Can you filter/search images before importing them?

Is there a way to filter images before importing them in Lightroom?
Scenario
I work with an extensive image collection stored on a server. The images contain a full set of metadata, including keywords and more. When I work on a specific project, I import the images into a Lightroom collection. That way I can easily review, rate and add additional keywords to those best-of images.
The challenge is that the images I want to add are from numerous folders. Plus, I often only want to add some images from those folders (not the entire folder). This collection process can be very time consuming -- manually locating the images and checking/unchecking the ones I want and repeating the process for the different folders the images reside in.
The process could be greatly simplified (and a lot faster) if I could filter/search for images that contain key words or other metadata to find the full set of images I want to import.
The key is that I’m not using a workflow to simply import all images from a memory card or download folder. I’m working from a large collection of existing images and want to import a subset of those images.
Thanks in advance.

No, you cannot filter or search images before importing them.
But immediatley after import the images are automatically displayed in <Previous Import>.
They will be displayed there until you import another set of images.
While displayed in <Previous Import> they can be searched and filtered.

Similar Messages

How do you prepare still images before importing into FCP?

I'm working on a WWI documentary, so there are a lot of photos that need to be imported. Also each image needs to have movement set to them. The images are in a few different formats: JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PDF's. Their file sizes range from 28 KB - 102 MB. I thought of importing them into Photoshop, where I can resize and save as a PNG file. Then I thought I could open the images in Motion, put movement on the images and export each image as a quicktime file using compressor. My settings in FCP are as follows: AJA Kona LH: 525 29.97 Apple ProRes 422 (HQ). Frame size is 720x486. Does anyone know which is the best way to prepare images before importing them into FCP? Does anyone have a different workflow that works better?

Just make sure that they are bigger than 720x486 if you intend to be doing moves on them. an 28KB? As MASTER pics? Way too small...those will look like crud. But if you can make the images larger, about twice as large as your canvas, then you are fine.
Tutorial.
Movement on Stills
Shane

I connected a digital camera memory chip with approximately 100 photos on it. The photos showed up in iPhoto. I believe I deleted the photos from the memory chip before importing them. Is there any way I can get the photos back?

I connected a digital camera memory chip with approximately 100 photos on it to import into iPhoto. The photos showed up in iPhoto. I believe I deleted the photos from the memory chip before importing them to iPhoto. Is there any way I can get the photos back?

Terence, thanks that site is a gem...have to explore it more fully at home as it drove security here crazy
Looks like just the ticket for saving mistakes.

Can you filter iTunes search results by video or audio podcasts?

I have been searching for hours and haven't found a definite answer. Anyone know if this is possible?
Can you filter iTunes search results by video or audio podcasts?

I'm having the same problem. I go to Podcasts/Video Podcasts/News and they only give the featured, favorites (whose?), etc. I want to see all video news podcasts but if I then click on see all, it drops the video classification and shows all news podcasts. The iTunes search in general leaves a lot to be desired; its not very intuitive or pleasant to use, not the usual Apple experience.

Aperture Preview Images Before Import

Hi,
I have a doubt as to wheter I missinterpreted or a function is in fact not enabled in Aperture altought it is mentioned in the description of Aperture features.
In this webpage https://www.apple.com/aperture/features/#import on the "Preview Images Before Import" area one can read "Double-click any image in the Import window to view it at a larger size. You can also play video and audio clips before importing them.". Thou when I try to preview (or Quick Look) an image or video in the Import window from my iPod touch by double-clicking nothing happens ?!? Did I missinterpret? Is this behaviour not valid for iOS (iPod's or iPhone's) devices for some reason?
Please help me understand as previewing a video is extremelly valuable for me to know what to name the file before importing.
Thank you.
André

I must say this seems to me like a slightly false (or at the least missleading) advertisement.
I understand that iOS can pose a different protocol, but then one should not use a sentence like "Double-click any image in the Import window ".
You may want to send this feedback to the developer team using the feedback form:
Apple - Aperture - Feedback
The documentation could frofit from some corrections-

Can you add an image to the favourites icons in safari ios7?

A lot of my icons have no image. Can I add one myself? If not can you remove the icons without removing them as favourites

You can simply add it to the feed and re-upload. (You don't need to re-submit when adding episodes or making alterations.) If you are handwriting your feed (unlikely) it goes in the 'itunes:image' tag in the top section of the feed; if you are using a program or online service to create your podcast there will be somewhere you can add the image. It should ideally be 1400 x 1400 px.
Once uploaded, it will take some days before it appears in the iTunes Store.

IPhoto 2 shrinks images before uploading them to flickr

The new version of iPhoto 2 shrinks images before uploading them to flickr. Now you can't use flickr to backup your orginal photos through the iphoto app.

In fact no matter if I use a High or Medium compression size JPEG, the size after upload is the same.
Starts with 1,5 MB/5600px (high) or 780kb/5600px (medium) JPEG and ends after upload in 115kb for a 1024px image.
This means that iPhoto auto compress in order to publish to Mobile Me, even if we start with a bigger file.
I hope this info is useful to others.
Thanks.

Can you filter a custom report by postcode? I want to send an email marketing campaign to customers

Can you filter a custom report by postcode? I want to send an email marketing campaign to customers within a postcode range. How do you do this? Thanks.

Hey RP in Oz,
You can run a contacts report and select 'Default Address Type' as an 'Address Details Field' which will include the zip code a customer has inputted. You can then export the report, open it up in Excel (or similar) and filter based on the postcode. Once you have modified the list in excel, formatted it correctly and are satisfied, you can then import the report as a mailing list via E-Mail Marketing > Mailing Lists.

Can you add an image as a spacer in SpryMenuBars?

SpryMenuBarVertical.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1
Version CS5 DW – Windows XP 32bit system
Can you insert an image as a spacer in the Spry Menu Bar widget?
Page link: http://test.thunderscientific.com/NewMenuTest-Vertical.html
I need to insert an image between menu items; About Thunder and Product Information that matches the height and width of a new menu item with no link to anything.
I’ve tried the image as a background image and it just shows up as the image for all menu items and that’s not what I want.
Would I put the code in the HTML or in the CSS? I’ve tried both to no avail.
I also tried to add a new CSS rule and that didn’t work ether.
Is what I’m asking even a possibility?
Thanks,
Thunder Bolt
Menu

I just wanted to say thank you to "vw2ureg" for answering my post, and very quickly I might add.
This worked perfectly, the only thing I had to change was, the background from a color to an image, and the height to 15 pixels and it worked great!
Thanks very much…
ul.MenuBarVertical a.spacer {
background-image:url(../images/image.gif);
cursor: default !important;
height: 15px;

Can you replace existing images in Captivate 7 the way you can when using InDesign?

Can you replace existing images in Captivate 7 the way you can when using InDesign? I need to replace some images but wondering if I'll need to reformat, resize, rename for the Advanced Action, etc.

The work flow is a bit more complicated than in InDesign (keeps only a link to the image as you know in the frame). I understand the problem with the advanced/shared action references. This is my work flow, maybe someone else has an easier, shorter one:
Right-click on the image and use 'Find in Library' or use CTRL-ALT-F if it works on your keyboard (doesn't on my AZERTY one)
In the Library use the right-click menu to open the Properties or double-click the name of the image
In that dialog box, choose 'Import' and choose your new image; for some reason you cannot choose from the Library however, which I find really sad because I'm used to import all assets to the Library.
Drawback: if the new image has not the same width/height ratio, it will adapt to the original size of the image, you can use Edit image to repair. You'll keep the name of the image, you don't have to change advanced/shared actions.

I can no longer rotate photos after importing them.

I can no longer rotate photos after importing them. This option was available before they last update.

There is another current discussion about this going on. I copied it and pasted the answer here.
"Your functionallity is on an IPAD 2. This forum is refering to an IPAD 1!
I spoke to Apple technical support and they concur.
The feature was available on IOS 4.3 and was removed in IOS 5.
They directed me to 3rd Party Software. I told them this is not an anwser since I have 100's of picture which must be loaded in the the 3rd Party Software Rotated individually and saved back into the Save Folder.
They said if they have enough compliants it will be fixed in the next rev."
Here is the link to the thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16855424#16855424

Can you delete ODS indexes before loading each time in Process Chain

Can you delete ODS indexes before loading eachin time in Process Chain and rebuild them just like a cube.And do you have to delete the indexes if its a daily refresh where data is deleted and a full update is done everyday.

Hi,
Are you using Secondary Indices on the ODS objects. I thought the Primary Index (which is also the Key Part of the ODS) is automatically updated during the Data Activation in the ODS. I am not sure if the Secondary Indicies are also automatically updated by the system.
Naga

How can I delete short messages before reading them?

we are receiving short messages that are charged at USD 1.5 when opened. How can i deleted this messages before opening them?

Tap on "Edit" then you will get the option to select the circle to the left of the message for deletion. Tap "Delete x (number of) messages" displayed in red in the bottom left of the window.

I keep getting exact duplicate songs in playlists and libraries, how can you filter this out when upgrading these lists, or sync to the same device again? And how to do it without going through each and every P'list or Library ?

I have Windows XP-Pro SP3, the latest upgrades of Three media players, iTunes being the default player. I keep getting duplicates in playlists, libraries etc., of the same version of song. Everytime i make a change or renew my media to device or SYNC it wants to add duplicates to the computer disk, lists etc. Can you filter out same copies without having to edit each and every song, which in my case is quite large. For instance if you want to convert all mpeg, or mp4-a files to AAC you will end up with duplicates of each file type. Or you sync to an ipod, the library adds to itself---- including copies of songs already in it, if in a different file version.

Your refer to:
" if you want to convert all mpeg, or mp4-a files to AAC "
This will always duplicate files within iTunes. I need to ask why you're doing this conversion - all formats are compatible with iTunes, and conversion between mp3 and AAC will always involve some loss of quality.

How can you upload an image to MYSQL using php?

Ok this is a joint thread with one of my other ones because no one else was posting on it, so I did not get what I needed, so, How can you upload an image to mysql so when some one logs on to my site, they see or can upload there own avatar, now there are loads of problems with this, 1) many people don't know how, 2) It's not every day you try to encode a image into mysql, 3) Letting people upload images into mysql can cause traffic problem with people trying to log in. So that's it.

Uploading images into MySQL is a bad idea, for more reasons than you mention. You should store the images in a directory on the server instead. But if you want to learn the hard way, here is the method:
The mysql data type must be blob.
The form enctype must be multipart, like this: enctype="multipart/form-data"
The form input field myst be type file, like this: <input type="file" name="upload"/>
Here is example code that prepares the variable $photodata to be inserted into the database.
$uploadfile = $_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'];
$photoname = $_FILES['upload']['name'];
$uploadtype = $_FILES['upload']['type'];
if ($uploadfile != "") {
$tempfile = fopen($uploadfile, 'rb');
$filesize=filesize($uploadfile);
$width=getimagesize($uploadfile);
$widthx=$width[0];
$heightx=$width[1];
if (($widthx > 102) or (heightx > 135)){
$image_too_big = " but the image size was too large and was not submitted.";
} else {
$photodata = fread($tempfile, filesize($uploadfile));
$photodata = addslashes($photodata);

Can you filter/search images before importing them?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for