The ability to work with multiple catalogs is one of Lightroom's many great features, no doubt! There are numerous scenarios where you would need to transfer photos, their metadata and develop settings from one catalog to another: data backup, performance considerations, workflow, travel, teamwork, etc. While the transfer can be done quite easily using the Export as Catalog and Import from Catalog functions, there is no easy way to sync up the contents of published collections. Not without a little help from the Lightroom Voyager anyway!

Lightroom Voyager is a Lightroom 3 plug-in that enables you to transfer published collections and contained photos from one catalog to another.

Features

  • Supports the ability to transfer published collections between catalogs on the same computer or even on different computers
  • Supports selective transfer of individual publish services
  • Automatically re-creates the published collections hierarchy
  • Automatically populates re-created published collections with photos
  • Reproduces the publication status of every photo
  • Enforces data integrity during the migration
  • Supports the ability to consolidate published collections from multiple catalogs

Requirements

  • Lightroom 3.3 - 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 can use the unregistered copy for 10 days. To remove the time limit and contribute to further development of the plug-in you must purchase a license and register your copy.

The registration fee is $20 (USD) per single user.

To purchase the registration code for your copy click the Buy Now button on the right hand side.

Support the Development

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

Your participation is always appreciated!

Version History

1.1.4

Mar 27, 2012

(Latest Version)

  • Fixed error "attempt to index global 'toolModule' (a nil value)".

1.1.3

Mar 4, 2012

  • Fixed a couple of internal issues with calculating the expiration period of the trial version.
  • The plug-in is now compatible with Lightroom 3.6.

1.1.2

Sep 4, 2011

  • The Publish Service list is now sorted alphabetically.
  • Fixed the issue with not displaying publish collections for default plugins that are part of Lightroom.

1.1.1

Jun 10, 2011

  • Fixed the issue with not recognizing collections that are actually eligible for migration.

1.1.0

Apr 30, 2011

  • Fixed the issue with some of publish services not being selected by default.
  • Fixed the issue with recognizing and matching publish services with certain names.
  • Improved the layout of the Export and Import dialogs and added the ability to resize the dialogs.
  • The debug log is now submitted in a compressed form to improve performance.
  • Now the plug-in can automatically update itself.

1.0.0

Feb 14, 2011

This is the first release of the product.