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Organizing photos
Last updated 11/30/2015
• To rename the preset, choose Rename Preset [preset name]. Type a name in the Preset Name text box, and then
click Rename.
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Filter photos in the Filmstrip and Grid view
Find photos using the Library Filter bar
Find photos using the Attribute filters
Video tutorial: Working with Basic Filters
Use keywords
Keywords are customer-added image metadata that describes the contents of a photo. They help you identify, search
for, and find photos in the catalog. Once applied to photos, keywords can be read by Adobe applications such as Adobe
Bridge, Photoshop, or Photoshop Elements, or other applications that support XMP metadata.
Lightroom provides several ways to apply keywords to photos. You can type or select them in the Keywording panel,
or drag photos to specific keywords in the Keyword List panel.
In the Grid view, photos with keywords display a thumbnail badge . All keywords in the catalog are viewed in the
Keyword List panel. You can add, edit, rename, or delete keywords at any time. When creating or editing keywords, you
can specify synonyms and export options. Synonyms are related terms for keywords. When you select photos that
contain keywords with synonyms, the synonyms appear in the Keywording panel when Keyword > Will Export is
selected.
Keywords can contain other, nested keywords. For example, the keyword animals might contain the keywords dogs and
cats. The keyword dogs, in turn, might contain Australian Shepherd, Border Collie, and so on.
Also, you can organize keywords into groups called keyword sets. By choosing a specific keyword set, relevant keywords
are more accessible. This is especially useful as you add more keywords to the catalog.
For more about creating and using keywords, watch the following video tutorial.
View keywords
All keywords are located in the Keyword List panel. Each keyword displays the number of photos containing it.
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In the Library module, do any of the following:
• To view the keywords in the catalog, expand the Keyword List panel.
• To view keywords for one photo, select it in the Grid view or in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view
and look in the Keywords area of the Keywording panel. Or look at the Keyword List panel: A check mark to the
left of a keyword in the Keyword List panel indicates that the selected photo contains that tag.
• To view keywords for more than one photo, select the photos in the Grid view and look in the Keywords area of
the Keywording panel. An asterisk appears to next to the keywords not shared by all the selected photos. In the
Keyword List panel, a minus sign to the left of a keyword indicates the tag is not shared by all selected photos.