On Sep 16, 2010, at 13:26, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > My methodology for similar things is to use the flags in the following manner: > > - Looking at the images in the Folder view, I step through the images > one at a time using the caps-lock-key-down auto-advance and the P, U, > and X keys. P sets the pick flag on the image, X sets the reject flag, > U simply passes over and advances to the next image. > > - Once done with that, I filter on the Rejected images. If they're all > really rejects, I delete them. If any have any possibilities, I unset > the Reject flag. > > - Then I filter on the Picks. Select all, and create a collection with > name "YYYYMMDD - event name PICKs". > > The view now automatically jumps to the collection where I can refine > my picks more deliberately. * > > * Remember that flags exist only in the context of a specific view ... > that is, dropping a set of picked images into a collections, the flags > do not follow, they are all cleared in the collection view ... so once > into the collection you can do your pick sequence again and refine the > set down further. Labels and ratings, on the other hand, persist > across context boundaries with the result that you can now, in the > collection, use labels and ratings to further grade and pick your > selections. > > Later, when you want to see all the photos made on "20100916 - All Boy > Band concert PICKs", just select that collection, then choose the "Go > to Folder in Library" command to find all the others in the Folder > structure made that same day. Your labels and ratings will all be > there, along with your initial flag settings. (And if you didn't > delete the rejected ones, they'll be there too.) >
That is useful. I will practice this a bit because it sounds a bit more efficient than what I've been doing. Thank you! (In the days of iPhoto, this would have just been a nightmare. All hail Lightroom!) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
