The last category in this section is ‘publish services’. Instead of going through each image manually, this method can save you a lot of time. Or if you want to sort images by their information. This is a great feature if you have a lot of photos that aren’t organised yet. Then it will group relevant images into the same section. These ‘smart collections’ can scan all of your images’ metadata. Lightroom also gives you a ‘smart collection’ option. Here you can collate your images into different categories of your choice. Collections are a way of further organising your catalog. Underneath this, you will find the ‘collections’ drop-down menu. This is a good feature as it quickly and easily shows you which one is best to use. Here, you can see how much space you have remaining on each hard drive. You will only see hard drives that you have uploaded images to through this catalog. The subsections are split into different hard drives. This menu mimics what the original files look like on your computer. Under this, you have a ‘folders’ section. This is where you can view images related to each section on the main interface. You will see a list of subsections in the catalog drop-down menu. The sidebar to the left tells you all about the current catalog you are working in. Let’s look at the main ‘library’ section of Lightroom.
It also provides a good starting point for the ‘smart collections’ feature. Lightroom offers many options to sort your images inside a catalog through its ‘collections’ feature. It is up to you how you want to sort out your workspace. I have used the same catalog for over five years that now contains over 15,000 photos! Once you have loaded a catalog, the workspace will only show you the images inside this specific folder.Ī single catalog can hold an enormous amount of images. It’s so useful that I can’t imagine a time before this program existed.Īdobe’s Lightroom uses catalogs as its primary filing system to organise photos. Adobe decided to change the interface for Lightroom CC (creative cloud). I am now using the newest version called Lightroom Classic.
I have used Lightroom throughout my whole photography career since its first iteration in 2007. They have made a great program that is as useful for beginners as it is for professionals. Adobe aims to create a program that can cover a photographer’s post-process from upload to export. Lightroom has features from organising and editing photos to exporting them to various platforms. Lightroom stores a preview and information for each image uploaded. Instead, they are a reference to your photograph. You can do this as the program doesn’t keep each file inside the actual program. The program allows you to upload a vast range of images. Adobe’s Lightroom is their staple program that is primarily used for organising.