LR2 Smart Collection Logic Error

[davidmknoble]

LR2.1 RC1 Smart Collection Logic Error

EDIT: This error was found in LR2.1 RC1, not the released LR2.'.

I believe I found a logic error in LR2 using the Smart Collections. I am hoping someone can verify this. Here is the error:

I was trying to make a smart collection of all images in a collection set that were virtual copies. Since virtual copies isn't an item that we can use per sae, I decided to try and use the Copy Name field and see whether it has text in it or not. If a virtual copy is made, the Copy Name field defaults to 'Copy x'.

Thus, I created the smart collection with the rule 'Collection Is <name of collection>' and then added another rule making sure the 'All' match is selected.

I used common sense at that point and set the rule to be:

'Copy Name isn't empty'

Unfortunately, my smart collection contained all my original images and I knew that I had at least one virtual copy. Then I tried the following rule:

'Copy Name Is empty'

This time the rule worked and the smart collection only contained virtual copies. I checked the metadata and all of the virtual copies contain 'Copy 1'.

Thus, my post here. I believe the logic in this particular rule is backwards.

Let me know what you find.

 

[johnbeardy]

I've confirmed this with a beta build and have logged it as a bug. Well spotted!

It was a deliberate decision to use the copy name to identify VCs. It was a matter of convincing Adobe to kill 2 birds with one stone - rather than coding VCs in the File Type criterion and also as a separately-targetable field.

John