Costco Photo Center (USA)

The Costco Export Plug-in features automatic installers for Windows and Mac OS. Download the package for your operating system to the computer where you plan to install the plugin.

Make sure to quit Lightroom before running the installer. Otherwise you must restart Lightroom after the installation is finished for the plugin to appear.

Windows OS

The Windows installation package is an executable file. Simply run it and follow instructions.

1. On the Welcome screen, click Next.	2. Review the EULA, click "I accept the agreement", then Next.

3. On the Ready to Install screen, click Install.	4. The installation takes only a second. Click Finish to close the installation wizard.

Mac OS

Double-click the downloaded DMG file - it will mount in your system as a disk drive named "Costco Export Plug-in". The mounted drive will open automatically - you will see a single installation package file named CostcoExport_x.x.x.pkg (x.x.x stands for the version number) inside. Double-click the package icon to run the installer.

When finished with the installation, unmount the "Costco Export Plug-in" drive.

1. On the Introduction screen, click Continue.	2. On the License screen, review the EULA and click Continue.	3. When prompted to accept the terms of the EULA, click Agree.

4. On the Destination Select screen, click Continue. Very often the installer skips this screen. Apple insists this is normal.	5. On the Installation Type screen, click Install. Type in your admin password if prompted.	6. The installation takes only a second, then the Summary screen come up. Click Close to close the installation wizard.

Applying the license and activating the plugin

Once you have installed the plugin, launch Lightroom and go to the Plug-in Manager.

From the main menu, navigate File > Plug-in Manager...

Select Costco in the list of installed plug-ins on the left hand side. The Plug-in Info panel will be displayed on the right.

Click the Activate... button. The Plug-in Activation window comes up.

Enter your first name, last name, and the serial number exactly as they appear in the registration e-mail from alloyphoto@alloyphoto.com. To avoid typing mistakes, copy-and-paste the serial number from the e-mail message into the text box on the form. Then click Activate...

Once your information is validated, Lightroom displays a confirmation message:

Click Done to close the Plug-in Manager. Now you are ready to start using the plug-in.

#1 | Written by Bruce Lukaszewicz about 12 years ago. Reply

Easy download, install and works great. Definately worth the $15 activiation fee. Thanks Vladimir.
#2 | Written by vin about 12 years ago. Reply

I have installed and could not see it in the plugin manager; I shut down lightroom and restarted, and it said "the catalog must be updated to use Costco plugin" or something like that. I said OK. It is kind of scary though…like I should have backed up the catalog first…

However, it does now show up in the publishing manager. So…will let you know how it goes!!

thanks (great work…)
- #3 | Written by Vlad about 12 years ago. Reply
  
  Hi Vin,
  
  The catalog update is a trivial operation – the plugin adds a few metadata fields to keep track of photos that were exported or published to Costco. An added benefit is the ability to use those metadata fields for creating smart collections. Not sure why it wouldn’t show in the publishing manager – could you e-mail me a screenshot of what you are seeing?
  
  Thanks!
#4 | Written by Amanda about 11 years ago. Reply

What if it doesn't show up in lightroom? Could it be that my lightroom is in trial mode for 20 more days?
- #5 | Written by Vlad about 11 years ago. Reply
  
  Most likely LIghtroom was running while you ran the installer. Restart LR and it should appear there. Contact me directly if you are still having an issue.
#6 | Written by Erika about 11 years ago. Reply

I don't see an option to apply the License and Activate
- #7 | Written by Vlad about 11 years ago. Reply
  
  For support, please contact me directly and make sure you can receive e-mail from alloyphoto.com (check your spam folder if you don’t see my response).

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