Chapter 6

Getting Organized with the Library

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Using different viewing modes to evaluate your photos

Bullet Applying flags, ratings, and labels to manage, organize, and sort

Bullet Adding metadata

Bullet Batch renaming with templates

Bullet Using keywords to describe your photos

Bullet Applying information with the Painter tool

Bullet Finding photos with the Library Filter bar

One of the first tasks I perform when working with a batch of newly imported photos is to weed out the worst of the bunch. I keep anything that has at least some redeeming quality, but any poor exposures or photos with improper focus are sent straight to the trash. I do want to note that, even though photos I flag as rejected are deleted from disk, I do retain an archived copy of my original import as a fallback. This provides me with enough ...

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