P: SDK ignores values set in updateExportSettings function (Timelapse plugin)

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

A bug seems to be introduced with version 9.0 of Lightroom that when a plugin designer sets exports settings using the "updateExportSettings" of the Lightroom SDK all these settings are ignored and default settings are sent for the export job.

When the following code is used, the files are NOT renamed on export. The exported file have the same name as the original files.


updateExportSettings = function( settings )

    settings.LR_collisionHandling = "rename"

    -- Rename settings
    settings.LR_renamingTokensOn = true
    settings.LR_tokenCustomString = ""
    settings.LR_tokens = "{

{naming_sequenceNumber_5Digits}}"

end


I do not know if this is the best place to put this, Adobe seems to have deleted the Lightroom SDK forum.

[bhargaveede]

Hi Allen,

Thanks for reporting the issue.
We'll investigate and get back to you.

Meanwhile, Can you provide a sample script to replicate the issue?

Thanks,
Bhargav

[Gunther Wegner]

I can confirm this problem, it's a big issue for me and the users of my software who rely on my Custom Export Plugin for Lightroom.

Here is a sample ServiceProvider script:

local LrDialogs = import 'LrDialogs'
return {
    showSections = 
        { 'fileNaming', 'imageSettings', 'exportLocation' },

    updateExportSettings = function( exportSettings )
        LrDialogs.message("Called") -- this will be called, 
                                    -- but still the exportSettings
                                    -- won't be changed 
                                    -- export will happen in JPG.
        exportSettings.LR_format = "TIFF"
    end,

    processRenderedPhotos = function( functionContext, exportContext )
        local exportSession = exportContext.exportSession
        local renditions = exportSession:renditions{ stopIfCanceled = true }
        for i, rendition in renditions do
            success, pathOrMessage = rendition:waitForRender()
        end
    end
}

If the Plugin is being called by a preset, which sets format = "TIFF", it will show the right format (tiff) in the dialog, but then still export jpgs.

I'd really appreciate if a fix could be provided asap! Thank you!

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

This should be resolved by the 9.1 update released earlier today. Please give it a try and let us know if you still see the issue after updating.  Thank you for your patience!

[johnrellis]

"Adobe seems to have deleted the Lightroom SDK forum."

Unfortunately, all of the scripting and SDK forums were merged into their parent forums as part of the ugly migration from the Jive platform to Khoros.   Most of the old LR SDK forum content is still there, though it's much harder to search, and it's much harder for a plugin developer to monitor just SDK content.

Regardless, this forum (the official feedback forum) is the place to post bug reports.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Is it possible that there has been a regression on this? Because I'm seeing the exact behavior where I'm requesting a TIFF to be exported, but I'm receiving a .jpg file after the export. Although I'm only seeing that behavior on OSX, not on Windows.

[johnrellis]

Oliver, are you seeing this problem with a plugin you wrote or using the LR user interface?

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

This is in a plugin I'm working on. I'm very inexperienced. This is the first plugin I'm writing. So a mistake on my part is definitely possible.

My plugin looks something like this. I hope I didn't leave out anything essential:

local Plugin = {
    hideSections = { "exportLocation", "fileNaming", "metadata", "video" },
    allowFileFormats = { "TIFF" },
    allowColorSpaces = nil,
    exportPresetFields = {}
}
function Plugin.startDialog( propertyTable )
    propertyTable.LR_format = "TIFF"
    propertyTable.LR_tiff_compressionMethod = "compressionMethod_None"
end
function Plugin.processRenderedPhotos( functionContext, exportContext )
    local exportSession = exportContext.exportSession
    local nPhotos = exportSession:countRenditions()

    local failures = {}
    for _, rendition in exportContext:renditions{ stopIfCanceled = true } do
        local success, pathOrMessage = rendition:waitForRender()
    end
end

pathOrMessage will be a path to a file in a temporary location where the name ends in .jpg and testers indicate to me that the file is in fact a JPEG file.

I have not observed this on my own Windows workstation and have limited access to a OSX machine under the current conditions.

Also, thanks for the quick response 🙂

[johnrellis]

Publish-service plugins is one area of the SDK for which I'm not expert. This forum isn't the best place to get help, especially for plugin development -- it's more for bug reporting and feature requests.  

Unfortunately, Adobe in its wisdom merged the SDK user forum with the main LR Classic user forum last fall, which has reduced participation in the SDK forum. But you might post in the LR Classic forum and see if someone else can help.

[johnrellis]

Also, ask your testers which version of LR they're on (Help > System Info), since the bug of the original post was reportedly fixed in 9.1. Beware that the Creative Cloud app sometimes fools people into thinking they're on "the latest", so insist that your testers do Help > System Info.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I've come across the subject, and a lot of your content, while working on this plugin. Thanks for your contributions by the way.

I came across this post because it sounded very similar to what I was experiencing, but maybe I just need to do more debugging and was just lucky it working on Windows initially.

Thank you for the link, but my first impression is that it wouldn't be very fruitful to bring up such a technical subject there. I feel like you share the impression.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

The tester who was most specific with the response was using Lightroom Classic 9.2 and was experiencing the issue.

[johnrellis]

Some other plugin developers do occasionally participate in that forum. You can tag your post with SDK.

[oliversalzburg]

Posted https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/exported-tiff-images-are-actually-jpegs/m-p/1111241... over there. Also got additional details by now. It's a Lightroom bug IMHO

[Gunther Wegner]

With which version of LR are you experiencing this?

[oliversalzburg]

9.2.1 and prior

[Gunther Wegner]

I cannot confirm this. With my plugin everything works as expected since this bug was fixed in 9.1.

[oliversalzburg]

It just seemed like the issues are related and it could be a good starting point for the engineer who looked into your report. Sorry if I caused confusion. And, thanks for checking 🙂