Comments on: How I Use Lightroom’s Color Labels

By: Vincent Paul Walter

Vincent Paul Walter — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:18:16 +0000

I use all the colors for my edits. I used to invoke Purple on Mac via a keystoke. I can’t figure out how to invoke Purple with a keystroke on Windows.

We all edit different ways, I’m a commercial photographer and use the color labels for my specific processes.
I think this thread makes a decent case of how somebody chooses to do workflow, no need to nit pick on why.

By: Laurent DELPLANQUE

Laurent DELPLANQUE — Sat, 30 May 2020 07:47:34 +0000

In reply to Tim. That was my question too...

By: David W Terry

David W Terry — Fri, 29 May 2020 19:17:38 +0000

My use is simpler … One of the features that I miss from RawShooter Pro (the software that Adobe purchased and that was the predecessor to Lightroom) was that it automatically kept track of (and visually indicated) which images have been exported. This was useful because if I walked away from the editing session and had to resume later, I’d have to figure out where I left off. RSP made it easy, I could tell at a glance how far along I was. But Lightroom still to this day doesn’t include any kind of icon, badge, or anything (except history) to indicate that an image has been exported.

So my solution since LR v1.0 has been to select a set of images for export, then right after that, right click and set the color label to green. Now when I come back I look at the images that are green and skip right over those. (I could also filter by unlabeled and that would show me which ones were not green, but just the visual clue is enough to let me know where to go to resume my work)

I do sometimes use other labels … I might mark one red if there’s a problem that needs extra attention. Or purple if I created a virtual copy and did different edits on it. These are rare occurrences, but marking an image green after export is a daily occurrence for me in my workflow. I just wish LR had a built-in way to mark the images like it’s predecessor oh so many years ago did.

By: Scott Kelby

Scott Kelby — Fri, 29 May 2020 16:48:24 +0000

In reply to Paul Parkinson. After each person;s picks, I use the Label filter to narrow it down to their shots — I make a Collection from those (like Client or Model), and then I return to the main shoot, so if the label changes now it doesn't matter. I probably should have included that in the post.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 29 May 2020 08:41:22 +0000

It’s a very weird way to label images. What color it will be if both the client and the model like an image?

By: Paul Parkinson

Paul Parkinson — Fri, 29 May 2020 08:23:26 +0000

How do you manage if more than one person likes an image?