This plug-in allows to export photos from Adobe Lightroom to CVS Photo Center (www.cvsphoto.com)

Features

  • Supports Export operations in Lightroom 2 and 3
  • Supports multiple accounts via export presets
  • Automatically handles collisions with previous uploads
  • Implements special metadata fields in the "CVS Metadata" tag set for keeping track of photos uploaded using this plug-in
  • The plug-in automatically checks if a new version is available and updates itself with one click

Requirements

  • Lightroom 2.4 – 2.7, 3.2 – 3.6: Windows XP, Vista or 7, Mac OS X

Licensing and Registration

This plug-in is released as Shareware (no source code provided). You may use the unregistered (free) version at no charge, however some features (see below) are limited or disabled in the free version.

The registration fee is $10 (USD) per single user.

Demo Version Restrictions

Some features are limited or disabled in the demo version of the plug-in:

  • The export capability is limited to 10 photos at a time.
  • The number of photos in a single album is limited to 10.
  • The CVS Photo Center Export Options section is unavailable.

Usage

In order to invoke plug-in inside Lightroom go to "Export" and select CVS Photo Center from the list of available plug-ins.

In Lightroom 2, in order to open the list of available export destination click the graphic on top of the Export dialog:

LR2 Export Destination

In Lightroom 3, select the plug-in name from the Export To drop-down menu on top of the Export dialog:

LR3 Export Destination

To authenticate enter your user name and password.

Next, choose one of existing albums to upload to or select the New Album option to upload to a new album.

Customize quality level and the size of rendered JPEG images. If needed, apply output sharpening and watermarking options.

Click Export at the bottom of the dialog when you are have customized all output settings to your liking.

Version History

1.7.1

Jan 22, 2012

(Latest Version)

  • Now the plug-in handles unsuccessful authentication correctly.                                                                                  
  • Renaming albums now works correctly.
  • The Check for Updates dialog now offers two options: "Apply the Update" and "Visit Download Page" in case you prefer installing the update manually.
  • The Submit Debug Log screen now reminds the users to make sure they are running the latest version of the plug-in.
  • Fixed a couple of cosmetic issues with the Export screen.
     

1.7.0

Sep 23, 2011

NOTE: Starting with version 1.7, the plug-in now requires a registration fee of $10 to help offset the cost of continuous development and support.

Changes:

  • Added the option to handle collisions between duplicate photo uploads.
  • Added the option to turn off the automatic validation of Image Sizing settings.
  • Fixed some backward compatibility issues with Lightroom 2.
  • Added metadata fields for keeping track of photos that were uploaded via the plug-in.
  • The user is no longer required to re-authenticate on a subsequent export.
  • Improved the internal diagnostic of Internet connection related issues.
  • Improved the layout of the Export dialog.
  • Noe the selected album can be opened in the web browser with a single click.

1.6.1

May 5, 2011

  • Fixed another issue with creating new albums caused by CVS modifying the back-end (again!).
  • 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.
  • Now the plug-in automatically validates Image Sizing settings. The plug-in will issue a warning if the dimensions of rendered photos are outside of the 'reasonable' 500 - 10000 pixels range.
  • Photos that failed to upload are now displayed in a list box with the ability to save file names to a text file.
  • The plug-in now can automatically update itself.

1.5.1

Oct 8, 2010

A quick-fix for the issue with logging in when there are no albums in the account.

1.5

Aug 26, 2010

  • Fixed numerous issues caused by CVS modifying the back-end (again!)
  • Added the ability to submit the debug log to alloyphoto directly from the plug-in.
  • The plug-in is now compatible with Lightroom 3.2 Release Candidate, Windows and Mac OS.
  • Fixed some cosmetic issues with Mac OS.

1.4

Mar 16, 2010

  • Fixed the issue with uploads meant for an existing album going into a new album instead.
  • Implemented the option for automatic checking for plug-in updates. The option can be found in Lightroom Plug-in Manager in the Plug-in Info section.

1.3

Mar 5, 2010

  • Fixed the issues with uploading photos caused by CVS modifying the upload mechanism.

20100124.2

Jan 24, 2010

The plug-in is now compatible with Lightroom 3 Beta

20091107.1

Nov 7, 2009

The initial release of the plug-in:

  • User authentication at www.cvsphoto.com
  • Option to save the password in the preset
  • Allows you to upload to an existing album or create a new album
  • Uploading of an unlimited number of photos
  • Album thumbnails
  • Album list sorting and filtering
  • Option to open your album in the web browser after the export