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Dropbox Export Plugin

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Version: 1.5.0
Release date: Feb 06, 2013
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Dropbox Export Plugin

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Version: 1.5.0
Release date: Feb 06, 2013
Size: 666.5 kB
Downloaded 1309 times

Earlier versions downloaded 6233 times

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License Type:	Single User License
Price:	$15 USD

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The Dropbox Plug-in allows you to export photos from Adobe Lightroom directly to your Dropbox account.

Features

Supports Export operations
Supports Publish operations in Lightroom 3 and 4
Photo and Video uploads
Import existing folder structure from Dropbox into your Lightroom catalog
Provides automatic pairing of online photos with photos in your catalog
Generate shared links for your albums without leaving Lightroom

Requirements

Lightroom 2 (2.4 - 2.7): Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OS X
Lightroom 3 (3.3 - 3.6): Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OS X
Lightroom 4 (4.0 - 4.4): Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OS X

	The plug-in uses the Photos folder to create albums and uploads photos. If for any reason you don't have it in your account, make a new folder in the topmost level of your Dropbox folder and name it Photos.

Licensing and Registration

This plug-in is released as Shareware (no source code provided). The registration fee is $15 (USD) per single user. The license allows you to install the plugin on two computers, for example a desktop and a laptop computer, owned and operated by a single user.

Starting with Lightroom 5, you would need to purchase a new registration code for each major Lightroom version. This does not impact dot (minor) releases, e.g. Lr 4.1 to Lr 4.2.

Demo Version Restrictions

You may use the unregistered (free) version at no charge for a limited time (10 days), after which you have to register the plugin in order to continue using it. Otherwise, the demo version is a full-featured product and has no other restrictions.

Support the Development

There are many ways you can support further development of this plug-in:

Post comments on this page
Submit your feedback and suggest new features to alloyphoto@alloyphoto.com
Rate the plug-in at Adobe Exchange

Your participation is always appreciated!

Version History

1.5.0 Feb 6, 2013 (Latest Version)	Publish Service: now "Check Photos" clears Dropbox Metadata fields if photos are no longer published through the Dropbox publishing service. Publish Service: the "Associate Images" dialog has been redesigned to reduce the size of the dialog window. Publish Service: fixed the issue with renaming unpublished albums. Other minor improvements and fixes.
1.4.0 Dec 17, 2012	Added support for the TIFF format. Added the option to manage all Dropbox folders as photo and video albums. Publish Service - All "extras" functions such as Import Albums, Associate Images, Check Photos, etc. are now available right from the Publish Service Settings panel within Lightroom Publishing Manager. Extras - Associate Photos: The photo matching algorithm has been significantly improved to provide a faster and more accurate matching, particularly when file names contain spaces and other non-alphanumeric characters. Extras - Associate Photos: Added a new method of resolving conflicts - now you can prioritize pairing of rendered copies (JPEG and TIFF) over raw originals. Extras - Associate Photos: Added a new matching method "by File Number Suffix" which compares only numeric image suffixes when searching for candidates. Fixed the issues with deleting published collection when the corresponding online folder is already removed. Other minor improvements and fixes.
1.3.0 Nov 11, 2012	Added support for video uploads. Improved the display of photo rendering and uploading phases on Lightroom's progress indicator. Export Dialog: fixed the issue with renaming albums. Windows OS: Fixed the issue with installing the plugin when the username contains accented characters. Windows OS: Fixed the issue with installing the plugin under a non-admin user account.
1.2.0 Sep 27, 2012	Added a safeguard against the situation when the Photos folder is missing. Improved the validation of album names for leading or trailing spaces. A number of minor fixes and improvements.
1.1.2 Jul 18, 2012	Improved the handling of server errors when you attempt to create an album with a duplicate name. Publish Service: Fixed the issue with moving albums between album sets.
1.1.1 Jul 6, 2012	A few minor fixes.
1.1.0 Jul 3, 2012	This is the first official (non-beta) release of the plugin. Extras: Added the ability to "Associate Images" in selected albums only (as opposed to all albums). Minor text revisions. Fixed a few compatibility issues with Lightroom 2.
1.0.5 (BETA) Jun 24, 2012	Fixed the error when attempting to create a new album and there are no photo albums in the account. Fixed the error with renaming published collections. Improved handling of deleted albums.
1.0.4 (BETA) Jun 17, 2012	Authentication: The "Token is not an authorized request token" error when the user attempts to proceed before completing the authorization process at Dropbox is replaced with a more meaningful message. Implemented validation of album names based on Dropbox recommendations.
1.0.3 (BETA) Jun 10, 2012	Export Dialog: Fixed the "attempt to yield across metamethod/C-call boundary" error in some situations. Export Dialog: Fixed related error "We can only wait from within a task" in some situations.
1.0.2 (BETA) Jun 9, 2012	Publish: Photo URLs for "Go to Photo in Dropbox" are now generated correctly. Export and Publish: Added the ability to create album links for sharing. Publish: Added the ability to create photo links for sharing and direct access via "Go to Photo in Dropbox". Export Dialog: Improved the UI for creating nested albums. Improved performance and eliminated unnecessary server operations.
1.0.1 (BETA) May 29, 2012	Fixed the issue with using Unicode and control characters in album names. Export Dialog: fixed the error when switching export destinations using the "Export To" drop-down list.
1.0.0 (BETA) May 21, 2012	This is the first public release of the plug-in.

1.5.0

Feb 6, 2013

(Latest Version)

Publish Service: now "Check Photos" clears Dropbox Metadata fields if photos are no longer published through the Dropbox publishing service.
Publish Service: the "Associate Images" dialog has been redesigned to reduce the size of the dialog window.
Publish Service: fixed the issue with renaming unpublished albums.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

1.4.0

Dec 17, 2012

Added support for the TIFF format.
Added the option to manage all Dropbox folders as photo and video albums.
Publish Service - All "extras" functions such as Import Albums, Associate Images, Check Photos, etc. are now available right from the Publish Service Settings panel within Lightroom Publishing Manager.
Extras - Associate Photos: The photo matching algorithm has been significantly improved to provide a faster and more accurate matching, particularly when file names contain spaces and other non-alphanumeric characters.
Extras - Associate Photos: Added a new method of resolving conflicts - now you can prioritize pairing of rendered copies (JPEG and TIFF) over raw originals.
Extras - Associate Photos: Added a new matching method "by File Number Suffix" which compares only numeric image suffixes when searching for candidates.
Fixed the issues with deleting published collection when the corresponding online folder is already removed.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

1.3.0

Nov 11, 2012

Added support for video uploads.
Improved the display of photo rendering and uploading phases on Lightroom's progress indicator.
Export Dialog: fixed the issue with renaming albums.
Windows OS: Fixed the issue with installing the plugin when the username contains accented characters.
Windows OS: Fixed the issue with installing the plugin under a non-admin user account.

1.2.0

Sep 27, 2012

Added a safeguard against the situation when the Photos folder is missing.
Improved the validation of album names for leading or trailing spaces.
A number of minor fixes and improvements.

1.1.2

Jul 18, 2012

Improved the handling of server errors when you attempt to create an album with a duplicate name.
Publish Service: Fixed the issue with moving albums between album sets.

1.1.1

Jul 6, 2012

A few minor fixes.

1.1.0

Jul 3, 2012

This is the first official (non-beta) release of the plugin.

Extras: Added the ability to "Associate Images" in selected albums only (as opposed to all albums).
Minor text revisions.
Fixed a few compatibility issues with Lightroom 2.

1.0.5 (BETA)

Jun 24, 2012

Fixed the error when attempting to create a new album and there are no photo albums in the account.
Fixed the error with renaming published collections.
Improved handling of deleted albums.

1.0.4 (BETA)

Jun 17, 2012

Authentication: The "Token is not an authorized request token" error when the user attempts to proceed before completing the authorization process at Dropbox is replaced with a more meaningful message.
Implemented validation of album names based on Dropbox recommendations.

1.0.3 (BETA)

Jun 10, 2012

Export Dialog: Fixed the "attempt to yield across metamethod/C-call boundary" error in some situations.
Export Dialog: Fixed related error "We can only wait from within a task" in some situations.

1.0.2 (BETA)

Jun 9, 2012

Publish: Photo URLs for "Go to Photo in Dropbox" are now generated correctly.
Export and Publish: Added the ability to create album links for sharing.
Publish: Added the ability to create photo links for sharing and direct access via "Go to Photo in Dropbox".
Export Dialog: Improved the UI for creating nested albums.
Improved performance and eliminated unnecessary server operations.

1.0.1 (BETA)

May 29, 2012

Fixed the issue with using Unicode and control characters in album names.
Export Dialog: fixed the error when switching export destinations using the "Export To" drop-down list.

1.0.0 (BETA)

May 21, 2012

This is the first public release of the plug-in.

#1 | Written by David about 1 year ago. Reply

So just to clarify: Its a beta version you are asking people to test yet in order to fully test all the functionality you want them to spend $15?
- #2 | Written by Vlad about 1 year ago. Reply
  
  Sorry about the confusion. I am going to address the limitation of the unregistered version for beta testing in the next couple of days.
  - #3 | Written by Vlad about 1 year ago. Reply
    
    This is in the nature of the Export functionality – it’s basically “upload and forget” kind of action. There is no two-way synchronization. If you are going to use publish services, then you should be using them exclusively – this is how pretty much every publishing plug-in in Lightroom works.
    
    The Dropbox plug-in actually goes one step further. It offers an option to synchronize online photos with your catalog – in other words, automatically populate published collections with photos that exist in the Dropbox account. However, the photos have to be in the catalog (and they have to be named identically) in order to be synchronized.
- #4 | Written by Vlad about 1 year ago. Reply
  
  Build #145 (just uploaded) has a 45 day expiration period and no other limitiations. I apologize for the earlier confusion.
#5 | Written by Shawn about 1 year ago. Reply

I'm confused about the functionality… Wouldn't exporting to your Dropbox folder via regular export do all this… Why a plugin? I know there must be something I am missing, but can you explain?
- #6 | Written by Vlad about 1 year ago. Reply
  
  Hi Shawn,
  As I explained in a previous comment, the reason for the plugin is the ability to use publish services in Lightroom 3 and 4. Just like with any other publish service in LR, you can maintain a hierarchy of collections and smart collections in Lightroom’s catalog and automatically propagate all changes to your Dropbox folder.
#7 | Written by HEK about 1 year ago. Reply

So, apart from that your plugin can also import existing photos in Dropbox, the functionality is already covered in the "Collection Publisher" and "Folder Publisher" plugins by Jeffrey Friedl (http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/facebook).
- #8 | Written by Vlad about 1 year ago. Reply
  
  As usual, the devil is in the details…
  1. Dropbox tray service is not required
  2. Metadata fields specific for Dropbox uploads (very useful for those who use smart collections)
  3. Specific to Dropbox image sizing/sharpening/watermarking settings
  4. Publishing to multiple Dropbox accounts
  5. Advanced features in the “Plug-in Extras” section
  5. Nice Dropbox icon
- #9 | Written by Vlad about 1 year ago. Reply
  
  Starting with version 1.0.2 you can also create links for sharing albums and individual photos right from the plug-in.
#10 | Written by Carlton about 1 year ago. Reply

I need to be able to export Tiff and Raw files to DropBox. Will your plugin include that capability?
- #11 | Written by Vlad about 1 year ago. Reply
  
  I am trying to figure out how to approach this. The problem is that the default destination for photos (i.e /Dropbox/home/Photos) won’t work because Dropbox can’t display raw or TIFF files. Therefore, they can’t be treated as “photos”. Sounds like the target folder for those formats would have to be outside of the Photos folder. I’ll have to think more about that. Any suggestions are welcome.
#12 | Written by Otmar about 10 months ago. Reply

The "File Settings" in the plug-in settings do not allow any other file format than JPG. What if a client wants the photos in TIFF which is not uncommon? (… or any other file type.) This makes this basically lovely plug-in pretty useless to me unfortunately.
The "Image Size" in the plug-in settings do only allow "pixels" as a dimension option. Would love to see there cm/mm.
- #13 | Written by Vlad about 10 months ago. Reply
  
  The only reason I didn’t add the option to upload TIFFs was because Dropbox cannot display them. However, if this is not a problem, I can easily add support for other formats as well. I don’t quite understand how your client would be able to preview them. Please explain how you envision the workflow here. Thanks!
#14 | Written by Don Palmer about 9 months ago. Reply

Your comment
Its not cear to me how I import the current dropbox file structure into lightroom/dropbox publish services.
How do I do that?
- #15 | Written by Vlad about 9 months ago. Reply
  
  Go Library > Plug-in Extras > Dropbox Export Plugin Extras, then choose your Publish Service in the drop-down list and do "Import Album Structure".
#16 | Written by John Kemp about 9 months ago. Reply

Just purchased this. I cannot see Dropbox Export Plugin Extras in my Plug-in Extras folder…?
- #17 | Written by Vlad about 9 months ago. Reply
  
  There are multiple Plug-in Extras menus in Lightroom. Which one are you at? You should be in Library > Plug-in Extras, not File > Plug-in Extras.
#18 | Written by J about 8 months ago. Reply

Image sizing is disabled. A restriction of the trial or not possible at all?
- #19 | Written by Vlad about 8 months ago. Reply
  
  There is no functionality restrictions in the trial (except for the 10 days trial period limit). Did you select the “Resize to Fit” checkbox? If the box is cleared, the image sizing options are disabled – this is the standard LR behavior.
#20 | Written by Richard about 7 months ago. Reply

Do you intend to support publishing video's in the future? I don't need them to be re-encoded, I just need the originals to export along with the images.
#21 | Written by Nygaard about 7 months ago. Reply

Just downloaded the demo, it is just what I needed!
I don't know if it's possible but I would love to se an edition to the plug in that allowed choosing different export settings for different folders. There are of course ways to get around this anyway but there're all a bit of a hassle.

Cheers
#22 | Written by Colleen about 5 months ago. Reply

In the Version History for version 1.4.0, it says:

Added the option to manage all Dropbox folders as photo and video albums.

In the plugin, under Dropbox Publish Options, there is something that says, "Use Dropbox folders to manage your photo albums:" with two choices, "Only the Photos Folder" and "All folders in the account". The problem I'm having is that this whole section is greyed out so I can't change the selection. What do I need to do to make that active so that I can choose the "All folders in the account" option?

Thanks!
- #23 | Written by Vlad about 5 months ago. Reply
  
  Currently these options are available only in registered copies of the plugin. I am going to address that in the next update.
#24 | Written by dyan about 1 week ago. Reply

we just downloaded the dropbox export plug in on a MacBook Pro ~ the installation was complete, 'allegedly' installed on the hard drive BUT it is nowhere to be found ~ does this plug in go some place that is hidden or does anybody have an idea what could of possibly happened to the plug in??? when we looked in the lightroom library >plug in extras & it was not there ~ please let me know what we should do next???
- #25 | Written by Vlad about 1 week ago. Reply
  
  Most likely you had Lightroom running while installing the plugin. Simply restart Lightroom, then review the usage scenario at http://alloyphoto.com/plugins/usage/ – it provides an overview of Export and Publish facilities in Lightroom.