Comments on: Making the Most of Color Labels in Lightroom Classic: Part 1

By: Bnam

Bnam — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 02:08:45 +0000

Wow wander full

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:51:11 +0000

In reply to Ed. Hi Ed, I can see how 5 colors could be limiting, and your feature enhancement has merit. However, I am doubtful this is a high priority area for change in the near future. Best to make do with what exists for now.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 22:35:36 +0000

I set up a color scheme years ago and also use one for export (Purple). Have always felt limited with the 5 colors though and could use at least 3 more like Magenta, Orange, Cyan or Tan. After seeing your examples above I now see other possibilities. How about blank color labels with a color picker and we can make our shades and assign labels according to our needs.

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:04:10 +0000

In reply to David. David, That would be a very useful feature, and that is a great tip. Thank you!

By: David

David — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 01:59:41 +0000

Back in 2006 Adobe purchased a product called RawShooter Pro. One of the features I relied on in RSP to this day still does NOT exist in Lightroom and that is the ability to see which images have already been exported. It’s very seldom that I have time to process an entire shoot at once, so I process/edit some, export them, do some more, maybe leave (or work on another set of images if an order came in) and then come back later, and continue where I left off. With RSP that was easy, I could see right where I left off and continue editing and exporting from there.

Lightroom shows in its history that you’ve exported the images, but you can’t just glance at the filmstrip or even at a grid of images to know where you left off. Why this feature still doesn’t exist 14 years after Adobe purchased RSP, I do not know.

However, right from the beginning LR offered color labels and that’s when I started using green to mean “exported”. So I highlight a series of images, I export, and immediately after I right-click and apply the green label. I have other color codes I use as well, but green lets me know where I left off and it’s a label that gets used every single day.

Maybe someday Adobe will grant my wish and have a visible status on images so that I know which ones are exported so that I don’t have to do this extra step. After all … the whole purpose of automation is to reduce redundant manual tasks.