Post-Processing Samples; Post-Processing Actions Walkthrough - Adobe 65007312 - Photoshop Lightroom Programmer's Manual

C 8: SDK Sample Plug-ins
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7. In the new Metadata Export Filter dialog section, choose Title from the drop-down menu, and enter
the title of one of your selected photos in the edit text field.
8. Click Export to start the export operation.
Only the single picture whose Title value matches the one you entered is exported; all the other
photos in your selection are removed from the export operation by this Export Filter Provider.

Post-processing samples

The samples
examples of post processing, using Export Filter Providers. These plug-ins show the typical construction of
Export Filter Providers, making use of an external application to process XMP metadata. Together, the
samples demonstrate how you can combine multiple post-processing actions, allowing the user to choose
one, both, or neither of the actions.
The Creator External Tool (defined in
logic defined in the
from the export operation. This illustrates how to combine a simple exclusion filter with the external
post-processing that writes XMP metadata.
Plug-in
files
creatorfilter.lrdevplugin
Info.lua
CreatorExternalToolFilterProvider.lua
win\LightroomCreatorXMP.exe
mac/LightroomCreatorXMP
languagefilter.lrdevplugin
Info.lua
LanguageExternalToolFilterProvider.lua
win\LightroomLanguageXMP.exe
mac/LightroomLanguageXMP

Post-processing actions walkthrough

1. Use the Plug-in Manager to add the plug-ins, found in the Lightroom SDK samples folders:
LR_SDK/Sample Plugins/creatorfilter.lrdevplugin
Plugins/languagefilter.lrdevplugin
creatorfilter.lrdevplugin
"Metadata filter sample" on page
and
languagefilter.lrdevplugin
creatorfilter.lrdevplugin
162, which excludes files with matching metadata
Allows the user to add or modify certain XMP
metadata values to photos being exported.
Allows the user to update one of the
localized values for the Title property in the
XMP metadata.
.
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provide additional
) also includes the metadata filter
The Export Filter Provider information
and definition script.
The platform-specific external XMP
application that performs the selected
action.
The Export Filter Provider information
and definition script.
The platform-specific external XMP
application that performs the selected
action.
and
LR_SDK/Sample