On Sep 14, 2007, at 8:30 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Lightroom allows you to export metadata to and from the files you are >> working with. I don't believe there is a function to export to CSV or >> plain text files ... for DNG, JPEG, TIFF and PSD files, metadata is >> appended into the body of the files themselves as they are container >> formats. But in the case of native format RAW files ... these are >> handled as read only, so when you "export metadata to file" with >> them, the metadata is written into .xmp sidecar files which are plain >> text and can be opened with any text editor. > > But it's one .xmp sidecar file per image, isn't it? What I want (and > what the Pentax browser does) is to have all the metadata from an > entire directory full of images exported into a single file. > > I guess using Pentax Photo Browser for this purpose isn't particularly > onerous, but I do most of my processing in Lightroom and it would be > nice if I didn't have to use a separate app.
I know what you mean, but I think it's beyond what Lightroom's designers currently have in mind. I'd like to be able to export a text list with selectable parameters drawn from the Library grid mode, like for example: filename - date of capture - date of modification - focal length - iso - exposure time - aperture That facility could be useful for many purposes. I use such listings driven by iView MediaPro fairly often. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
