Any method to pull files that are NOT virtual copies from a group?

[mgolin]

Lightroom Version Number

Lightroom version: 6.14 [ 1149743 ]

Operating System

1. Windows 10

Early on I added keywords to all appropriate files, whether I worked on them via VCs or not. It's now dawning on me that, when reviewing types of images, all I really want to see are the VCs that I worked on, not the many more numerous images that I chose to not process. I see that I can select VCs, but not how to select non-VCs. Any ideas would be most appreciated.

 

[clee01l]

On the attribute filter bar there is a group on the right labeled "Kind". You can filter on three "kinds" : Master Copies, Virtual Copies and Videos.

 

[mgolin]

Thank you for the response, but again I seem to have not been clear in my request, for which I apologize. (Once I did some investigation, I found the VC attribute you mention. ) I will try again to state my request... From a grouping that includes both photos that remain unprocessed & VCs that have been processed, I would like to eliminate the processed VCs so that only the unprocessed photos remain in the grouping.

 

[Johan Elzenga]

Lightroom has a ‘Has edits’ filter, so you can also use this to see only images that do not have edits. Whether or not these are virtual copies is irrelevant for the filter.

 

[mgolin]

Johan,
Thank you very much for the response. It was the key I would have almost certainly not have found on my own. It's not direct, but it does work. Thanks again. FYI for anyone who views this, what I did:

• created smart collection via
  • has adjustments...is false
  • keyword...contains words
• from the smart collection, filtered on
  • text, keyword, contains, "the keyword I wish to bulk delete"
  • ctrl A & delete