Edit smart collections, Share smart collection settings, Export a collection as a catalog – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC User Manual
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Edit smart collections
You can change the criteria and rules for a smart collection at any time.
1
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a smart collection
in the Collections panel and choose Edit
Smart Collection.
2
Choose new rules and options in the Edit Smart Collection dialog box.
3
Click Save.
Note: You cannot sort by User Order or drag photos to rearrange them in a smart collection.
Share smart collection settings
You can share smart collections by exporting smart collection settings and then importing those settings into a different
catalog. Lightroom applies a .lrsmcol filename extension to smart collection settings files.
Exporting a smart collection exports the rules for the smart collection. It does not export the photos that are in the
smart collection.
When you import smart collection rules, Lightroom creates the smart collection to the Collections panel and adds any
photos in the catalog that meet the smart collection criteria.
• To export a smart collection, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) it in the Collections panel and
choose Export Smart Collection Settings. Specify the name and location of the exported smart collection settings
file and then click Save.
• To import a smart collection, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) it in the Collections panel and
choose Import Smart Collection Settings. Navigate to and select a smart collection .lrsmcol settings file and click
Import.
Export a collection as a catalog
You can export a collection of photos as a new catalog. When you create a catalog from a collection of photos, the
settings in the photos are exported to the new catalog.
Note: Exporting a smart collection as a catalog adds the photos in the smart collection to the new catalog. It does not export
the rules or criteria that constitute the smart collection.
1
Select the collection or smart collection that you want to use to create a catalog.
2
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the collection name and choose Export This Collection As A
Catalog.
3
Specify the name, location, and other options for the catalog, and then click Save (Windows) or Export Catalog (Mac
OS).
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