Lightroom Custom Metadata Plugin Creator

This project aims to be a simple way for non-technical lightroom users to add custom metadata tags to their Lightroom Classic Catalog.

Based on notes from Jeffrey Friedl, perhaps the GOAT of Lightroom Plugins.

Usage

There's a demo hosted here.

Fill out the form, click Generate Plugin, then install the plugin in Lightroom.

Plugin Installation instructions: written, video.

The Stack

Front end:

• VueJS
• Bulma

Backend:

• Flask

Notes about Lightroom Metadata Plugins

Lightroom metadata plugins can officially have three kinds of fields:

• string
• URL
• Enum

String

Standard metadata field. Basis for the other fields. Has a value and a title. value is stored data. title is the human readable name of the field. value is user input, stored as a string.

URL

Similar to String. This generator treats them the same, Lightroom differentiates them. title and value are the same as String.

Enum

A choice between multiple values. Each title must be unique. At most one value can be nil. title is the name shown to users, value is the data stored by Lightroom.

TODO

• Feature: Allow uploading and editing previously generated Metadata Plugin
• Feature: Implement Advanced mode: more control over the underlying plugin
• Feature: Plugin writes to XMP so data is accessible outside of Lightroom.
• Maintenance: Finish writing tests
• Maintenance: Finish writing documentation