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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: morgandc on January 06, 2008, 10:41:45 am

Title: Find pics NOT in a collection
Post by: morgandc on January 06, 2008, 10:41:45 am

I am sorting through old pictures, and would like a way to find a way to select or find all of the imported photos that are NOT in any collection.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Dwight

Title: Find pics NOT in a collection
Post by: genemcc on January 06, 2008, 08:37:32 pm

It's a little convoluted but this method will work:

• Open your Collections panel and click on the first collection.  
• Now SHIFT-Click on the last collection.  That should highlight all your collections and show you all the images in those collections.  
• Next, go to EDIT and choose SELECT ALL.  All the images in collections are now selected.
• Go to your Library panel and choose ALL PHOTOGRAPHS.  
• Go to EDIT and choose INVERT SELECTION.

Now all the images that ARE NOT IN COLLECTIONS are selected.

There may be a quicker way but this works for me.  

Title: Find pics NOT in a collection
Post by: morgandc on January 07, 2008, 11:29:03 pm

Thanks!  I am still getting used to this software, I was missing step 4.  Funny how 4/5 of the way there came out with 0 pictures.

Thanks again.

-Dwight