Inspiring

Question

i would like to have a remote third party ad captions to my images on lrc

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
March 1, 2022
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Hi guys,
I would like my assistant to ad captions to images from his home on his computer...
How do you suggest this could be done easily?

Thank you

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john beardsworth

Community Expert

Would you be able to let the assitant log into LR Web with your account?

What I am thinking is that you could use LR's sync feature, syncing collections of photos. The assistant would then log into LR Web in a web browser and can edit titles and captions. You'd have to tell them not to change ratings, flags, or make edits.

This would be pretty easy if you're OK sharing the account logon with them. On the other hand it's one image at a time rather than in batches.

ariro7Author

Inspiring

Thank you John,

That sounds good. I'll try that as well and see how it goes.
The batch could be an issue though...

ariro7Author

Inspiring

I have tried what you suggested. Wierdely it has resent the captions on a virtual copy.
So now when I look at my photos on Lrc, the captions are on images called Copy 1 and not on the original one.
I don't know how to merge them and get reed of the copies.

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

Safest method would be Export/Import a Catalog.

1) In your Lightroom-Classic Catalog: Select only the images to be captioned. (You can select Folders or Collections of images)

2) MENU: File > Export as Catalog..

3) Set the options as

Smart Previews and Negative files are NOT needed if the assistant is only editing metadata.

4) Send the 'exported' Catalog parent folder (with the Previews) to your assistant

5) Assistant 'opens' the exported Catalog

6) Assistant adds Captions, Titles, Keywords.

7) Assistant sends the 'exported' Catalog back to you

😎 You open your 'master' catalog and

9) MENU: File > Import from another catalog... selecting the 'Exported' catalog.

[Import] will 'bring in' the changed metadata to your Master Catalog.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

ariro7Author

Inspiring

Thank you Rob,

When reimporting, wouldn't it create a double with the previous I already have?
How would I deal with it?

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

TBMK If you 'uncheck' the option to [Preserve old settings as a virtual copy] then all that will happen is that the metadata will be updated with the added keywords.

Checking the option 'on' is useful when the "assistant" or remote editor is doing Development / Editing of the image, and you want to preserve your own edits for the image. Then you have two edited versions (yours as a VC, and the edits by the assistant) in the catalog.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

L

Lumigraphics

Legend

Lightroom Classic is not designed for shared use, but you can export a catalog for him to edit. Otherwise you'd have to look for a metadata import plugin where you could save captions to a text file and import them.

ariro7Author

Inspiring

Thank you,

That could be a good option.

ariro7Author

Inspiring

but the metadata plugin could be a source of confusion with a large amount of images

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