Unlike smart collections, the results aren’t automatically updated as you change images-reapply the filter to see new results. When you apply a saved Any Filter, all the images in the currently selected folder or collection are filtered to show just the ones matching the Any Filter. Their location under File allows them to be used in any module, while the Library menu is retained for users accustomed to earlier versions of Any Filter. Any Filter includes all the criteria of smart collections and adds many more.Īny Filter commands are available under Library > Plug-in Extras > Any Filter menu as well as File > Plug-in Extras > Any Filter. If you’re not familiar with smart collections, I recommend you read the Adobe Help before trying to use Any Filter. Paste the key into the License key box and click OK.Ĭreating an Any Filter is very similar to creating a smart collection.Do Library > Plugin-Extras > Any Filter > Search.Copy the license key from the confirmation page or confirmation email.Make sure you’re satisfied with the free trial before buying. Buy a license at a price you think is fair:.The free trial is for 30 days-after that, you’ll need to buy a license. This warning is harmless and is shown for plugins that store their own data in the catalog (which is many of them)-but don’t worry, Lightroom ensures such plugins can’t corrupt your catalog. Lightroom will present a scary-looking, cryptic message: “Your catalog must be updated before it can be used with the following plugin”.Click Add, browse and select the anyfilter.lrplugin folder, and click Select Folder (Windows) or Add Plug-in (Mac OS).In Lightroom, do File > Plug-in Manager.
zip and move it to a location of your choice. If this is a new installation, extract the folder anyfilter.lrplugin from the downloaded.If you’re upgrading from a previous version of Any Filter, exit Lightroom and replace the existing anyfilter.lrplugin folder with the new one extracted from the downloaded.(The newer cloud-focused Lightroom doesn’t support plugins.) Download and InstallĪny Filter requires Lightroom 5 or later, Lightroom CC 2015, or Lightroom Classic.