I’ve just released version 1.22 of my Lightroom plug-in Search Replace Transfer with two new menu commands:
Smart collection from current item- Smart collection from current item – again
These two menu commands are designed for quick filtering of the catalogue based on the image that is currently selected.
For example, imagine you want to find all the pictures in the catalogue with “Autumn leaves” in the title or “Ashness Gate” in the location. In the latter case, it may be that you’ve just visited the location again and want to copy keywords and other metadata from a previous visit. You could go to Library’s filter panel, choose the field, and type in the text, or alternatively you could set up a smart collection. These menu commands save you that typing.
The main command “Smart collection from current item” launches a dialog box listing the fields. You make your choice, click OK, and the plug-in creates a smart collection such as “location / contains all / Ashness Gate”. The second menu command “Smart collection from current item – again” simply runs the same code without prompting you for a different field. So you could quickly create a series of smart collections for Ashness Gate, Ashness Bridge, Watendlath… or wherever you happen to be (can you tell I’ve just spent a few days in the Lake District?).
It’s currently “quick and dirty”. Due to the weakness of Lightroom’s filtering, some important fields are not searchable. A follow-up release will cover these other fields, using dumb collections (and extra code).
The smart collection is currently only a single line. Again, a later release is planned to create multi-line smart collections.
John,
Thanks for the update. I encountered an error that I can’t dig into right now but I thought you would want to know. Version 3.2.
Error information:
Error unzipping to a temporary folder. C:Usersbrad_m2AppDataL…findreplace.lrplugin.zip
Please advise if I should perform the installation differently.. this is just using the standard process through lightroom plug-in manager.
Brad
Brad
I think I’ve found the source of the error. It should now be OK if you try again. Do let me know.
John
John,
Thanks for the fast response and update. I did try it again and regrettably – different result but similar ending.
Now it says:
Error
Couldn’t move old plug in out of the way
The searchreplace window says (in red):
upgrade aborted.
I had a little more time to investigate and I tried running lightroom as admin, tried removing the temp directory, and tried to see why it might be failing to no avail. However, I did notice that my plugin is not in the standard adobe lightroom directory but is in a local directory that I use for downloaded programs. Could this by the problem?
Anyhow – thanks again and I look forward to any suggestions (could I load it manually over the previous installation after moving the files to a backup directory)?
Please advise.
Thanks.
Brad
Yes, you can definitely load it manually (and that’s what I would advise). The new one should be in a subfolder next to the existing one, so you can simply copy and paste the file.
Make sure the new plug-in is called BeardyReplace.lrplugin – the initial error was caused by a mistake in its name in the ziop file uploaded to Photog’s Toolbox.
John