Select photos in the Grid view and the Filmstrip
You select photos in the Grid view that you want to work with in the Library or other modules. The photos you select are reflected in the Filmstrip. Likewise, the specific photos selected in the Filmstrip are displayed in the Grid view.
When you select a photo, it becomes the active photo. You can select multiple photos, but only one photo at a time is the active photo. Selected photos are indicated in the grid and the Filmstrip by a thin white border and a cell color that’s lighter than unselected photos. The active photo is indicated by the lightest colored cell.
When you have several photos selected, you can click any selected photo to make it active without deselecting the other photos. If you click a photo outside of the selection, it becomes the active photo, and all other photos are deselected.
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In the Grid view or the Filmstrip, do any of the following:
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To select a photo, click a photo thumbnail.
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To select non-contiguous photos in the Filmstrip, click the first photo and then Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) additional photos.
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To select a photo and all photos between it and the active photo, Shift-click a photo.
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To select all photos, choose Edit > Select All.
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To deselect all photos, choose Edit > Select None.
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To select a single photo when multiple photos are selected, click the grid cell (not the image itself). Clicking the image makes that image active without deselecting the other cells.
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To deselect the active photo and select a different active photo in a multiple-photo selection, choose Edit > Deselect Active Photo. The next photo in the multiple-photo selection becomes the active photo.
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To select only the active photo and deselect all other photos in the multiple selection, choose Edit > Select Only Active Photo.
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To deselect selected photos and select photos that were unselected, choose Edit > Invert Selection.
When you select multiple photos, the first photo you select is the primary selection (active photo), indicated by the brighter highlighted frame.
After selecting photos, adding them
to a Quick Collection is an easy way to manage the photos you want
to display in a slideshow, print, assemble into a web gallery, or
export. -