Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 38)

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4. Organize your photos.
Collections are one of the basic ways to organize photos in Lightroom. Collections group photos in one place for easy
viewing or for performing different tasks. For example, photos in a collection can be assembled into a slideshow or used
to create a photo book. Collections are listed in the Collections panel of every module, so they can be selected anytime
you need them. See
Photo collections .
Another organizational tool in Lightroom is stacking. Stacking is a way to group a set of visually similar photos
together, making them easy to manage. Stacks are useful for keeping multiple photos of the same subject or a photo and
its virtual copies in one place. Stacks also reduce clutter in the Grid view and the Filmstrip. See
Grouping photos into
stacks .
Finally, you can apply ratings, flags, and color labels to photos. Star ratings are a universal way to rank the quality of a
photo — a 5-star photo is great, a 2-star photo is so-so. Flags are an extension of this idea: flag a photo as a Pick or a
Reject, indicating it's a keeper or that you're not going to process it. Color labels are more individual, and you can use
them in any way that's meaningful. Perhaps photos with a yellow label need a white-balance adjustment, or photos with
a red label need to be cropped. See
Flag, label, and rate photos .
5. Add metadata and keywords to photos.
Applying keywords and metadata are additional tools for organizing and finding photos.
Keywords are text metadata that describe the important contents of a photo. You tag photos with keywords using the
Keywording and Keyword Lists panels. For example, select a photo in the Grid view, and in the text entry box in the
Keywording panel, enter words separated by commas. You can also apply keyword sets or apply keywords using the
Painter tool. See
Keywords .
Metadata is a set of standardized information about a photo, such as the photographer’s name; the image resolution and
color space; and copyright information. Most digital cameras attach some basic metadata — such as height, width, file
format, and the time the image was taken — to a photo, but you can edit that information and add more in the Library
module. See
Metadata basics and actions .