5 When you choose to delete any selected photos, you will
be asked to confirm the nature of the deletion you intend
to use. A panel will pop up and ask you to confirm if you wish
to remove the images from Lightroom only, or if you want to
delete them completely from your computer and move them to
the Recycle Bin. Choose one of the options to continue.
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There is another way to tag your photos for later sorting,
and that is colour labelling, which involves applying one of
five coloured labels to images. You can apply a label by either
clicking on the little box on the lower right edge of the Grid
thumbnail or by right-clicking in any view and selecting Set
Colour Label from the menu.
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Another filter option is Metadata that lets you select
from photos taken in a particular year, with a particular
camera or lens, or any other searchable metadata field,
including detailed location information. This is arguably the
most powerful search filter and particularly useful for working
professional photographers.7 Once you’ve applied ratings, flags and colour labels to
your images, you can quickly use these attributes to
perform filtered searches on your library. In the Grid view, at
the top of the view panel, you’ll see the Library Filter bar, with
four options available: Text, Metadata, Attributes and None. The
latter is the default option.
10 The Text filter option lets you search in any text field
attached to your images. These include the file name, any
copy that is attached, the title, caption or keywords and any
other searchable EXIF or metadata. This is handy if you title
or add descriptive captions to your photos, or if your library
includes photos from more than one photographer.8 If you click on Attributes in the Library Filter bar, you’ll see
several options. If you click on the Flagged icon, you’ll see
only images that have been flagged. Similarly, you can choose
to see only images over a certain star rating, or only images with
one or more colour labels. You can apply several different filters
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