Can Lightroom export Pick flags, or convert them to keywords for use in other software?
Asked 11/26/2020
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I use Lightroom 6 on Windows 10 and may move to another photo management application. Some programs can import Lightroom keywords and metadata, but I have not found one that imports Lightroom Pick flags.
Can Lightroom export Pick/Reject flags through XMP or another method so another application can read them? If not, is there a practical way in Lightroom to turn all Pick-flagged photos into a keyword such as "picked" so I can preserve that selection when migrating?
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Ideally you would write the Lightroom metadata to sidecar XMP files and use those to import all metadata into another non-Adobe application. Unfortunately pick/reject flags are one of the those things that are stored in the catalog only and are not written to XMP1,2.
Therefore your proposed solution of using keyword seems to be the best option.
To do so, you need to first find all your images with a picked flag:
- Go to the Library module
- In the top, click on Attribute in the Library Filter:
3. Press the white flag to show only picked photos.
Now you need to assign a keyword of your choice to all these photos:
- In the Library module select all photos that are shown while the Library Filter set in the previous steps is active
- In the Keywording panel on the right add the keyword of your choice (I chose picked in this example):
- While the photos are still selected, make sure that the metadata (i.e. the keyword) is written to the (sidecar XMP) files by going to the menu item Metadata → Save Metadata to Files
Originally by user9161. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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Lightroom’s Pick/Reject flags are generally stored only in the Lightroom catalog and are not written to XMP sidecars, so other non-Adobe apps typically won’t see them via exported metadata.
A practical workaround is to convert your Picks into a keyword before migrating:
- In Lightroom’s Library module, open the Library Filter.
- Choose Attribute.
- Click the white flag to show only Pick-flagged images.
- Select all filtered photos.
- In the Keywording panel, add a keyword such as "picked".
- Write metadata to files/XMP if needed for the destination software.
That preserves your selection in a form other applications are more likely to import.
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