alroy257 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I'm trying to get away from Lightroom. I currently have several active collections in lightroom that I need to transfer to Bridge in order to make the switch. Any suggestions on how to tag or mark images in lightroom so that they can be found and put into a collection in Bridge? Star ratings won't work for me as I have used ratings for years in lightroom. I am uncertain if color labels in lightroom can be "seen" in bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Hi @alroy257, I'm so glad you're making the switch. First things first, have you checked that this setting is turned on? https://photographyconcentrate.com/lightroom-tip-turn-automatically-write-changes-xmp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Yes, it's turned on. But I have been converting to DNG - does that matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 1 hour ago, alroy257 said: Yes, it's turned on. Terrific. 1 hour ago, alroy257 said: But I have been converting to DNG - does that matter? No, it doesn't matter. I mean, I don't recommend it, because of backups, but it's not a "problem" at all. 6 hours ago, alroy257 said: I am uncertain if color labels in lightroom can be "seen" in bridge. There's no need to be uncertain. Just check! Open Bridge, navigate to the folder of files, and see what you can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) So, I CAN see the labels ONLY if I am in individual files. I can not see them if I am in a higher level file that has files within it. Functionally - to re-sort my collections by going file by file would take a crazy amount of time. How can I see these labels without doing this? Heck, I'm even just noticing now that I can't even see my 5 star ratings without going into individual files within bridge. Because of how I structure my files (days within months within years) and how often I shoot I really need to be able to sort by labels and ratings for those higher level files (year). Edited June 14, 2018 by alroy257 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 So, as I play around I am noticing something. I created a smart collection that should be catching all the labeled photos. It is picking up the labels AFTER I open that file within bridge - but not until the file has been individually opened. Do I need to tell bridge to collect metadata again or something to catch the updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 hours ago, alroy257 said: So, I CAN see the labels ONLY if I am in individual files. I can not see them if I am in a higher level file that has files within it. Can you explain this further? I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 I was wrong anyway. Bridge just isn't finding the labels. It seems to be finding a few randoms ones but not all of them and I'm not sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Let's just clear it up. Have you done this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 Ok, I did that. It appears that some files are still hidden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 The hidden ones are XMP files. That's perfectly normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 It's not finding all my labeled images. I labeled 107 images as green in lightroom and only 13 are showing in Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Are all 107 exactly the same file type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 No. Some DNG some TIF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 What about the 13? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 The 13 are a mix of both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Bummer. We need to know what they have in common. Is it their date? I see they're all 14th June in your screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Ugh. They have nothing in common. They are from throughout several years. It's collections of favorite photos of my family and kids that I put together for photobooks. I was trying to give them the label to make that what was common about them. If I can't move my collections over from lightroom I may be stuck using it as I access these collections frequently. They go all the way back to 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Is it only the labels that are lost? I mean, if you open an old raw file into ACR, are your lightroom edits applied ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 (edited) I am going to do my best to describe what I am finding now. I created a smart collection within bridge to find all my green labeled images. I labeled them green from a collection within lightroom. The smart collection only finds the green labeled items that are within folders that I manually opened within bridge. If I have not directly opened the file within bridge it does not find the green labeled images within that file. Once I open the individual file then any green labeled images within that file suddenly start showing up within my smart collection in bridge. And yes - other lightroom changes are appearing in bridge - only the labels seem to not be working well. Edited June 16, 2018 by alroy257 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Any thoughts on how to make this happen without opening individual files? While this will be possible to make the switch it will take a loooooong time. Many of my images are contained within several collections so I will need to remove labels, add labels to new collections and reopen all these files many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 When you say "open" do you mean into ACR? Or do you just mean click on them to view them in the Preview panel of Bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroy257 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 When I say "open" I am only talking about Bridge. I am referring to opening the parent folder to individual image files within bridge. So opening a parent folder for all images I took during a shoot on (for example) 6/5/2018 and saved within the same folder on my computer. In my last response I should have likely used the work "folder" rather then "file" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Right, so aren't we back to this? On 6/15/2018 at 6:56 AM, Damien Symonds said: Let's just clear it up. Have you done this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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