Comments on: Removing Keywords from Multiple Photos in Lightroom

By: Blaine

Blaine — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 13:09:32 +0000

In reply to Casey.

Yes Casey,
First, you might want to remove a keyword that doesn’t apply to a photo anymore. (I use the keyword “needs attention” for photos I want to edit soon. After the editing is done, I want that particular keyword removed.)

In addition, I occasionally find a photo with a keyword that has accidentally been assigned to it.

By: IanB

IanB — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:56:36 +0000

“Keeping a clean and organized catalog pays off down the road.”
Could you give us some tips to do that RC? I “followed” as SK has in his LR books however I wonder if I should do more or even less. Just a happy snapper [nature/outdoors] these days so it’s not overly important IMO; apart for family stuff that is.
Cheers

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:17:24 +0000

If there are photos that you want to add keywords to, when you highlight a photo that has the keyword you want and select photos that don’t, an “*” (asterisk) shows up next to the keyword that is only in certain highlighted photos, if you remove just the asterisk and commit the changes the selected photos will get the keyword added. 🙂

By: Scott Kelby

Scott Kelby — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:29:07 +0000

In reply to Scott. Hi Scott -- in the Print Module you can have it display the name under the photo â€” just put their name in the Metadata and you can have Lightroom automatically grab it and add it under each image. You can also do it manually in there, too!

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:40:38 +0000

Been using Lightroom for years and totally missed this one. Thanks! So I have a question that is slightly off subject. What would be the best way to add names to a photo like you would back in the print days. For example we use to write on the back of a photo Left to right Bob, Fred, Jane, etc. I have just digitized 2600 old family photos and I’m wondering the best way to keep them all labeled so we know who is who.

By: Paul C

Paul C — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:29:13 +0000

PLEASE RC!!! Please do us a quick video on setting up the new LR-Mobile for Android which was announced this week. I gather it only does phones but I’d love to see your take on it. I know you are not exclusively Mac based, so you’re the guy for the job…. please (did I say enough pleases yet?)

By: Paul C

Paul C — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:23:24 +0000

Yes, great tip. Keywords and SMART collections together have totally transformed my old workflow (based on folders) into something hugely flexible and intuitive. However, I still forget to move from Loupe to Grid when marking multiple files, so I would love a popup screen that asks me whether I want to apply the keyword to one or many when I’m in Loupe (just in the same way it does for generating 1:1 Previews). Julieanne Kost did a short video on using the spray-can for keywords and now I use that, too, to manage my library.

Thanks, RC, this reborn killertips really rocks.

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:25:35 +0000

Great tip RC. Can you give us an example or two of situations where you might want to remove keywords? Thanks