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July 17, 2026
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P: Export video keywords in the same way as photo keywords

  • July 17, 2026
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I have over 780 drone footage clips in Lightroom, meticulously cataloged. I wanted to export them after the photos to upload them to our new online photo library (useless for tagging but essential for sharing and access control). And surprise: not a single keyword was included. I discovered that Lightroom doesn't export them, and the plugin I found doesn't work.
All we can do now is wait for a Lightroom update so we can use and share our footage, because recataloging it via the online tool would be far too time-consuming and risky to attempt.

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    johnrellis
    Legend
    July 19, 2026

    Adobe never finished the implementation of video support added in LR 3 and 4. In particular, it never writes or export video metadata. I’d be surprised (but pleasantly so) if Adobe decides to do that now.

     

    A solution is to use the Run Any Command to invoke the free Exiftool utility to add the keywords to the exported videos.  Exiftool has a fairly steep learning curve, so if you’re not familiar with it or command-line scripting in general, expect to spend an hour or two figuring it out.