The Export to Snapfish plug-in allows you to export and publish photos from Adobe Lightroom directly to the Snapfish Online Photo Service.

The plug-in also supports the following Snapfish co-branded services:

Requirements

  • Lightroom 2.4 – 2.7: Windows XP, Vista or 7, Mac OS X
  • Lightroom 3.0: Windows only
  • Lightroom 3.3 – 3.5: 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 version at no charge, however the export capability is limited to 10 photos at a time, 10 photos per album. Also, the Snapfish Export Options section is disabled.

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 Snapfish 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

1.9.3

Nov 14, 2011

(Latest Version)

  • Fixed an error when re-exporting a photo that had already been exported to Snapfish.
  • 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.

1.9.2

Oct 5, 2011

Fixed the issue with logging in after a recent change on the backend.

1.9.1

Aug 31, 2011

  • Improved performance of the user authentication step.
  • Fixed issues with user authentication for Snapfish co-branded services - Virgin Media, UIMDE, etc.
  • Improved performance for accounts hosted by Snapfish co-branded services.
  • Added the option to turn off the automatic validation of Image Sizing settings.
  • The "Logged in as" status line now displays the full name of authenticated user.

1.9.0

Aug 21, 2011

  • Added a number of metadata fields to keep track of photos exported via the plug-in.
  • Added support for Snapfish New Zealand.
  • Added support for German Snapfish accounts hosted on www3.snapfish.de/uimde.
  • Fixed errors when using multiple publish services for Snapfish.

1.8.1

Aug 5, 2011

  • Fixed the "bad URL" error in Lightroom 2 for Mac OS.
  • Fixed a couple of backward compatibility issues with Lightroom 2.
  • Fixed the "bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil)" error when there are no albums in the account.

1.8.0

Jun 11, 2011

  • Fixed the "bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil)" error when there are no albums in the account.
  • Checking for updates no longer throws exceptions when my server is offline.
  • 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.
  • Added the ability to customize the sort order of photos in published albums.

1.7.1

Mar 29, 2011

  • Fixed the issue with album titles not being applied during publishing.

1.7.0

Mar 20, 2011

  • Fixed a number of issues related to the new beta API used by Snapfish on some of the accounts.
  • 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.
  • The plug-in is now compatible with Lightroom 3.4RC for Windows and Mac OS.
  • Re-designed layout of the Export dialog to provide room for album descriptions and better placement of album actions.
  • Added the ability to edit album descriptions.

1.6.3

Jan 26, 2011

  • Fixed the issue with duplicating photos after re-publishing.
  • Fixed the issue with creating new albums when re-publishing an existing album.

1.6.2

Jan 15, 2011

  • Added support for yet another Snapfish co-branded service - Sky Broadband
  • Added options for controlling the output resolution

1.6.1

Jan 1, 2011

  • Added support for yet another Snapfish co-branded service - Brack.CH.

1.6.0

Dec 20, 2010

  • Added support for non-English services of Snapfish, including German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese.
  • Fixed several issues related to re-establishing server connection after a period of inactivity.

1.5.1

Dec 7, 2010

This version fixes a couple of issues specific for Lightroom 2.

1.5

Dec 4, 2010

  • Added support for Publish Services in Lightroom 3.
  • 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.

1.4.1

Sep 26, 2010

  • Added support for another Snapfish co-branded service - Spectra (Ireland).
  • Added support for another Snapfish co-branded service - Virgin Media (UK).
  • Improved the stability when the server returns random itermittent connection errors.

1.3

Aug 15, 2010

  • Now the plug-in is compatible with Lightroom 3.2 Release Candidate, Windows and Mac OS.
  • The plug-in now supports Snapfish co-branded services, such as Earthlink.
  • Fixed intermittent issues with logging in.

1.2

Jun 29, 2010

  • Fixed the “bad argument #1 to ‘sub’” error.
  • Removed the 6MB upload size limit.
  • Automatic checking for plug-in updates now works correctly.
  • Added the ability to submit the debug log to alloyphoto directly from the plug-in.
  • Several cosmetic improvements.

1.1

Jun 19, 2010

  • Fixed links to the home and registration pages of the plug-in.

1.0

May 14, 2010

This is the initial release of the plug-in.