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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: mdijb on December 28, 2020, 09:55:54 am

Title: Color labels
Post by: mdijb on December 28, 2020, 09:55:54 am
I use Color labels in my catalog.  Is there a way to make the colors brighter and more saturated to make them stand out more?

MDIJB
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: Rhossydd on December 28, 2020, 01:18:01 pm
I've never read of a way to do this.
It's a rather annoying 'feature' aka bug.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: VincentDJohnson on January 04, 2021, 06:32:36 pm
I feel ya. They could use a little more contrast. Green and yellow almost look the same.

I would love to be able to change the colors or the hot keys too.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: andyptak on January 09, 2021, 04:49:29 pm
Frankly i'd like to start seeing it again. Mine stopped displaying. Very, Very annoying.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: Jeffrey Saldinger on January 09, 2021, 07:40:55 pm
In the grid view, Command-J gives the "Library Grid View" options. Perhaps you inadvertently turned off the option to tint the cells.

And there's a drop-down option to increase the saturation of the cells' tint colors.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: rdonson on January 09, 2021, 10:21:37 pm
Jeffrey,

Thanks so much for you response!!!!  This just made my life easier!!!!!  I had selected "Tint grid cells....." a long time ago but upping the tint to 50% made it much more visible. 
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: Jeffrey Saldinger on January 09, 2021, 10:42:20 pm
You're welcome, Ron. Glad I could help.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: Rhossydd on January 10, 2021, 04:16:16 am
Thanks. Not sure I'd ever noticed that option before, but even at 50% the yellow label still looks green.
I can live with it.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: andyptak on January 10, 2021, 12:35:37 pm
Thanks Jeffrey, but that's not it. Something happened after the last V10 update and I have all kind of Metadata conflict issues. The lack of a flag just being one item out of quite a few. I get the thin color border around a shot when I click on one but it is not visible otherwise. I use the colored flags in my workflow when editing and it is a real pain not to see them anymore.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: john beardsworth on January 10, 2021, 12:47:24 pm
I use the colored flags in my workflow when editing and it is a real pain not to see them anymore.

If you simply cannot see them, it sounds like you've been playing around with Metadata > Color Label Set. Change the set back to the one you used before.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: andyptak on January 10, 2021, 01:54:52 pm
Thanksj John, but I haven't touched it. Set to Lightrom Default as always.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: mcbroomf on January 10, 2021, 07:07:26 pm
Thanksj John, but I haven't touched it. Set to Lightrom Default as always.

I'm not sure if this is what you're missing, but if it's the small colour square at the bottom of the thumbnail then both "Show Rating Footer" and "Include Color Label" need to be checked at the bottom of the screenshot Jeffrey posted above.

You can toggle them on and off while in Library grid view and check to see them turn on and off (assuming you have some color labeled images of course).
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: andyptak on January 11, 2021, 07:27:36 am
Yes, it is the small colored square at the bottom and both boxes are ticked, just like the screenshot. On one hand, missing that box shouldn't be a big deal but on the other hand it really, really messes up my workflow of many years.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: john beardsworth on January 11, 2021, 10:02:42 am
Have you cycled through the grid views using J? Or don't you see labels in the filmstrip, in which case make the filmstrip bigger.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: andyptak on January 11, 2021, 11:53:27 am
Thanks again John. I never look at the film strip and no the colored flag is not there either. I'm talking about the full screen GridView, which in my case is uaually 5 across and four down.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: mcbroomf on January 11, 2021, 12:31:32 pm
....... and both boxes are ticked, just like the screenshot.

Well, both boxes are NOT checked on the screenshot which is why I posted.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: andyptak on January 11, 2021, 02:06:01 pm
I've just been putzing around in Library View Options and I don't even know what i did but I got the colored flags back! Yeah. Thanks all.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: mdijb on January 11, 2021, 07:07:11 pm
THANKS TO JEFF SALDINGER ABOVE for the tip on adjusting the color labels!!!!!!


MDIJB
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: Jeffrey Saldinger on January 11, 2021, 07:22:26 pm
You're welcome, Michael. Glad I could help.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: VincentDJohnson on January 13, 2021, 01:48:39 pm
In the grid view, Command-J gives the "Library Grid View" options. Perhaps you inadvertently turned off the option to tint the cells.

And there's a drop-down option to increase the saturation of the cells' tint colors.

Thanks Jeffrey. That was a big help.
Title: Re: Color labels
Post by: Jeffrey Saldinger on January 13, 2021, 01:56:46 pm
You're welcome, Vincent. Glad I could help.