Moving over image keywords from Extensis Portfolio

Hi all, has anyone figured out a way to get keywords from Portfolio moved to Lightroom? I dont mean the keyword list, but actual image keywords. Portfolio does not let you embed keywords into raw files, so i dont see an easy way to move over the image keywords..
Cor

No. Nothing yet and it'll be a while before it does.
Portfolio is a professional tool and so it does have a scripting interface - it's pretty good in fact. You can certainly access the keywords and other metadata fields. With VB you can interface with the OS and use the Windows FileSystem object to create or update sidecar files. Once that is done, it is pretty routine for Lightroom to read that data, though you have to take care not to wipe out any adjustments made in Lightroom.
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