Library module Copy Titles to Captions across multiple photos

[hove9]

Lightroom Version Number

14.3

Operating System

1. Windows 11

I have hundreds of photos from one trip where I entered details into the Title field. With hindsight I should have enetered them into the Caption field. Without copy and pasting each one individually, is there a way to transfer this information as a batch? Perhaps a plug-in?

 

[UliP.]

You can try „Write Data Field...“, a part of Jeffrey’s “Bag-o-Goodies” Lightroom Plugin

https://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/bag-o-goodies#write-field

 

[Paul_DS256]

FWIW, you can do this in EXIFTOOL but then you are left with your photo metadata out of sync with LrC. Here's an example. And the TAG fields you need to use in EXIFTOOL are not always the same as field names in LrC.

If you feel you need to pursue this, let me know and I'll work-up the command sequence for you.

 

[clee01l]

John Beardsworth's Search & Replace Plugin. http://lightroomsolutions.com/plug-ins/search-and-replace/

 

[camner]

John Beardsworth's Search & Replace Plugin. http://lightroomsolutions.com/plug-ins/search-and-replace/

Of the options suggested thus far, I think this is the easiest. Also, this plugin is useful in general…I’ve used it for years.

 

[hove9]

@Paul_DS256 @clee01l @camner thank you for your replies, that is really helpful.