Lightroom Beta 2 Search and Filter Tools
Lightroom beta 2 brings
considerable improvements to filtering and and image
searching.
To bring up the Filter options from the Library
Module select Show Filter View from
Lightrooms' View menu or press the ' \ '
shortcut key.
You will then see a resizable Filter selection menu.
The results of any of the filters which follow will
depend on what you have selected as your starting
point in the Library Module side panels. i.e
selecting All Photographs in the Catalog Panel will
obviously allow you to filter on the whole catalog.
The basic operation is simple and easy to use.
There are three filter modes.
The first, Text, allows you to enter a text
search term.
The second,
Refine, will allow you to further target
your search by using combinations of the familiar
flag, star ratings, color flags etc.
Finally Metadata, allows you to set a
Metadata filter on any one of four displayed columns.
Images are filtered according to your column heading
choices. You can turn them all off, if you want, or
select None to use less than the full four
column filters. You can further target the metadata
search by adding the Text and Refine options as
above.
Simple to use and very
powerful. I look forward to using this capability in
the final version.
Download the new beta at Lightroom 2 public
beta.
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