I'm not near my PC right now, but I think I remember that you can use Cntl J on windows, or alternatively just cut and paste a line return from another application such as Notepad. ... View more

I believe there is a recent bug in LR's export post-processing - the code that tells plugins to do something to exported files. Not all plugins would be affected, but post-processing plugins would be -  and that would include MW.   I'd be surprised if this isn't fixed in the next LR update. ... View more

So rather than the original blanket assertion, it's just a point about special circumstances. Maybe better to post precise details in a new thread?   But though this is a LrClassic forum, I agree about the backup weakness of a purely cloudy environment. ... View more

Apparently no more XMP data is being exported at the moment. By @Christoph33568722ti8g   Not true. There is a recent change in when/how it gets saved, but it's still happening.   This means that anyone who exports and then deletes their images will have problems restoring them. By @Christoph33568722ti8g   Also not accurate. People should rely on catalogue backups, not xmp which is more for interchange with other apps than it is for backup. The catalogue backup contains all the work on your images - xmp does not. ... View more

Now the Import process has "completed", is your "stalling at about 4001" still a problem? Does LR now record 32652 files?   What is special about those 10 files? Examine them individually and maybe try importing them again - what error message is there?   ... View more

I can't think of a way.   Maybe you've seen a demo of Photoshop's new Object Selection tool? ... View more

You know you can export the videos as H264? This is from the export dialog:   Videos are only recorded and don't take up space in LR. They take up space on your hard drive, so just get a bigger hard drive? ... View more

Before you go away, disable the internet on the laptop and try shooting tethered. ... View more

Your second option is the more practical - in LrC you just pick the photos to add to a collection, ensure it's synced, and then access them on the iPad. Technically, you could sync the entire catalogue this way without running into storage limits (smart previews don't count) This gives you smart previews which are usually good enough, and your adjustments or flag/rating/title/caption would simply sync both ways, though I'd always do the fine tuning in LrC. But don't do any keywording on the iPad - Adobe decided not to allow them to sync.   You can also import the raws into the iPad, for example from a flash card to USBC/Lightning etc converter or via a cable from the camera. If those photos are already synced (as smart previews above) LrM is smart enough to match up the raw with the sync item. ... View more

thanks, Yes you can P.M  By @Takeone.Digital By "PM" I meant PhotoMechanic 😏 ... View more

The main trick to speed this process up is to import with embedded previews. This saves enormous amounts of time as you don't need your compiter to do any unnecessary processing of raws you will never even edit. Also delaying going into develop as long as you can will help enormously because you (or your computer) end up again not doing any work that is not needed. Culling in Lightroom Classic is not as fast as photomechanic for sure but with this approach you get pretty close.  By @Jao vdL   I very much agree with this.   Another aspect is what is meant by "processing". PhotoMechanic might be great at making keep or reject decisions, also at adding metadata, but it cannot adjust images. And in many cases one does need to make some adjustments to images before you can decide whether they are worth keeping - maybe the night shots you mention. Lightroom of course allows you to do that, as well as the rest of the post processing. Would PM add anything? ... View more

Why not to a File > Export, set the size, and then set Open in Photoshop in the Post Processing Step at the bottom of the Export dialog. You can save different sizes as export presets. ... View more

If that's how you like to work, then just set the button to Auto Sync and leave it that way. You'll find that it says Auto Sync when multiple images are selected, Sync when you've only one selected. . By @john beardsworth Sync when you only have one image selected??? I assume you mean to use 'copy settings' and paste 'settings'. By @JohanElzenga   Yes, I wasn't clear - can't have switched out of Auto Sync for some time! ... View more

I agree and that is how I work myself, but from my experience with these forums I don't think it would be a good idea if that was the general default setting in Lightroom Classic. By @JohanElzenga   I tend to think the opposite and that AutoSync should have been the norm. People wouldn't have struggled to understand since it would just have been like when select multiple items in most software - whatever you then do applies to all the items.   But we now have a balanced solution. The one big gap is whenever a user needs to recover from an AutoSync mistake and can only step back through History one image at a time. ... View more

If I have multiple images selected it should default to auto-sync, if I click on it I could manually still choose what to sync but if there are multiple images selected any changes are auto-sync'd. At the very least the behavior should be defined in preferences... currently it is so archiac.  By @phisch777   If that's how you like to work, then just set the button to Auto Sync and leave it that way. You'll find that it says Auto Sync when multiple images are selected, Sync when you've only one selected. That's really the preference.   For years my default way of working is with Auto Sync enabled, and I believe it's the fastest way to work. You just have to keep checking which images are selected, and pay attention to those bezels telling you "exposure updated for x images" (a relatively new feature).   Problems such as described by Johan come when you keep changing between Sync and Auto Sync. Just leave it enabled, and you'll always know that you are adjusting multiple images, if multiple images are selected. ... View more

In Develop, go to the Settings menu and choose Update AI Settings. ... View more

Never heard of it. What are you doing to this catalogue? Are you emailing it to the client or sending them originals? Are they choosing by some automated method? What does the history panel show has happened to these random photos? ... View more

So in LR go to the folder which "should have 249", switch to grid view and how many photos have thumbnails? Is it 2? Then that is how many previews you would be able to get with that script. ... View more

Note that Bridge's Batch Rename can rename files back to the original names, providing you had ticked the option to preserve them.     ... View more

My problem with Syncomatic is that I cannot see how to synchronise metadata between a catalog entry and a file only file to file.  By @Phil5F94   I don't understand this comment.   Imagine the plugin's normal use where your catalogue might contain a set of DNGs and a set of JPEGs, and you want to copy metadata from one group to the other. You have to simulate this in your catalogue which has the keywords but has missing files, which I'll assume are raws. So import the extracted images too (assumed as JPEGs) and use the plugin to copy from raws to JPEGs using the filenames to match.   Use a copy of the catalogue with the keywords.   Does that make the processes clearer? ... View more

The Syncomatic suggestion would eliminate all this metadata export, providing the extracted files have names that match the problem items in the catalogue. You'd get the extracted files into the catalogue too, and then use the plugin to copy the problem files' keywords to the extracted files. In unregistered mode, it's limited to 10 photos at a time which should be enough to see if it will work for you. ... View more

Yes, if the OP wishes to bring those extracted files back into LR, Syncomatic should be able to copy metadata from the originals. It would depend on the filenames (roughly) matching.   Two plugins are designed to export metadata. LrTransporter is a dedicated metadata exporter/importer, while my own ListView provides a list view inside LR and can also export values. ... View more

With the same camera, I applied another of Adobe's Camera Matching profiles and ran the script:   So in this case - using an older Adobe profile - the SDK reads the profile correctly and has no Look.   ... View more

This shows the confusion. I applied Adobe's Camera Matching profile "Camera BLEACH BYPASS" and then queried the photo with the following script:       local LrTasks = import 'LrTasks' local LrApplication = import 'LrApplication' local catalog = LrApplication.activeCatalog() local ProgressScope = import 'LrProgressScope' local LrDialogs = import 'LrDialogs' LrTasks.startAsyncTask( function() local photos=catalog:getTargetPhotos() dev={} for j, photo in ipairs(photos) do settings = photo:getDevelopSettings() local str= {} str[#str+1] = 'photo:getDevelopSettings("CameraProfile"):\n' .. settings.CameraProfile .. "\n" if settings.Look then str[#str+1] = "'Look' parameter:" str[#str+1] = "Name: " .. settings.Look.Name str[#str+1] = "UUID: " .. settings.Look.UUID else str[#str+1] = "No 'Look' parameter" end LrDialogs.message("Fuji X-T4 file", table.concat(str, "\n" )) end end)     Saving the profile into a preset, we get this, restricted to that camera model:   <crs:Look> <rdf:Description crs:Name="Camera BLEACH BYPASS" crs:Amount="1" crs:UUID="A8177E7D9DCDE45D26DEFB3554ECFA3B" crs:SupportsAmount="false" crs:SupportsMonochrome="false" crs:SupportsOutputReferred="false" crs:CameraModelRestriction="Fujifilm X-T4" crs:Stubbed="true"> <crs:Group> <rdf:Alt> <rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Profiles</rdf:li> </rdf:Alt> </crs:Group> </rdf:Description> </crs:Look>     ... View more

However, you can get the camera profiles and creative profiles for a photo via photo:getDevelopSettings(), and you can set them via photo:applyDevelopSettings(). The name of the camera profile is stored under the key CameraProfile, and the creative profile is stored under the key Look.   By @johnrellis   I am not sure what is happening here, but I don't think it's so straightforward. Most profiles can be applied by adding the CameraProfile key, but others need the Look key instead, which also appears to be camera-specific and includes an unguessable UUID.   I can't tell if this is inconsistency or a change that is being progressively implemented, but it's undocumented and unhelpful. ... View more

I was looking at this before and remember a problem with waitForRender() which never seemed to complete when the rendition is a video. It seems fine with other file formats. Does that make sense to you?   for i, rendition in exportContext:renditions() do -- Wait until Lightroom has finished rendering this photo. local success, pathOrMessage = rendition:waitForRender() local rendPath = rendition.destinationPath LrDialogs.message (rendPath) ... View more

See https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/lightroom-classic/kb/extract-previews-for-lost-images-lightroom.html ... View more

No, in LR there is no option to do that - that's a shame - so you have to do something like this:   First do a Cmd S (Mac) or Ctrl S (Win) to save edits back to the file, which will help later. Next do an Edit With, opening the file into PS and essentially creating a document of the right size and with any metadata. Save the file at this point (if you don't, there'll be a "can't place file in itself" error in the next step) Then in PS, choose File > Place Linked and add the raw file. It'll probably take you through ACR, which should pick up the adjustments from that Cmd/Ctrl S earlier, and you should check that ACR is outputing a 16 bit file. This should open the file as a linked smart object, centred and filling the document space (if not  make sure the resolution is the same in LR's External Editing prefs and in ACR - so 300 in both cases, or 240 in both). You can now delete the background layer, and you have what you want.   If you now make changes back in LR and do a Cmd/Ctrl S, you'll see the Photoshop link being refreshed.   I am pretty sure that's all the steps. ... View more