There’s no doubt keyword hierarchies are very useful for serious keyworders. We talked in earlier lessons about the merits of keeping your keyword system simple by using Keyword sets and a controlled vocabulary. It’s a functional keyword, not a descriptive one. But, most importantly, it won’t appear in the list of keywords embedded into the photo’s metadata when it’s exported. The underscore ensures it appears near the top of your keyword list (only keywords with numbers are listed above it alphabetically).
It’s there as a header so that you can group all relevant keyword hierarchies underneath. What does this mean? The keyword tag ‘_Geography_’ is for organizational purposes only. Setting up the keyword hierarchy saves space in the Keyword List panel.Īs you can see the keyword tag ‘_Geography_’ is displayed under Keywords & Containing Keywords but not under Will Export. On the right, is what you see when you click the white arrows to open up the hierarchy. On the left, is the hierarchy when it’s closed. Here’s an example of a keyword hierarchy in action. As keyword lists are alphabetical, it keeps similar keyword hierarchies together. It groups all four together in the Keyword Lists panel and makes them easier to find. Using the above example, it makes sense for continent/country/state/city to be linked in a hierarchy. Keywords are better organized and easier to find. These are some of the benefits of using keyword hierarchies.ġ. But if you submit your photos to photo sharing websites or stock libraries, or think you may do in the future, then keyword hierarchies, once set up, can save you a lot of work. If you’re using personal keywords it’s probably easier to use Keyword sets and ignore keyword hierarchies. Setting up keyword hierarchies takes a lot of time and effort.
The keywords are arranged in a hierarchy following this criteria: North America > United States > New York State > New York City Here’s one based on location (you may remember it from Lesson Two). The easiest way to show you is with an example. Hierarchical keywords are organized in groups.
VIEWING KEYWORDS IN SCREENSTEPS HOW TO
We already covered the topic of keyword hierarchies in How to Create Keyword Lists in Lightroom Classic, so let’s start by recapping what we learned there. In this lesson we’re going to look at how to use hierarchical keywords in Lightroom Classic.
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