Sdk Sample Plug-Ins - Adobe 65007312 - Photoshop Lightroom Programmer's Manual

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SDK Sample Plug-ins

The Lightroom SDK includes some complete sample plug-ins that you can examine and use to familiarize
yourself with the plug-in architecture, and with API and Lua usage in the Lightroom SDK.
The plug-in samples are packaged with the Lightroom SDK, in the folder
"The Lightroom SDK" on page
The plug-in script files are written using the Lua scripting language which have the file extension
Each section in this chapter lists the program files and support files that are provided in the plug-in folder
for each sample.
"The FTP Upload sample plug-in" on page 151
FTP server and upload images using FTP.
"The Flickr plug-in" on page 155
Flickr account using HTTP.
Each of these samples is an Export Service Provider, extending Lightroom's Export dialog by adding a
new export destination. The plug-ins define their own export settings, as needed for their operations,
and add one or more sections to the Export dialog that allow the user to make settings choices for the
export operation.
In addition, the samples demonstrate how to define and use independent dialogs for confirmations
and actions.
"Metadata and filtering samples" on page 161
functionality. These show how to create Lightroom-specific metadata and use it together with other
features, such as customizing the Plug-in Manager, creating dialog boxes, and creating an Export Filter
Provider that accesses custom metadata.
"Post-processing samples" on page 164
accomplished with an Export Filter Provider.
"Web engine sample" on page 166
a simple HTML gallery.
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demonstrates how to use the SDK API to connect to an
demonstrates how to use the SDK API to upload images directly to a
demonstrate additional types of standard plug-in
demonstrate more types of post-processing that can be
demonstrates a different type of plug-in, a web engine, by creating
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