Sorting images by keywords & exporting them to flickr

[JJD.Photography]

Hi,

I have a couple questions about keywords / tagging.

When I import my images into LR I typically use 2-3 keywords to describe the shoot. An example would be "atlanta piedmont park". Once inside and working with the individual images I may add keywords such as "water" "squirrel" "bird" "landscape" etc.... Once I have worked an image and ready to export it for flickr, I input the keywork "flickr". My question is, how do I view ALL the photos that contain the keywork "flickr"? I see all the lists of keywords, but since flickr is always the last keyword I input, they are all scattered throughout the list as the keywords are sorted by the first key word applied.

Also, when I export the image and upload to flickr my keywords show up in the tag, but ALL as one tag. Maybe if I use commas between the keywords this will help seperate them? What about quotation marks when combinging 2 words?

Thanks for any help!

 

[dj_paige]

If you have a keyword flickr, then over in the keyword list, at the very right edge of that panel in the row labeled flickr, there is an arrow that appears when you hold your mouse at or near the right edge, to the right of the count of photos that have that keyword. Click on that arrow, that will display in the grid all photos labeled flickr.

If you are typing in your keywords, you need to separate distinct keywords with a comma. There are other ways to assign keywords that don't involve typing them yourself, except the first time you use it. See http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Lightroom/2.'/WS4F8C35B6-1DAE-43'a-AAB6-FBAFC31865C9.html

 

[JJD.Photography]

[quote author=dj_paige link=topic=8887.msg59693#msg59693 date=1263216768]
If you have a keyword flickr, then over in the keyword list, at the very right edge of that panel in the row labeled flickr, there is an arrow that appears when you hold your mouse at or near the right edge, to the right of the count of photos that have that keyword. Click on that arrow, that will display in the grid all photos labeled flickr.[/quote]

First off, thanks for the quick reply! I see the arrow to the right, but the problem is when clicking that arrow next to the keyword I am only getting 2 photos. I see the 2 photos were keyworded "flickr , san diego". I guess this one time I decided to use commas between the keywords. All the other 15,''' photos with keywords are not seperated using commas. It seems when using the commas it will place the keywords in alphabetical order. I have about 3'' images that are keyworded with "... .... ... ... flickr" These images are not showing.

Is there a way to search for all images that feature the keyword "flickr"? If there is a keyword that starts with "A - E" then the keyword "flickr" is lost in the middle of the rest since they are sorted alphabetically by the lowest letter used first.

[quote author=dj_paige link=topic=8887.msg59693#msg59693 date=1263216768]If you are typing in your keywords, you need to separate distinct keywords with a comma. There are other ways to assign keywords that don't involve typing them yourself, except the first time you use it. See http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Lightroom/2.'/WS4F8C35B6-1DAE-43'a-AAB6-FBAFC31865C9.html
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I will begin seperating all keywords using commas. Thank you very much once again for the input.

 

[dj_paige]

Seems like you do need to re-do almost all of your keywords, using commas between the keywords, or some of the other methods to apply keywords that don't involve typing.

Seems to me that you also want to design a more hierarchical set of keywords, for example

Nature
animals
bird
squirrel
plants
flowers
petunia
rose
landscape
mountains
rivers
impact crater

If you use the Filter Bar, you can search for any of your existing keywords that contains flickr.

 

[Bosse]

Is there a way to search for all images that feature the keyword "flickr"? If there is a keyword that starts with "A - E" then the keyword "flickr" is lost in the middle of the rest since they are sorted alphabetically by the lowest letter used first.

1. Use the Libraryfilter (ctrl/cmd+L) for "flickr" in the search-field. When I tested it works.
2. Create a Smart Collection w Match "Any searchable text" " contains" "flickr". That should find all your photos that contain flickr. This collection will always contain all your photos that somewhere contains the word "flickr".

 

[clee01l]

I don't use a Flickr keyword. I use rating stars. (4 or greater means that it is suitable for upload.) These are the ones that I "Might" Load to Flickr. I also use Jeffery Freidl's Flickr Export Plugin. http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/flickr
It sets a metadata flag which can be searched in filter bar or in a Smart collection. To select images to load to Flickr, I use the filter bar ot a Smart Collection to find images that have 4 stars AND, {Uploaded to Flickr} = {false}.

I also agree with Paige that you need to put some serious work into developing a usable keyword strategy and scheme. For things like your "Flickr" keyword, I use an "**internal" hierarchy that does not export. Words like "@Working", "@@Keyword Complete", and "@Complete" are found there.

I also use a 'Workflow Smart Collection Set" that I got from John Beardsworth which I can use to track the progress of "Current Work" to make sure I do not skip editing, keyword, titling and captioning and know that everything is complete before it is ready for export.

 

[dj_paige]

Upon further review (I learned that phrase from NFL referees), I would have to agree with Clee that flickr probably isn't a keyword. I think of keywords as things that describe the content of the photo, and flickr probably doesn't describe the content of your photos.

There are a number of options you could choose to designate that the photo should be uploaded to Flickr (and certainly if you use Jeffrey Friedl's Flickr Export Program, you can use the metadata as Clee described). For example: you could set a color label that indicates you want to upload it to Flickr, and then search for photos of that color label. Change or remove the color label after uploading. Creating a collection or collection group of photos to upload to Flickr might also be a good idea. Each upload batch could be its own collection inside a collection group, so you could keep track that way of photos already uploaded, and what was uploaded when. Lots of possibilities!