Hello. This is a two part question. First of all I would like to find out what the purpose of the lightning bolt besides the color classes in the prefferences control panel is. In other parts of PM the lightning bolt is used to save a profile or to change them. On my computer (OSX 10.52) it does nothing when it is clicked, so I was wondering if that is a bug.
The reason I'm asking is that the way I like to put in keywords is while browsing full screen. I look at a picture and I use tagging to denote bad shots to be deleted, and then depending on what I am grading, I used colors to further decide what to do with a shot.
My problem is that I have a bad memory and would like to have one set of colors for the racing I do, another for weddings and another for say, personal stuff. So if I'm going through a folder from a wedding, I would like to select a set of colors, for example a light blue set, so that I can tag a shot of a bride with a certain color and a reception shot another set. The colors don't matter that much, its more just so I don't get mixed up with my own system. The purpose of all of that is for fast keywording. My keywording is simple, I like to put only one keyword so that later I can do a search by category, such as brides, easily. So the idea is to go through a folder, give colors to the various categories and then automatically assign a keyword in one fast batch.
I do mostly racing but find that the set of colors I have don't work for other types of shooting because I forget what I intend to use each color for. So .... is there any way to make it where PM can save sets of colors, along side with the names we set for them? It would be great if they could also be changed without a trip to the prefference panel, but that would just be "gravy".
I find that keywording is my biggest frustration and biggest time waster. I like very much how Aperture handles this. In Aperture, you can make sets of keywords and then hit a number to apply the keyword. It works fast and intuitively for me. I just pull down the set, for example weddings, and then as I look at each shot for a second, I can grade it with a star or color and one keystroke fills in a keyword as well. Is there any way to implement such a possibility for PM?
I'm also open to any suggestions on how to keyword images but need to say that mousing around is not my stile. I have problems with carpal tunnel which mousing makes worse - so I really appreciate working from a keyboard. Thanks.
