I want to make a smart collection that searches "any searchable metadata"

which metadata fields are best to use and will work

ClayStudio_34 wrote:
the field I want to filter is under IPTC...the "Category" and "Other Categories" fields. Are those fields considered searable metadata?
Sorry. - I don't know the answer to your question.
I always assumed that "All Searchable Metadata" meant "Any Of The Fields You Can See In Lightroom". In other words, I thought it was just a convenience when you didn't know what field you wanted, or as a shortcut for specifying them all.
It's possible "All Searchable Metadata" includes fields you can't otherwise see as well, I just don't know - sorry.
Maybe somebody else knows the answer to your question (you can test this, I just haven't).
But if you can't get at it via Lr native, try one (or all) of the previously mentioned plugins.
* AnyFilter can access any info available to the SDK (i.e. available to plugins without resorting to external applications like exiftool), which includes things you can't get at via the native Lr user interface (but it can't get at all exif metadata).
* ExifMeta can get at all exif metadata.
* DevMeta is for develop settings metadata and includes a few bonus items.
Cheers,
Rob

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