Lightroom Plugins

I have installed LR5. I have been using LR4.4. I have been using NIK Complete plugins. Only NIK Color Efix is showing up in LR5. Don't know if this is an Adobe issue or a Google (NIK) issue. I get no support from Google.
Steve Roberson

mikeengles wrote:
The problem with almost unlimited storage is the parallel need for twice that unlimited storage as a backup.
It just gets out of control, so best avoided.
Actually I have to disagree with you. System memory and hard drive storage cost are at an all time low. A 2TB internal hard drive will set you back about $100 and a 2TB protable about $130. A 2TB drive can hold about 80,000 21Mp raw image files at a cost of about 0.3 cents per image! Those big fat 100MB TIFs will cost you 1.2 cents per image. Are any of your images worth a penny or two?
mikeengles wrote:
The new distortion correction in LR5 beta is pretty good, but something like DXO, would be a good addition, but only if it worked like the other tools on Lightroom
I most probably will upgrade to LR5 and am at the moment trying out the beta. I am unlikely to ever upgrade from Photoshop CS5 and would like all the tools for selection,cloning and distortion built into Lightroom.
I really cannot see why there is such a problem. Lightroom works, I think on low res proxies
There are two issues that prevent this from happening anytime soon. There are a number of LR4.4 and 5 beta users still experiencing performance issues and addition of more "tools" will only make it worse. The second problem is purely a marketing issue in that Adobe wants to maintain sales of Photoshop and the more tools they throw into LR the more likely that will happen. LR in its current incarnation is running out of steam, so unlikely much more can be added without some major work.
Personally I think you're selling yourself short by not upgrading to PS CS6 now, while you still can before Adobe makes it CC subscription only. Take a look at the Adaptive Wide Angle Filter and other new tools.

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Question rgd Jeffrey's Export-to-Flickr Lightroom Plugin

Hi.
I stumbled across this plug-in in Scott Kelby's LR2 book, thought it was a cool feature, and was about to install it when I came across this:
"By authorizing this link, you'll allow Jeffrey's Export-to-Flickr Lightroom Plugin to:
Access your Flickr account (including private content)
Upload, Edit, and Replace photos and videos in your account
Interact with other members' photos and videos (comment, add notes, favorite)
Delete photos and videos from your account"
Is this really so? By adding this plugging I will give this Jeffrey access to delete my Flickr photos?
I'd really like to know before installing this thing.
Thanks in advance,
ole k

I guess I was a bit confused by reading: "By authorizing this link, you'll allow Jeffrey's Export-to-Flickr Lightroom Plugin to: . . . . .
Delete photos and videos from your account", as if the plug-in sort of would have a life on its own and start deleting my files. Which, I see now, was not the case. See also my other two replies to this thread.
As for Flickr to delete (among other things) my files, I'm really not that worried, as I am an amateur with little or nothing to lose. It was the idea of having this 3-part program interfering with my photos which scared me off a bit, along with the fact that I only yesterday encounterd another LR plugin - from Adobes/Scott Kelbys site, which included two trojans. But it all seems sorted out now.
Thanks,
ole k

Looking for Lightroom Plugin Developer for a Project

We are looking for a developer who can help us create a Lightroom plugin that will allow Lightroom users to upload their photos for print to our web based print and production service. Minimal user interface required. In the first stage of the project, shopping cart including pricing and shipping information will be handled by the web system. Later stages may include advertising pricing information inside Lightroom.
For more information respond to this thread or send an email to [email protected]
Klaus Sonnenleiter
http://www.printedart.com

studiodh33,
Please see private message if you haven't already...
-Rob

Interactive debugger for Lightroom plugins

The Lua IDE "ZeroBrane" now supports interactive debugging of Lightroom plugins. This means you can set breakpoints, step through your code line by line, examine/watch your variables as you do so etc. It can be quite helpful when debugging a complex situation in a plugin, and I don't think it was previously available.
For more details see here,
http://notebook.kulchenko.com/zerobrane/debugging-lightroom-plugins-zerobrane-studio-ide
See the last screenshot for a view of the interactive debugger.
(Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with them but have worked a little with their software, and like it. Paul, the developer, is very responsive and helpful, in case you should still encounter the occasional quirk.)

I just tried it in Lightroom 5.6/Mac, and it worked well. (I don't have the latest version of ZBS installed, however.)
The only thing I see is that if you import it as local LrMobdebug, it should be "LrMobdebug.start()", not Lrmobdebug.start(), i .e. upper/lower case 'm'. (turns out this is wrong in the article too). However, LR should inform you of this when you start the plugin, with the error message "An internal error has occurred - attempt to index global Lrmobdebug (a nil value). So maybe you have caught this already.
The only real suggestion I have is to restart Lightroom, as that sometimes helps. Otherwise, I followed the steps in the article, i.e. script opened in ZBS, project directory set etc. I did not set a breakpoint as Lrmobdebug.start() already breaks itself.

Lightroom Plugin Problem.

Hi guys,
I recently installed some new plugins for lightroom and added them using the lightroom Plugin manager and I have also activated them. Although, I have done all of this, they don't appear on my publishing services list or my Lightroom plugin manager when I save it and Exit. Please some guidance would be helpfull!

If you are using Jeffery Friedl's Smugmug publish plug-in you can do the following:
Create Normal Collection in LR i.e. "Sunsets"
In the Smugmug Publish Services create a new Smart gallery (call it Sunsets as well) (See instructions on Jeffery's site for specifics on doing this)
Once the empty Smart Gallery has been created then you can edit it in Lightroom to have the rule(s) like below:
Choose Source as Collection, Contains All, 'Sunsets' (as the text to match)
I could not test this out directly with Smugmug as I only have a Zenfolio account.
But the instructions on Jeffery's site look like this is applicable to either his Smugmug or Zenfolio plugin.
Now, if I add/delete a photo to the normal LR collection titled 'Sunsets' then the corresponding Smart collection in the Publish services shows the same.
You then have to click on the Publish button to get the actual website updated with the changes.
Hope this helps point you in the right direction for what you are trying to accomplish.
Bruce

New LightRoom Plugin available on SmugMug.

There's a new LightRoom Plugin available on SmugMug
Details: http://news.smugmug.com/2012/01/31/new-sync-your-photos-with-lightrooms-latest-plugin/

Sean,
Ideally, if this job is done right, people will be able to make a robust plugin without needing to understand so much of what's under the hood.
Anyway, I don't much understand the web-engine plugins, nor how they fit into the rest of the infrastructure - this is the area where your expertise may be the most valuable.
Don't forget to chime in on the Lightroom Plugin Development site over at Assembla too...
Rob

Lightroom PlugIn Contractors

I am looking to hire contractors to enhance our Lightroom plugin. If you are interested, please drop me an email at [email protected]
Please send me the following:
Years of Expreience in LR
Types of Plugin you have created
Which version of LR are you an expert in.
Thanks,
Nitin

Marin,
This is probably not the answer you're awaiting, but I would post your question over in the Lightroom SDK forum.
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland

Aperture to Lightroom plugin storage issue

The plugin doesn't seem to refresh the available storage space number when changed to an external drive that has plenty of space. As my aperture libraries are both 250GB and I'm on a macbook with about 70gb remaining, it causes a bit of an issue.
Any thoughts?

Very sorry about the late reply. Was having issues posting to the forum and forgot to come back.
What I'd do is relocate all your managed images to "referenced" on the same 4tb drive. In doing so, make sure you choose a folder/file convention that will match the physical structure you'd like to see in Lightroom. This choice is not mandatory, but is helpful. Note: If you convert managed images, they'd just wind up in one locatino.
I should have asked what size your Aperture library is. If you have space for all your images a second time over, then yes, you should not be seeing this error. But if you're using the plugin on a library with many managed images, the plug-in needs to copy those images, even if it's on the same drive, to a location outside your Aperture library. That's why it's helpful to relocate them as "referenced" images before the conversion.

Since today I can't publish on Facebook page albums using de Facebook/Lightroom plugin.

It only allows me to publish on my user albumns, but my pages albums don't appear in the menu anymore.
Here, marked in red, should appear "Album existente sin propietario" or "Existing album without author" but it doesn't since today.
Reinstalled lightroom, the plugin, the facebook addon, tried on another computer, it just doesn't work anymore.
Win 8.1 Lightroom 5.7.1

I have encountered the same problem you have! I have been posting to Facebook Pages for a few years now.
I have reported this problem to Facebook using their own problem reporting mechanism.
It would help if everyone who is having this issue should do the same. Here is the process:
1. In, Facebook, Click on the pull down on the far upper right of the screen.
2. Click "Report a Problem"
3. Click "Something Isn't Working"
4. Select Pages on the pull down.
5. Explain the problem.
6. Upload a screen image. I captured an image of trying to create a new published collection with the pull down showing no Page Albums listed.
Here is my current thread on the Adobe Lightroom discussion forum. Still no response from either Facebook or Adobe.
Paul.
Problem posting photos to Facebook Pages. Help!

Aperture library to lightroom plugin not transfering all photos or projects.

I am trying to use the recent aperture import plug in added to LR5. Many of my projects and photos are failing transfer stating "(Possible reasons include asset offline or unsupported asset type.)" I cannot find the difference of the failed jpegs, NEFs, from the others which tranfered. Any help, suggestions??

No, no, no. Can't believe they still don't understand the plugin after all this time. Adobe support is abysmal. And you pay a subscription fee!
The plug-in is a great alternative, but it does have issues. And the most important steps for migration need to be done in Aperture, which may explain their skills gap.
See this post for a partial explanation.
How did your migration to Adobe Lightroom go?
The key to NOT running out of disk space is to relocate your images from "managed" status to "referenced". You can specify a better folder structure for your resulting Lightroom library. Be aware that you will need some overhead, as your Aperture library (metadata) takes space, as your Lightroom catalog will, too. But migrating "managed" Aperture images results in a full copy.
There's other considerations for Aperture previews. Although much smaller, all previews "should" be copied. I've actually found that the plugin fails to copy a majority of previews.
Lightroom will copy managed raw files, but will just point to referenced raw files. If you choose to copy previews, it will copy all previews. Not much to the plugin, but it helps to know to pre-tag images in Aperture, and make sure you do some sort of file-level compare to make sure everything is copied over. I've made several posts on these issues under "Photo Enthusiast" in this forum.
https://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom/content

My Lightroom plugins have disappeared...

My Photomatics and Nik plugins have all suddenly vanished. Says "none defined"???? Am in the process of un-installing Photomatics and reinstalling but want to reinstall Lightroom 5 first but I see no uninstall capability.

Windows 7 for x64; current Lightroom v.5.6

Adobe creates Lightroom Plugin for Aperture

Glad to see Adobe has created a plugin to ease transition. Guides have been helpful, but aren't as a complete solution as this may offer. Unfortunately, it seems most users can't find a way to install it.
https://creative.adobe.com/addons/products/3213#.VDgVnynCMox
Although if you have hundreds of thousands of images, this may not be up to the task. Lets hope.

There are a lot of complexities, to be sure. I just ran a test conversion on the entire library.
First thoughts? We've been blessed with Aperture these many years. Lightroom certainly has some capabilities when it comes to photo editing, but I can see why so many professionals have held out so long with Aperture. There just isn't a better personal-level DAM. I've been reading a book on Lightroom, and there are several limitations as far as manipulating and cataloging. Definitely some neat features as well, but for the most part, not as versatile as Aperture. I'm going to miss that.
I don't like the folder/collections paradigm. Feel like I'm in a straight jacket. But at least it gives me some versatility. Based on testing, I figure I'll reference my masters as year/project, to provide some organization. More than that, it gets difficult to move around within the browser pane.
The plugin has it's problems, but it did perform better than expectations. Out of 40,000 photos, it managed to import all but 200 or so. Oddly, many groupings the same Aperture project. It did a good job of stacking images, but you don't see stacks in collections! It also did find and migrate a bunch of duplicate JPEG "masters" that were presumably created as I've exported to Facebook and other projects.
One gotcha, you should create full-sized previews if you want those migrated, too.
The faces tagging doesn't work yet. And much of my keywords were scrambled. Certainly can pick up the pieces, but that endeavor will take several hours as well. Lightroom won't make this very easy. It seems a bit more cumbersome to navigate, filter, and sort, but perhaps that's just due to my lack of experience.
I only have 1400 stacks, so I figure I'll create a metadata reference for the "pick", flag them in Lightroom, then go through stacks one by one and restack them. Shouldn't take more than a half a day.
Adobe support and forums just aren't very good. Few people participate, even though there is a larger Lightroom community??

How can you create a virtual copy in a Lightroom plugin?

I looked over the Lightroom SDK and did not see any documentation on creating a virtual copy. Is there an undocumented API for this?
If not, is there a plan to add this into the SDK?

Hi Matt,
Yeah, I have some good news and some bad news:
- Good news: Keyboard stuffing (as implemented in the elare framework) works equally well on both platforms, provided the appropriate keystroke exists on both platforms.
(Mac version uses applescript, Windows uses autohotkey - both assure Lightroom is the target) - Note: @2011-07-30, I haven't actually tested this particular function on Mac - but I've tested other similar functions on both platforms.
- Bad news: It doesn't always work on either platform, since keystrokes may be usurped by open dialog boxes and open text fields in Lightroom...
- Good news: failure is 100% detectable.
Bottom line:
If the kludgy nature of this solution would be more bad than good for you and/or your users, then this is not a viable solution.
If your users would prefer the caveats in order to be able to get the job, then this solution will work well enough for now.
PS - I'm presently using it in ChangeManager and its a godsend for me. Since I understand the limitations, my failure rate is appx. 0%.
~R

How do I install FocusMagic 4 as a plugin on Lightroom 4.4 (on a Win 7 – 64 bit PC).

I have installed Lightroom 4.4 (on a Win 7 – 64 bit PC), and have installed FocusMagic 4.00.
But how do I get FocusMagic to work as a plug in within Lightroom?
I have located the plug in file, FocusMagic64.8bf
But cannot find any folder to copy it to within Lightroom, and Lightroom seems to want a plugin with an extension of .lrplugin
Any help would be appreciated.

The .8BF is not a valid Lightroom plugin file. That is a Photoshop Plugin and not compatible with Lightroom's architecture.
You need to have a pixel-based editor such as Photoshop to use it.
http://www.focusmagic.com/supported-programs.htm

How to install plugins in Lightroom

I've searched the forum but could not find a correct answer to this.
I'm running LR 2.3 and Vista.
I've tried using the Plug-in Manager in Lightroom by going to file tab. When going to the location where I un-zipped the plugins, I always get the same result: "An error occurred while attempting to load this plug-in"
I've also tried some other solutions found in this forum, like createing a directory called "Lightroom Plugins" in the Picture folder same results.
Tried installing them in the module folder under ProgramFiles\Adobe\Lightroom 2.3
Just as an fyi I have tried the following:
ADB_Filmtypes
Dojo_Camera_Tools
and
x=image+kit

I've only looked at Dojo, but those are Presets, not Plugins.
In Preferences, Click the Presets Tab. Next click the button 'Show Lightroom Presets Folder'.
Open the folder Develop Presets in the window that opens. Drop your Presets there and restart Lightroom.

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