Export keywords for specific folder

[timr201]

I would like to export keywords for a specific folder, but can't seem to find out if that is possible.  For example, I put all of my photos from a birding outing in a specific folder, add keywords (bird names), and then want to see how many different types of birds I photographed that day.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, including using a different workflow to get the same result.

Thank you - tim

[Akash Sharma]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for posting on Adobe forums. I cannot recall a set way of exporting keywords only for a specific folder.

I'd recommend that you to suggest this as a feature request on our Feedback community here: Lightroom Classic CC | Photoshop Family Customer Community

Our Engineers do monitor this space and look for major feature requests from our valuable users like you to shape the product further.

Regards,

Akash

[timr201]

Thank you Akash!

[johnrellis · Accepted solution]

The Data Explorer plugin provides this functionality.  For example, here are the counts of keywords assigned to a selection of 20 photos:

That plugin, and a number of others, let you export a comma-separated text file containing the list of keywords assigned to each photo: Any Filter, List View, LR/Transporter. Each of these plugins provides unique functionality other than exporting metadata fields.

[timr201]

Thank you John, the Data Explorer is perfect for my needs!

[Rob_Cullen]

I would like to export keywords for a specific folder

Being curious I found a work-around method without plugins that seems to achieve an answer to the post- (that is not too difficult)

Select the specific Folder and images,

Right-Click to {Export this folder as a Catalog},  (Uncheck "Export Negative Files")

Menu: {File>Open Recent} and swap to the exported catalog,

Menu: {Metadata>Export Keywords},

Return to the Master Catalog- Menu: {File>Open Recent}

(Delete the temporary exported catalog with the OS browser.)

[timr201]

Thank you!