Set rating stars



When assigning ratings to files, you can award from zero to five stars. Rating stars can be set or displayed in any view of the Library module. Once photos are rated, you can click a rating filter button in the Filmstrip or in the Library Filter bar to display and work on photos that you’ve rated with a specific number of stars. See Filter the photos displayed in the Filmstrip and Grid view and Find photos using the Attribute filters.

  • With one or more photos selected in the Grid view, or with a single photo selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, choose Photo > Set Rating. Then, choose a rating from the submenu.
    Note: If more than one photo is selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, the rating is applied only to the active photo.
  • Press a number from 1 through 5 to set the rating. Hold down Shift and press the number to set the rating to select the next slide.
In the Compare and Survey views, you can click one of the five dots under the photos to assign rating stars. Clicking the first dot assigns one rating star, clicking the second dot assigns two rating stars, clicking the third dot assigns three rating stars, and so forth.

Set rating stars in thumbnail cells of the Grid view

  1. In the Grid view, select one or more photos.
  2. Click one of the five dots below the thumbnail in a cell.

    Clicking the first dot assigns a one-star rating, clicking the second dot assigns two rating stars, clicking the third dot assigns three rating stars, and so forth.

    Note: For rating stars to appear in compact thumbnail cells, choose Bottom Label > Rating in the Library View Options. For rating stars to appear in Expanded thumbnail cells, select Show Rating Footer in Library View Options. See Set Library view options for the Grid view.

Set rating stars using the Painter tool

  1. In the Grid view, select the Painter tool in the toolbar, and then choose Rating from the Paint menu in the toolbar.
    Note: If the Painter tool does not appear in the toolbar, choose Painter from the toolbar menu.
  2. Specify the rating in the toolbar, and then click or drag across photos to apply the rating.
  3. To disable the Painter, click the circular well in the toolbar. When disabled, the Painter icon is visible in the toolbar.

Set rating stars in the Library toolbar

 With one or more photos selected in the Grid view, or with a single photo selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe or Survey view, click a rating star in the toolbar.

Clicking the first dot assigns a one-star rating, clicking the second dot assigns two rating stars, clicking the third dot assigns three rating stars, and so forth. If more than one photo is selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe or Survey view, the rating is applied only to the active photo.

Note: For rating stars to appear in the toolbar, choose Rating from the toolbar menu. See Show controls in the Library module toolbar.

Set rating stars in the Metadata panel

  1. With one or more photos selected in the Grid view, or with a single photo selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, choose Default, All, Minimal, or Quick Describe from the pop-up menu at the top of the Metadata panel.
  2. In the Metadata panel, click one of the five dots next to Rating.

    Clicking the first dot assigns one rating star, clicking the second dot assigns two rating stars, clicking the third dot assigns three rating stars, and so forth. If more than one photo is selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, the rating is applied only to the active photo.

Change ratings

 In the Library module, do any of the following to change rating stars in either the thumbnail cell, toolbar, or Metadata panel:

  • Click a different rating star to increase or decrease the rating. Clicking a one-star rating removes the rating.

  • Choose Photo > Set Rating, and then choose a different rating or whether to decrease or increase the rating.

You can select photos and press ] to increase the rating or press [ to decrease the rating.

Remove ratings

 With one or more photos selected in the Grid view, or with a single photo selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, choose Photo > Set Rating > None. If more than one photo is selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, the rating is removed only from the active photo.
Note: You can also click the stars in a thumbnail cell, in the Library toolbar, or in the Metadata panel to remove ratings. If a photo has a five-star rating, for example, click the fifth star to remove the rating. If a photo has a four-star rating, click the fourth star to remove the rating, and so on.