jb Keyword Tools – test version
Fancy trying it? OK, here’s the plug-in (limited to 10 items) and various example vocabulary files. See the previous post for the thinking behind the plug-in but these bits are new:
- Hierarchical keywords are supported with hierarchies created using the pipe “|” and multiple keywords being separated by tabs – see example files
- Up to 200 shortcut buttons possible
- A preference in the Plug-In Manager for a default folder where vocabulary files are stored
- Previous button which works like the Previous button in Develop, updating the current item’s keywords with those of the previous photo
- Previous + Next – as above, but also goes to next photo
- Copy and two paste buttons, one overwriting and the other appending
- Deselect button – sometimes an image shouldn’t be in the selection. This means you don’t have to close the dialog box
- Vocabulary files need to be UTF-8
- I’m ensuring all text labels can be displayed in non-English languages. Maybe I should offer a free licence in exchange for a translation?
I am working on a script that will create a hierarchy file from an existing keyword hierarchy, but the main design focus is on externally-sourced lists like competitors’ bib numbers or kids’ names.
I will try Photo Mechanic, thank you.
It is expensive, but is very good and is popular among photographers shooting large numbers of pictures (sports photographers for example)
I finally decided to properly manage my photos and I think your plugin would save a lot of time on the allocation of keywords, so it interests me very much.
But perhaps you know a software to do something similar?
I don’t think there’s another Lightroom plug-in that does what this is trying to do. Have you ever tried Photo Mechanic – some people like to use it before importing photos into Lightroom and its code replacement feature is part of the inspiration behind this plugin.
Je me décide enfin a gérer correctement mes photos, et je trouve que votre plugin permettrait de gagner beaucoup de temps sur l’affectation de mots-clés, c’est pourquoi il m’intéresse beaucoup.
Mais peut etre que vous connaissez un logiciel qui permet de faire quelque chose de similaire?
Sorry, what I mean it’s when I want navigate between selected pictures, the preview panel was not updated, I see always the first picture of my selection.
I’ve ask if you have stop working on the plugin because the post title is ‘test version’ and it was published 6 month ago.
It slightly surprises me that the preview doesn’t update, but it isn’t 100% reliable because I am using an undocumented feature which Adobe don’t support and may replace in Lightroom 4. My experience has been that it works best if your 1:1 previews are already built.
I haven’t done much on the plug-in since August but I have changed some details. But I only received 3 or 4 emails privately, and this comment from you. Maybe I will post an updated version and see if that gets more interest.
Hello,
I beta test this on Mac OSX Lion with Lightroom 3.
We navigate between photos do not put in the preview days of the photo.
Have you given up on working on this plugin looks very promising?
Thank you
“We navigate between photos do not put in the preview days of the photo.”
Sorry, I don’t understand what you mean here.
I haven’t stopped work on the plug-in, but I’ve had very little interest in it. That has surprised me. Maybe there’s something that seems difficult or that I haven’t explained?