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Organizing photos
Last updated 4/20/2015
The collection appears in the Collections panel with a photo-print icon . Photos that are part of a collection display
a Photo Is In Collection badge in the Grid view and the Filmstrip.
Create a collection set
A collection set is a container that includes one or more collections. Collection sets give you flexibility in organizing and
managing your photos. A collection set does not actually contain photos; it only contains collections, including regular
collections, smart collections, and output creations. A collection set has a filing box icon
.
1 In the Library module, do one of the following:
• Choose Library > New Collection Set.
• Click the Plus icon (+) in the Collections panel and choose Create Collection Set.
2 In the Create Collection Set dialog box, type a name for your collection set.
3 If you want the new set to be part of an existing set, choose the existing set from the Set menu. Otherwise, choose
None.
4 Click Create.
5 In the Collections panel, drag any collection into a collection set folder to add it to the set.
Delete a collection or collection set
When you delete a collection, no photos are removed from the catalog or deleted from disk.
❖ In the Collections panel, do one of the following:
• Select a collection or collection set and click the Minus icon (-).
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a collection or collection set and choose Delete.
Add photos to a collection
❖ Drag photos from the Grid view to a collection in the Collections panel.
Identify photos in a collection
• Photos in a collection display the Photo Is In Collection badge in the Grid view and the Filmstrip. Click the
badge to see which collections the photo is in.
note: Smart collections are not listed.
• In a collection, Ctrl-click (Mac OS) or right-click (Windows) a photo and choose Go To Folder In Library to go to
the folder that contains the photo.
Remove photos from a collection
1 Select a collection in the Collections panel.
2 In the Grid view, select the photos and choose Photo > Remove From Collection, or press Delete.
Copy or move photos between collections
1 In the Library module, select a collection in the Collections panel.
2 In the Grid view, select photos.
3 To copy the selected photos, drag them to the collection in the Collections panel that you want to add them to.
4 To move the selected photos, delete the photos from the original collection after dragging them to the new
collection.