Export a Collection Set

Hi
I have created a collection set in one of my Lightroom catalogues which has a series of smart collections and embedded collection sets within it. I use this in my workflow for improving productivity. I normally put a complete photo shoot into my workflow collection folder which then filter through the different smart collections,once I have geotagged them, starred them, developed them, until I am left with a series of processed images. All images are removed from the workflow at the end ready for the next photo shoot.
What I would like to do is export an entire collection set with all my embedded smart collection to enable me to use the workflow on different catalogs. I don't want to move the photos just the collections.
Is there any way I can do this? I have found methods for "export smart collection settings" but nothing for a complete set.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

WhereOnEarth wrote:
Would love Adobe to add this functionality to future versions.
Would you settle for Rob adding this functionality to present version?
See scripts:
* Export Collections and Sets
* Import Collections and Sets
in MiscLrScripts distribution (free): http://www.robcole.com/Rob/ProductsAndServices/MiscLrScripts
Note: you can export regular collections/sets and import into a publish service, or vice-versa.. - supports both regular and smart collections.
Rob

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I'm sure this worked in earlier versions of LR (?), but it's been a while since I've required doing this. However last night I needed to export a Collection Set housing several Collections as a single Catlog to an external HD. The options I chose were to export the negative files and available previews.
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I tried this and I got the exactly same result, only 4 four of my Collections within the Collection Set were exported in the new Catalog.
I couldn't understand why it was doing this but eventually noticed that not all the images within the Collections were being shown in the grid when the Collection Set was selected. That was the problem. I still don't know why, but suspect one of the Collections may have become corrupted somehow. I've no filters on, so all the images in the sub Collections should show up in the grid, but only images from the first 4 were visible.
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SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege=$null
SeLockMemoryPrivilege=$null
SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege=$null
SeUnsolicitedInputPrivilege=$null
SeMachineAccountPrivilege=$null
SeTcbPrivilege=$null
SeSecurityPrivilege=$null
SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege=$null
SeLoadDriverPrivilege=$null
SeSystemProfilePrivilege=$null
SeSystemtimePrivilege=$null
SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege=$null
SeCreatePagefilePrivilege=$null
SeCreatePermanentPrivilege=$null
SeBackupPrivilege=$null
SeRestorePrivilege=$null
SeShutdownPrivilege=$null
SeDebugPrivilege=$null
SeAuditPrivilege=$null
SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege=$null
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sunhotmoon wrote:
What did I do wrong? How can I keep my designated user order when I export a collection?
Hi Rene,
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http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/new
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CPChisholm wrote:
If I specify a smart collection rule that says the source must be a collection matching some pattern, does this only apply to actual collections and exclude collection sets?
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