This plug-in allows you to export photos from Adobe Lightroom directly to the Costco Photo Centre online service, also known as Costco Canada (costco.pnimedia.com)

Requirements

  • Lightroom 2.4 - 2.7, 3.0 - 3.6, 4.0: (Windows, Mac OS X)

Support the Development

Developing and supporting this plug-in takes a lot of time and effort.
There are many ways you can support further development of this plug-in:

Your participation is always appreciated!

Version History

2.5.4

Apr 18, 2012

(Latest Version)

  • Fixed the "assertion failure" error when uploading to a new album.
  • Added metadata fields for keeping track of photos uploaded via the plug-in. These fields store the upload status, date and time of the latest upload, and the album URL. You can access these fields in library filters, view them in the metadata browser (as “Costco Canada Metadata” tagset) and in smart collection filters.
     

2.5.3

Apr 13, 2012

  • Fixed the "Export with Previous" behavior.
  • Fixed the error when you cancel out of the "Create New Album" dialog.
  • Fixed issue with page caching on Costco's side - some images would take a few minutes to appear in the online album after the upload.

2.5.2

Apr 3, 2012

  • Added compatibility with Lightroom 4.

2.5.1

Jan 22, 2012

  • Fixed an itermittent issue with authenticating the user.

2.5.0

Jan 8, 2012

  • The plug-in now requires a small registration fee to cover the costs of continued development and support.
  • Now authentication errors are displayed correctly.
  • Improved error reporting for Internet connectivity related issues.
  • Added the ability to retry uploading photos in case of a server communication failure.
  • Fixed a couple of cosmetic issues with the Export dialog.

2.4.1

May 18, 2011

  • Fixes several issues caused by a recent internal change in Costco CA service.
  • Photos that failed to upload are now displayed in a list box with the ability to save the list to a text file.
  • The plug-in now can automatically update itself.
  • The debug log is now submitted in a compressed form to improve performance.
  • Now you can use the Enter key to start a new line in the Submit Debug Log window.

2.4.0

Mar 27, 2011

  • The plug-in is now compatible with Lightroom 3.4RC for Windows and Mac OS.
  • Added validation of Image Sizing settings. The plug-in will issue a warning if the dimensions of rendered photos are outside of the 500 - 10000 pixels range.
  • Re-designed layout of the Export dialog to provide a better placement of album actions.
  • Fixed the "Unexpected Server Response" error in some additional situations.

2.3.2

Mar 14, 2011

  • Fixed the "Unexpected server response" error

2.3.1

Sep 25, 2010

This is a quick fix for the "Unexpected Server Response" error caused by a recent change in Costco CA web service.

2.3

Aug 30, 2010

  • Fixed an issue with uploading to a new album after performing an export to an existing album.

2.2

Jul 25, 2010

  • Added the ability to submit the debug log to alloyphoto directly from the plug-in.
  • The plug-in is now compatible with Lightroom 3.
  • Several minor fixes and improvements.

2.1

May 9, 2010

  • Fixed the issue with uploading photos caused by a recent change to the Costco Photo Centre service.
  • Improved the export dialog’s layout to make status messages more visible and consistent.

20100209.4

Feb 9, 2010

  • Fixed a Mac specific issue with album drop-downs extending beyond the right side of the export dialog.
  • In Lightroom 3 Beta, the photo lab logo is back on top of the Export dialog.

20100124.3

Jan 24, 2010

  • Implemented compatibility with Lightroom 3 Beta.
  • Fixed the issue with some photos taking up to 5-10 minutes to appear in the target album after the export.

20091104.2

Nov 4, 2009

  • Fixed the issue with Costco server rejecting certain requests from the Mac version of Lightroom.
  • Fixed the issue with creating new albums.

20091028.1

Oct 28, 2009

The initial release of the plug-in.