteria and this is useful to get a feeling for the content of his portfolio. However, as it creates virtual copies for the various parameters of development and/or form factors, Lr account copies everything virtual. Thus, these photographs more worked on count, which is not what you want in most cases. A way to tell Lr to count all virtual copies and the original photograph as a single photo?

  Thank you!

  N °

  You can use the library to filter to filter the VCs.

  Also, can set smart collections that only photos of master shows ('copy name' is not empty). This is the counter still shows yo the number of 'real' image files in the catalog.

• anyone else having additional virtual copies automatically created in LR 3.0?

  I work with LR 3.0 for a few months and have seen some wierdness in some of my folders. Something is causing the virtual to create for all photos in certain directories copies.  I've yet to find a boss.  Today, I was building a slide show of a collection.  When I got back to the underlying files, I noticed that all the photos were several VCs that were not there before that I started in the slideshow module.  I built the show twice, once for the PDF and once for JPG.  I can't correlate with additional VCs slideshows, but it is suggestive, at least for this directory.  Has anyone else had virtual copies of pop-up without creating for themselves?

  Uncheck the option to make new virtual copies in the create Collection dialog box.

  

• Source all these virtual Copies?

  I do my annual LR Catalog cleanup and have met with hundreds of the hundreds (maybe thousands!) of virtual Copies next to the originals as well as hundreds / thousands of them in the catalogue "Update Photos."

  To the best of my memory and knowledge, I've never manually made these virtual Copies and have never exported images with instructions for stacking or any other type of instructions that would generate a virtual copy. But I guess I did SOMETHING. Someone has an idea? I spend an inordinate amount of time deleting those copies. Some of the copies have parameters of treatment. Most don't. ???????

  -Steve

  Go to all of the photographs reveal the library filter (CtrlF or Cmd F) and then filter the catalog of VCs. You can then remove them more quickly.

  How they appear? Not by themselves! You have possibly set them when you created a new collection and chose the option of VC. Otherwise, you may have used a keyboard shortcut. Or are they test copies? See the copy name field - it'll be a paper profile name if this is how they were made.

• Using Smart Gallery to reflect a Smart Collection?

  I would like to create a smart Gallery based on criteria (pick flag, label color, category) so that my best images will automatically enter in this collection "my best Images.

  I then create a smart Gallery in Zenfolio reflecting this collection?

  I tried to create a smart Gallery whose criteria is simply "Source contains all of the words"my best Images", but that doesn't seem to work. He produced images of 0.

  Any help would be appreciated!

  NIC

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  Information on how to proceed are of-kind-of sort on help page, but it is not clearly presented. To create a smart post the collection in a Zenfolio service:

  1. at Zenfolio.com, in the Photos section, create a new empty gallery:

  

  2. right click on the Zenfolio service in Control Panel Services publish and select change settings.

  

  3. step off to the Zenfolio section: galleries to publish this Service.

  4. press the button to refresh the list. Then scroll down the list of galleries, find that you just create at Zenfolio.com and verify the chip:

  

  5. at the bottom of the Edit settings window, click Save.

  6. in the Zenfolio service in Control Panel Services to publish, with the right button of the new gallery and select Gallery Smart Edit to enter your smart collection criteria.

• I'm totally confused about records, collections and smart collections.

  I am a complete newbie to Lr so please forgive what are fundamental questions without doubt!

  In records, I have 2 folders - Annecy and Aix which have different vacation photos.

  In Collections, under smart Collections, I have a folder named Aix which has my pictures of Aix and that is synchronized to Lr on my ipad.  However, although Annecy is listed under Collections, it is in a folder at the top of a new tree under smart Collections but does not part of smart Collections.  I hope that makes sense!  This issue of Annecy does contain pictures, and the only thing being synchronized on ipad is the name of the folder.  How can I copy photos from the folder in the folders in the Collections folder?

  I read that peaks must be in the Collections before they can be synchronized.  However, on the ipad there is that a folder named "Pictures Lightroom" it contains 242, the same as "all photographs synchronized" under the heading catalog when Lr appears on my desktop.  At present, I am initially upload my pictures in my office and then import to the RL.

  Finally, about mobile Lr in response to a previous johnreliis investigation informed that I must ensure that I am connected to creative cloud on the ipad before being able to view synchronized + photos on the ipad.  I downloaded Lr mobile on the Apple store and have nothing to CC on the ipad.  Now, I wonder if the reason that the pictures of Annecy are not displayed on the ipad is due to the fact that, at the present time, they are not in a Collection.

  Thanks in advance for all you can give me advice.

  Richard

  Just drag Annecy out of smart Collections and next to Aix.

  What is called "smart Collections" is actually a Collection Set - that is a container for other regular or silent collections (like your Aix) and smart collections which include images of criteria that you define. Notice how "Smart Collections of" has a different icon from the smart collections inside, looking more like a box. So what you could do then is to create a set of Collection called France and drag Annecy and Aix in it.

  To get the pictures in the Annecy collection, you can find them in your folders and drag the thumbnails in the grid and place in Annecy.