Lens setting as Filter and/or Smart Collection?

Hello,
In the "view Option" menu I can choose to show "lens setting" parameter (focal lenght).
But I can't filter the images by "lens setting", there isn't this option in the Library filter - metadata.
Also a I can't create a Smart collection by "Lens setting".
There is the "lens" option showing lens model only...
Can you help me?

The screen shot shown below shows one way of creating a Smart Collection that filters shots that may have been taken the range 21-28mm. Note that for this type filtering you need to use any for the Match rather than all. I find that contains words in this type of filter reduces the number of false positives (e.g. 240 mm can get through contains all whereas it's filter out by contains words)
any is OR and all is AND

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What is the difference between a keyword collection and a smart collection?

I am trying to figure out how to work with a smart collection.
I have no clue/
May someone with more experience on FCU ProX help me please

With Keyword Collections, you apply descriptions (Keywords) that make organizational sense to you: examples, Close up, Wide Shot, Exterior, Action, and so forth. Smart Collections are made from rules that might include Text, Date, Format, and so forth,
Here's a video with examples,
Russ

Smart collection has "source color profile" as filter option, does not work on camera profiles

In Lightroom 5 i tried to use the "source color profile" filter option in smart collection, however it only seems to work on rgb files (jpg, tiff) that have a profile embedded. It does not work on values like "Adobe Standard" which is a "source" profile of a RAW file, or any of the camera profiles i can choose fo given Raw file. What am i doing wrong?
The Help does not give any clue on this, nor does the coverage by any of the Lightroom guru's like Juleanne Kost.

In my opinion the filter is acting correctly.
The Adobe Standard profile is not a profile defined in the source file, it is a profile assigned to the file in the raw converter and used with raw files that do not have a source color profile, already, so to me the filter is acting correctly because “source” means where the profile comes from, rather than what profile a master photo has had assigned to it.
The source-color-profile option is useful to determine the size of the color gamut in a file’s color numbers which indicates its suitability for various purposes: An sRGB file can be safely uploaded to the web, an AdobeRGB file is going to look right on a wide-gamut monitor and printablebut shouldn’t be uploaded to the web, while a ProPhotoRGB file has a large color space and can be safely edited in a way that adjusts the colors significantly, especially if it is 16-bit, without color-banding or posterization, but a ProPhotoRGB file will probably not look good if directly uploaded to the web or sent to a print-shop that doesn’t do their own color profile conversions.
I would agree that being able to filter raw files based on the assigned color profile would also be useful, but this is a different thing, to me at least, than filtering by the source-color-profile.

Missing Smart Collection Filter?

I've tried:
- Opening other smart collections
- Opening other events and other smart collections
- Opening other projects, events, and other smart collections
- Restarting the application
- Restarting computer
- Reinstalling the application

Have you tried trashing your preferences?
Unexplained faults like this can often be fixed by clearing out FCP X's preferences (for some reason, they get knotted up from time to time).
Download Digital Rebellion's Preference Manager (free, simple to use, and perfectly safe, both to download and use).
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
With Preference Manager, you can backup the Prefs when FCP X (or any of the Apple Professional Applications) are working normally. Then when either of the applications are acting strangely, Trash the Preferences, then Restore from your backups (just a mouse-click).
If you trash the prefs and don't restore them, you will need to manually restore all your FCP X settings again, so it's a great idea to backup Preferences from time to time when FCP X is working well, then your backups are up to date.
Doesn't fix every problem, but it fixes a lot.
Andy

Smart Collection reference Smart Collection?

The "Collection" criteria for a Smart Collection doesn't pick up other Smart Collections, does it?

Right: "collection" means "not smart" collections (only) - not sets.
that said, Lr natively supports smart collection unions (by multi-selecting smart collections), which is useful.
PS - the Smart Filter (plugin) supports smart collection intersection (when multi-selecting smart collections) - which is how Lr used to work natively, and was also useful.. (and yes: it irks me when Adobe removes features which I'd become accustomed to).
R

Smart collection shows as not in a collection

I am hoping my 100% answered questions are kept up with this one :O)
I am trying to do a collection that contains all images that are not in a collection (including smart collections).
1) Is this possible?
I ask because logic says that if the search finds images then puts them in this collection, that wil mean that they are no longer without a collection, a bit of a continuous circle!
2) I have tried to do the above with what I thought was sucess, 6000 of my 11,000 images were found which I initially thought to be correct. However on thorough investigation I have found that images in SMART collections are classed as not being in a collection. I proved this by right clicking the image and selecting "Show in Collection" and every smart collection image always returns the greyed out "Not in a collection".
By the way, the search I set up was:
Collection.....Doesn't contain......a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z
Any ideas?

Thanks for the answers.
Its a shame LR seems to class smart collections as more of a query or a search rather than an "automatic" collection. It would be nice to filter to show all photos NOT in any type of collection, which would make deleting images easier (for me anyway).
An example was I have some poor quality photos which I deleted (I don't want to bloat my catalog!) only to find out later that they belonged to a smart collection which had a particular significance which I wanted to keep. I had right clicked on them to see if they were in a collection, which showed as none.
This means that in my type of workflow I can sadly not use smart collections and all of their advantages.
Hopefully in LR 3.0?

Smart Collection Filtering Problem

I have set-up identical smart collections in both Bridge and Lightroom 2.4.
In Bridge I have a Keyword called "Collages" and a sub-keyword (under Collages) called "Story Bridge".
In Bridge there are some images where I have only clicked on the sub-keyword "Story Bridge" (and not Callages). There are other images where I select the keyword "Collages" as well as sub-keyword "Story Bridge".
In Bridge I then set-up a smart collection that filters for both "Collages" and "Story Bridge". Both must be in the keywords for the image. This filters correctly ie the images that were only keyworded as "Story Bridge" are not included in the collection.
I then go to Lightroom and synchronise the relevant folders so all keywords in Bridge are brought into Lightroom.
I then set-up exactly the same Smart Collection that must have both "Collages" and "Story Bridge" as their keywords. This time Lightroom also includes all images that were only keyworded with "Story Bridge". Why is this so? I only want the images that have both "Collages" and "Story Bridge" in their keywords but I now also get the images with just "Story Bridge" as their keyword.
I have selected "Match all of the following rules" and added 2 rules for "Collages" and "Story Bridge".
In Bridge I get the correct filtered images but in Lightroom, with the same rules, I get all images with "Collages" or "Story Bridge" as keywords.
I have attached the smart collection filter dialogue boxes for both Bridge and Lightroom.
Any help would be appreciated.

I suspect that we will see these differences go away in time. Bridge is part of the Creative Suite and Photoshop family and codebase. Lightroom, while part of the Photoshop family, was a whole new approach with an entirely different codebase. Over time we'll see more convergence and various aspects of the applications will operate similarly.
I'm sure it's a monumental task for the teams at Adobe to coordinate all these moving pieces and features. Who knows what LR 3.0 and CS5 will bring to the table!

Unable to Create Smart Collection in Bridge CC

I've recently ungraded to Bridge CC, and one of the first things I wanted to get set up again are my smart collections. When I click the "new smart collection" icon the dialog box appears, I specify the type of folder I want to create (exactly how I have done hundreds of times before in CS6) and then I hit "Save" and nothing happens? It shows an active blue "save" button, but when I hit save nothing happens? Anyone else experience anything like this?

I just found an article to which you had replied Jim.
Your comment leads me to believe that my assumption was correct ... if the NAS is connected (original images) then the histogram in the Develop Module should show "Original+Smart Previews".

Cannot any longer save new smart collections

Hi, after reinstalling Photoshop CS6 I cannot any longer save smart collections in Bridge. Always I want to create a smart collection by entering criteria, but when I click on SAVE, it is not saved. After some time of waiting, I always have to cancel, to close the pop-up window that should allow me to save the new smart collection. In my old installation (before I had to install a new hard disk), setting up and saving smart collections never was a problem.
ALL updates of CS6 have been installed. And I am under WINDOWS 7. Version of CS6 is: 13.01 x64
Before, I used a regular hard disk for the system, now I have a SSD, plus several hard disks for data storage.
Can anybody help me with advice what the problem is?
That whould be great. Thanx,
Jochen

There is also a Bridge Forum you can search ans ask in Bridge General Discussion

Smart Collection Keyword Problem

I'm having a problem with smart collections. I do bird photography and am trying to catalog my bird images. I created a collection set called Birds, and I created sub-collection sets for various species. Smart collections by and large do a good job of pulling images into the proper smart collections based upon keywords I've assigned to images. But I'm having a problem with a couple of keywords.
I have a collection set called Ducks, and inside I have the different duck species set up as smart collections. The rules for the smart collection for a given species are simple. For Harlequin Duck, the rule is: Keywords, Contains Words, Harlequin Duck. All of my Harlequin Duck images are correctly pulled into that smart collection. But if I try to create a smart collection called Long-Tailed Duck using the same rule structure, no images show up. The same goes for the smart collection called Wood Duck: no images are pulled into the smart collection. However, if I change the rule for Long-Tailed Duck to: Keywords, Contains All, Long-Tailed Duck, all of the images appear in the smart collection. This also works for the Wood Duck collection. If I look at the Keyword list on the right of the screen, both of the problem keywords are there and you can see the correct number of images next to the keyword.
Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug? How can I fix this problem? Thanks for your help!

Contains All - Treats the input as multiple "word fragments" and matches any photo that has a keyword that contains all of the "word fragments", even if only in part (i.e. as substring).
For example: If you have two photos:
Photo A, with: 'Big Mallard Ducks'
Photo B, with: 'Small Mallard Ducks'
Then Contains All:
'allar uck ig' will match photo A, but not B.
'allar uck' will match both.
'Contains Words' is confusing as heck - I took a whack then realized I was wrong. Maybe somebody else can educate us both.
I just did this test - I have a photo with the keyword:
'Big Mallard Ducks'
then Contains Words:
Big - matches
Mallard - matches
Big Mallard - matches
Mallard Big - matches
Big Mallard Ducks - does not
Mallard Ducks - does not
Ducks Mallard - does not
Big Ducks - does not
Ducks - does not
Straight from the latest help file: Contains Words
Searches for text that contains all specified alphanumeric sequences as whole words. To find photos with the keyword flower using a Contains Word search, for example, type flower.
Here's another question for y'all:
Is 'Contains Words' broken? - I'd have to say it is...
Rob

Can't view smart collections on a different computer

I've generated about a dozen smart collections from photos on an external drive. This was done on my laptop.
When I try to view the smart collections with the drive mounted to my desktop, I get the error message "collection target folder cannot be found". Sometimes it will say to purge the cache, which I've done several times, but to no avail. I realize the smart collection data is on the laptop's hard drive. Is there a way to put it on the same drive as the photos?
When I go back to the laptop, everything's fine again. Is there a way to view the collections on both computers?

Is there a way to view the collections on both computers?
I'm not sure but I think this is possible. Bridge is very user specific and a collection and a smart collection is nothing but a bunch of aliases. While the files are on the same disk the other end is different.
You might copy the collection file itself (on a Mac: user library / application support / Adobe/ Bridge CSxx / collections to the other system in the same location but besides I still don't know if this would work it is also a bit of a PITA to keep searching and copying those files.
My workflow would be to create new folders on the external disk and select the collection in the content window. Then use select all and copy (or move, whatever workflow suites you) the files to those new location. Those new folders could be selected in both machines. Not ideal but for the moment I can't think of anything better

Smart Collection gymnastics

Who finds Smart Collections to behave in a most peculiar fashion? They certainly do when dealing with collections.
If I create a Smart Collection with attributes: "Match all; Collection contains all Jewellery brochure; Rating is 5 stars", then I find the smart collection contains all 5 star images from the "Jewellery brochure" collection. This is expected behaviour.
Now I edit the smart collection: "Match all; Collection contains all Jewellery brochure; Pick Flag is flagged" and expect all flagged images in the "Jewellery brochure" collection to be in the smart collection. Instead, no images appear in the smart collection. This is unexpected behaviour.
It gets weirder. I edit the smart collection: "Match all; Collection contains all Jewellery brochure; Pick Flag is unflagged" and expect only unflagged images in the "Jewellery brochure" collection to be in the smart collection. Instead, all images appear in the smart collection, even those flagged or rejected in the "Jewellery brochure" collection. Again, this is unexpected behaviour.
Now for the truly bizarre. I reject one of the images in the smart collection. Then I edit the smart collection: "Match all; Collection contains all Jewellery brochure; Pick Flag is rejected". I expect all rejected images in the "Jewellery brochure" collection to be in the smart collection but instead get the image previously rejected in the smart collection appearing the smart collection!
It appears that the smart collection is operating on itself and not on the "Jewellery brochure" collection. It is all truly weird and makes smart collections difficult to use. If smart collections are behaving in Adobe's intended fashion then I must be far dumber than any smart collection. If it's related to fact that flags are local then I'd like some insight on the "smarts" within a Smart Collection.

>Pick and Reject flags are local, not global.
Indeed, but I still maintain (using my examples above) that Smart Collections do not work in an expected manner. The smart collection criteria should translate to an SQL query that, for example, finds all rejects in the Jewellery brochure collection. However, I cannot seem to compose a smart collection to do that.

Problems with "Keywords - contains all" in smart collection

I imported multiple pictures from a shoot; each has keywords, and they all have a common keyword phrase, say "my common keyword phrase". I created a smart collection with "Keywords" using "contains all" and parameter "my common keyword phrase". It worked as expected - those images were included in the smart collection.
However, I just imported a new picture that has "my common keyword phrase" in it, and the smart collection is not updated. The smart collection has no other AND or OR triggers.
I can access all the images with this keyword phrase by accessing them via the keyword list in Library - all the images do show up. But what am I likely doing wrong with the smart collection? I am using LR 4.3.1 under Win7 (64-bit). Thanks!
Dilip

Have you tried deleting the preferences? See Preference and other file locations in Lightroom 5. Note that on more recent versions of Mac OS, you should reboot after deleting the preferences, since the operating system can cache them.
Sprinkling this magic fairy dust often fixes weird LR behavior.

Lost all my keyword smart collection data

I temporarily turned off time machine for various reasons and something happened and I've lost my data I constructed to label clip keywords and group/smart collections etc.
Not sure if I can get it back. I hope I don't have to go back to lesson 3 and start over!
I do have a Final Cut Events folder and Final Cut Projects folder inside of the Movies folder on my HD.
Dave

I am sooo sorry! Looks like I failed to notice a name in the search/find box filtering the data.
My Bad.
But it does bring up the question of how to restore various backups of projects and events of Final Cut Pro X.
Dave

How to move entire Collections to a new catalog, including hierarchy, smart collections and also Publish set ups?

I want to move a large number of Collections, including all their hierarchy and smart collection settting, plus the photos, to a new catalog. I can only find a way of importing the actual photos themselves from the old catalog.
Also is there a way to have the publish settings migrated to the new catalog too?

Thanks for that.
I agree that a single catalog is the standard approach (all my personal photography is contained in a single catalog over the years). However this is for a large corporate event which we hold each year. This year I want to use extensively the face recognition and I don't want it assessing or confusing people with those who attended the event last year. The even is over 4 days and results in several thousand images from multiple photographers. It's just cleaner to keep the events in their own catalogs for now (good for archiving and backing up too)
Thanks again. Appreciate your help.

Lens setting as Filter and/or Smart Collection?

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