Syncomatic’s original idea was to sync the metadata of files where their names are the same but they have different file types – for example, from 123.cr2 to 123.tif.

However, by default Lightroom adds -edit to the file suffix when it sends a file to Photoshop and plenty of photographers identify different versions of a picture by adding other suffixes to the file name. For example:

• The original 100703_0123 Jones wedding.nef, 100703_0124 Jones wedding.nef, 100703_0125 Jones wedding.nef…
• A version with Photoshop layers 100703_0123 Jones wedding Layered.nef …
• A black and white version 100703_0123 Jones wedding BW.jpg …

Syncomatic 1.21 is released today at Photographer’s Toolbox and now handles these suffixes.