ANN: LR/Transporter 1.00 - more power to your exported metadata

Question

Hi,
Following several requests, I've just released version 1.00 of my new plugin, LR/Transporter.
LR/Transporter is a Lightroom export plugin that allows you make use of the metadata embedded in your photos. In parallel to the exportation of the photos themselves you may generate a "companion" text file for each exported photo as well as an overall summary file. These files are built to your own specification from the metadata embedded in the photos.
To further enhance your workflow, the photos and the associated files can then be moved elsewhere on your system (even the path to the new location can be based on photo metadata) or sent to your server via FTP.
This very adaptable plugin has endless potential for those requiring more from their metadata - creation of CSV files, automated upload of specific metadata with each photo, creation of computer readable XML files, etc.
All feedback is appreciated - as with LR/Mogrify you input will drive the future of this plugin.
You may download it here:
http://timothyarmes.com/lrtransporter.php
Tim

Answer 1

I'm having some difficulty understanding and using the Copy Files section. As I understand it, I could use this to organize exported images according to the metadata in the image. For an example, assume I have properly identified a team's players using the caption field of photos taken during a soccer match. After exporting the images I could then copy and sort them into folders named by the caption contents like this:
c:\players\Jones
c:\players\Smith
etc.
So I check "Copy exported files to", then enter "c:\players\" in the field, then click the Metadata button to insert the token. But nothing happens when I click the Metadata button.
Also, if I check "Copy summary file to" and enter a path, the generated text file isn't copied there when the export is complete.
First, do I properly understand the use of this function, and 2nd am I doing something wrong in the process?
Thanks.