Wanted - Export to multiple directories

[free1000]

I would like to be able to export either to a directory, or preferably both a directory and a CD/DVD burner with a collection set and its sub-sets and subsidiary collections mirrored to the target directories.

eg:

MySet
My-TopSelects
RAW files
Web sized JPEG

might be the structure in LR2 collections, with MySet being a top level collection set and the remaining being Collections.

I'd like to see the same structure on the target directory or DVD.

This would be particularly useful to me for burning DVD's.

I thought of trying to write my own plugin for this and had a look at the SDK, but the learning curve seemed pretty steep.

If such a plugin exists, I'd love to know about it. I'd be prepared to pay a shareware fee if someone got around to creating such a thing.

 

[free1000]

I've looked at the API docs and have convinced myself that what I would like is impossible with the current SDK.

This is because the export plugins process renditions which are LRPhoto objects and these contain no information about the collection context in which the export was carried out.

The api would need to contain a way to extract where each photo was in the collection hierarchy in order to get what I want.

 

[Brad Snyder]

free, Welcome to LR Forums. Yes that is a much requested/desired capability. All I can say is, "If you build it, they will come!"

May be worth adding your voice to the crowd, submit an official Adobe feature request via the link on the Toolbar above.