lightroom-tools

A set of tools to make Lightroom even more awesomer.

Usage

Prerequisite: Export photos from Lightroom.

1. Start Lightroom
2. Select all folders and albums.
3. Select all the shown photos and export (File > Save to...).
4. Make sure to export to JPG.

Then: Organise the flat photo folder into albums.

make_albums.py <path>

where <path> is where you exported your photos to. Now your photos are nicely organised into folders that follow the structure of your photo library.

That's it. You're done.

Advanced

OK, if you want to export only one album or folder, you can do that too. Then run:

make_albums.py list albums

This will print your Lightroom album hierarchy. Find the exported album/folder and copy its album ID. Then

make_albums.py <path> -r <album ID>

Lightroom info

Kinds of stored photos

original: Raw photo or JPG whatever you uploaded. Changes to the photo are stored in XMP, which cannot be read by external programs. So other image editors and viewers will show the original while Adobe programs will show the edited photo.

proxy: A reduced version of the original, stored in RAW format but without file extension. With the changes stored in XMP, like the originals, only Adobe programs will show the edited version. The proxy file path can be found in Managed Catalog.wfindex/assetPathsAndInfo.

preview: Small 320px or 640px photos with all edits applied. Their path can be found in previews.db/RenditionPath.

export: Created by selecting photos and then File > Save to... The user selects the format (original or JPG) and size (original, small or custom). Exported files are all saved into the same folder. To organise them by the Lightroom structure of albums, use into_folders.py.