File Name filter doesn't seem to be working

[mrpicasso]

Lightroom Version Number

Lightroom Classic 12.0.1

Operating System

1. macOS 12 Monterey

When I try to filter in the Lightroom Classic (12.0.1) library tab on my Mac, the same images are shown despite entering text filter for 'Filename' 'Doesn't Contain' 'JPEG'" when trying to not see the files named as 'ARW+JPEG' as shown in the attached screen shot. (Same lack of filtering if '+JPEG' is used). Note that I set up the metadata Default view on the right to show all the filename associated fields and I can see that the Preserved Filename, Original Filename and the Filename Copy Name fields do not contain 'ARW+JPEG', however the File Name field does which is what the file is named on the hard drive. If I set the filter up to 'Contains' 'JPEG', the result is "No photos match the filter".

When I search in the hard drive folder containing these image files there are none named with 'ARW+JPEG'. And toggling the check next to the Lightroom preferences setting of "Treat JPEG files next to Raw files as separate photos" doesn't change this behavior. And I do not see any Stack options set for this series of photos (thinking that maybe it's due to a JPEG and ARW file being stacked with each other.) One other detail is that these files all have an xmp sidecar file in the folder along with the ARW files.

Is the Lightroom text filter not using the File Name field that is shown in the Info and Default Metadata panel, and instead is using one of the other fields maybe the original File Name? Or am I not doing something correctly to get the text File Name filter to show/not show the 'ARW+JPEG' named files?
I'd appreciate any thoughts about what is going on and how I can filter for these ARW+JPEG files.

 

[johnrellis]

This is LR's way of telling you the raw file MBeggs_20071016_2-32.ARW has an associated JPEG (MBeggs_20071016_2-32.jpg) on disk. That JPEG isn't actually in the catalog, since you imported the .arw with the option Treat JPEG Files Next To Raw Files As Separate Photos unchecked.

It's confusing that the File Name field in the Metadata panel shows "+JPEG" -- prior to LR 11 (when the Metadata panel was substantially modified) it didn't show "+JPEG". Who knows whether this was an intentional change or a mistake the programmer made while while modifying the Metadata panel. (There's no point in filing a bug report, because Adobe will just label it "as designed", whether it was intentional or not.)

In these instances, LR also shows that the raw file has a JPEG sidecar via the Sidecars field in the Metadata panel:

There's no built-in way to search for these raw+JPEG pairs. You could use the Any Filter plugin to find them:

 

[johnrellis]

toggling the check next to the Lightroom preferences setting of "Treat JPEG files next to Raw files as separate photos" doesn't change this behavior.

When you enable that option, it will only affect subsequent imports.

 

[mrpicasso]

This is LR's way of telling you the raw file MBeggs_20071016_2-32.ARW has an associated JPEG (MBeggs_20071016_2-32.jpg) on disk. That JPEG isn't actually in the catalog, since you imported the .arw with the option Treat JPEG Files Next To Raw Files As Separate Photos unchecked.

John,
Thank you! You've solved the mystery. I now see files in that folder for ARW, JPG, and xmp. And using the Any Filter plugin as you show with the file type and sidecars is allowing me to separate them out and remove those I consider duplicates and keep the originals.