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Stacks

You can stack related thumbnails.

The term stack is from when photographer's stacked slides on light tables.

By stacking thumbnails, you clear space in the work area.

You can make stacks in collections as well as folders.

Create a Stack

Select the thumbnails, and then create the stack by doing one of the following.

On Tool Bar?	No
Keyboard Shortcuts	Ctrl + g
Right Click Menu	Select Stacking > Group into Stack
Menu on Top of the Screen	Photo > Stacking
On Thumbnail Border?	No
Other & Related Methods	• Open & collapse stacks: s • To change the thumbnail on top of the stack: Select the new thumbnail & press Shift + s • Move a thumbnail up or down a stack: Shift + [ or Shift + ]. • Unstack: Shift + Ctrl + g

Open & Collapse a Stack

After creating a stack, a white rectangle appears in the upper-left corner of the thumbnail at the top of the stack.

The rectangle contains the number of thumbnails in the stack.

To open or collapse the stack, click the white rectangle, or press s.

More Options

There are more options in the above chart under Other.

There are even more options when you go to Photo > Stacking.

Compare & Survey Views

You can use the Compare and Survey views to edit the order of the images in a stack.

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