The Export to PhotoBox plug-in allows you to export photos from Lightroom directly to the PhotoBox Online Photo Service (www.photobox.com).

Features

  • Support for Export operations in Lightroom 2, 3 and 4
  • Supports Publish Services in Lightroom 3 and 4
  • Album thumbnails, album sorting and filtering in the Export dialog
  • Flexible rules for handling duplicate uploads

Requirements

  • Lightroom 2.4 - 2.7, 3.0 - 3.6, 4.0: Windows XP, Vista or 7, Mac OS X
  • 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)

Licensing and Registration

This plug-in is released as Shareware (no source code provided).

You may use the unregistered version at no charge, however the export capability will be limited to 10 photos at a time.
The remove the limitation you must register the plug-in. The registration fee is $15 (USD) per single user.

To register your copy visit the PhotoBox Plug-in Registration page.

Support the Development

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

Your participation is always appreciated!

Version History

1.10.0

Mar 7, 2012

(Latest Version)

  • The plug-in is now compatible with Lightroom 4.
  • Fixed the timeout error when uploading very large photos.
  • Fixed the issue with duplicating some photos during the upload.
     

1.9.2

Feb 25, 2012

  • Fixed a couple of compatibility issues with Lightroom 2

1.9.1

Jan 8, 2012

  • Fixed the error "bad argument #1 to 'gsub'" when the album name is blank.
  • Added the ability to retry uploading photos in case of a server communication failure.
  • Fixed a couple of cosmetic issues with the Export dialog.
     

1.9.0

Nov 15, 2011

  • Implemented automatic recovery when the server connection times out.
  • Added the option to turn off the automatic validation of Image Sizing settings.
  • Added the option to create develop snapshots on Export and Publish.
  • Added the option to create develop snapshots on Export and Publish.
  • Fixed an error when re-exporting a photo that had already been exported to Photobox.
  • 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.

1.8.1

Sep 4, 2011

  • Fixed issues with user authentication at some international sites.

1.8.0

Aug 23, 2011

  • Major performance improvements.
  • Added metadata fields for keeping track of photos that were uploaded via the plug-in. These fields store the upload status, date and time of the latest upload, and the direct URL to access the exported photo at Photobox. You can access these fields in library filters, view them in the metadata browser (as “Photobox Metadata” tagset) and in smart collection filters.
  • New albums created via Publish Services no longer have a blank title.
  • Fixed the "Possible Stack Overflow" error when typing in the username.

1.7.0

Apr 29, 2011

  • Fixed the issue with detecting the user's full name.
  • The debug log is now submitted in a compressed form to improve performance.
  • Implemented custom sorting options for photos in published albums.
  • Photos that failed to upload are now displayed in a list box with the ability to save file names to a text file.
  • Now the plug-in can automatically update itself.

1.6.0

Mar 23, 2011

  • The plug-in is now compatible with Lightroom 3.4RC for Windows and Mac OS.
  • Added validation of the 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 room for album descriptions and better placement of album actions.
  • Increased the size of the album thumbnail.
  • Added the ability to edit album descriptions.
  • Improved the stability of the plug-in when the server connection experiences intermittent issues.

1.5.6

Feb 12, 2011

  • Re-publishing no longer causes photo duplicates
  • Fixed the issue with deleting photos from published collections

1.5.5

Jan 1, 2011

  • Fixed the issue with deleting photos from published collections.

1.5.4

Dec 21, 2010

  • Fixed the issue with not listing some of the albums in the account. In some situations this could even prevent the export to a newly created album.

1.5.3

Dec 18, 2010

  • Fixed the "Access to an undefined global: PBX" error.

1.5.1

Dec 17, 2010

  • Improved stability when the server connection intermittently fails.
  • Fixed the handling of invalid login/password.

1.5

Dec 13, 2010

  • Added the ability to assign an individual user name and password when you create multiple publish services or multiple export presets for the plug-in.
  • Added the ability to edit album properties from the Export dialog and from Published Collections.
  • Implemented support for international PhotobBox web sites.

1.4.1

Oct 24, 2010

A quick fix for the the intermittent "unexpected server response" error after uploading a file.

1.4

Oct 11, 2010

  • Added support for Publish Services in Lightroom 3

1.3

Aug 11, 2010

  • The plugin no longer logs out after each export.

1.2

Jul 30, 2010

  • Fixed the issue with user authentication in some cases.

1.1

Jul 25, 2010

  • Fixed the issue with creating albums when the name contains XML special characters.
  • Fixed intermittent issues with uploading photos.
  • Added a Preview Album button to open the selected album in the web browser.
  • Added the ability to submit the debug log to alloyphoto directly from the plug-in.
  • Several cosmetic fixes.

1.0

May 23, 2010

The initial release of the plug-in.