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Photoshelter export plugin version 2.5

The photoshelter export plugin for Adobe Lightroom has improved.  It is not only the easiest way to upload your photos to Photoshelter Archive from Lightroom. You can update already uploaded images by replacing the previous upload. It is also possible to synchronize the IPTC metadata between lightroom and photoshelter.

 

All these new features are made possible by Photoshelter. They extended their functionality to make these features possible in the plugin.

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version information
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version 2.7

  • added locate image option
  • improved message dialogs

version 2.6

  • skip due to login issues

version 2.5

  • update already uploaded images
  • synchronize IPTC metadata

version 2.4

  • include XMP file when export as original

version 2.3

  • fixed "An internal error has occurred: .\PhotoshelterAP I.lua:81:attempt to index local 's'(a number value)"

version 2.2

  • fixed http response handling, some responses were incorrectly marked as false

version 2.1

  • added login support to export task
  • added metadata storing options

version 2.0

  • completely rewritten
  • add logging ability for support
  • support lightroom 2 and Lightroom 3

version 1.4

  • simplified login procedure to increase performance and fix login issues

version 1.3

  • fixed login issues that occurred in some cases

version 1.2

  • revised account panel
  • support full archive folder structure
  • create new archive folder
  • rename archive folder
  • fixed context menu export

version 1.1

  • fixed album selection list for Lightroom 2 on Mac OS X

version 1.0

  • initial version of the plugin
  • support lightroom 1 and 2
  • basic uploading to photoshelter

 
 
export plugin installation in lightroom
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To install the plugin in Lightroom download the photoshelter export plugin first.

Before installation

Before you install a new version of the plugin remove the currently installed version from lightroom.

manual installation

Within the package is a single folder with the suffix .lrplugin Lightroom recognizes a plugin if it is in a single folder with this suffix.
NOTE: In Mac OS, the suffix .lrplugin creates a package, which looks like a single file.

A plug-in folder can reside in any location on your hard drive. You can load the plug-in using the Add button in the Plug-in Manager (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+,). Once it is added, you can enable or disable it through the dialog, or unload it using the Remove button.

  1. Use these buttons to add and remove plugins. If you didn't store the plugin in an automatic loaded folder, you need to use the Add button to install the plugin
  2. When the plugin is correctly loaded and enabled, it is shown in this location
  3. To enable/disable the plugin without removing it
  4. If you experience problems with the plugin, you can enable the logging option. When enable the plugin will create a file called pactphotoshelter.txt in your home folder.

 

Automatic plug-in loading

Lightroom automatically checks for plug-ins in the standard Modules folder where other Lightroom settings are stored:

Plug-ins that are installed in this location are automatically listed in the Plug-in Manager dialog. You can use the dialog to enable or disable such a plug-in, but not to remove it. The Remove button is dimmed when such a plug-in is selected.


In Mac OS (current user) ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules
In Mac OS (all users) /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules

In Windows XP C:\Documents and Users\username\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules
In Windows 7/Vista C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules

 
 
Using the plugin for the first time
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Before you can use the plugin you need to enter your Photoshelter login details. You do this by opening the export dialog (CTRL+SHIFT+E ).

  1. select the photoshelter export plugin
  2. enter your photoshelter login details
  3. select the archive folder to upload to
  4. mark uploaded photos as tagged or searchable. You can also include your lightroom rating

By default the standard export service of Lightroom is selected. You need to switch to the photoshelter export plugin to use it. You do this in the drop down box (1) at the top of the dialog.

When export to Photoshelter is selected you will see the Photoshelter account section (2), you can enter your account information here and press the "Login" button to validate your account. If you entered a valid account, the plugin will store the account information.

When you entered a valid account the export button at the bottom of the dialog will be enabled. You are now ready to upload your images to Photoshelter.

In the "album selection" section (3) of the dialog you can select the archive folder to upload to. It also includes the option to create a new archive folder on Photoshelter. It is also possible to set the Tagged and Searchable options (4) directly for the uploaded images. So there is no longer a need to go to your Photoshelter Archive and make the uploaded images publicly searchable. Simply do it directly with the upload.

The remaining sections in the export dialog are the normal lightroom export sections.

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