Export edit and import keywords structured.

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
November 13, 2024
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Hi group,

I'm always searching a possibility to export my keywords in a structured way (like I see it in Lightroom), edit them in a text editor like BBEdit and import it with the new structure again.

I miss on every keyword an id and a parent id.

Is it possible to do that in a easy way, or should I have learn to develope a plugin?

Did LightRoom manage internal the keywords with id or only with the keyword himself?

Thanks

Stefan

[Moved from ‘Lightroom ecosystem,’ to ‘Lightroom Classic’ by moderator, because this clearly sounds like you use Lightroom Classic, not Lightroom.]

B

Bonich

Participant

My workaround for this pain is doing all the keyword eding (just the amimals and plants taxa in three languages) in Excel where all names in three languages are combined in a single string. Whenever keywording is needed I copy the vstring and paste it in LRC's keyword editing field, job done.

Yes, you have to take care of the hirachical order in LRC as well.

johnrellis

Genius

The built-in commands Metadata > Export/Import Keywords let you export the current keyword list, edit the list in a text editor or spreadsheet (be careful, there are LR glitches with UTF-8 CSV files), and then import the new list. However, any changes to the names of keywords or their hierarchical structure will result in new keywords being created in Keyword List, not to changes to the existing keywords.

If you want to change existing keywords and their structure, while preserving their assignments to photos, you'll need to use the Any Tag plugin's Export/Import Keywords commands.

stefan-joachimAuthor

Known Participant

Hi John,
Thanks for the information.
I will test this in the next few days and give feedback here! I will the try your plugin.
Thank you very much!

Stefan

john beardsworth

Community Expert

Lightroom does not have that ability, and has no plugin capability. Lightroom Classic does, and without any need for a plugin, but it does support plugins.

Which Lightroom do you mean?

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