farfromsane / lrpureraw

Lightroom Classic plug-in which add an export provider for DxO RureRAW.

LRPureRAW

Features

Lightroom Classic plug-in which add an export provider for DxO RureRAW.

Requirements

• DxO PureRAW must be installed

Installation

• Download the zip archive for your operating system from GitHub.
• Extract the archive into your home directory.
• Restart Lightroom

The plug-in and presets are now available for your user.

Update

Same as installation. Be aware, that the export preset will be overwritten. So maybe you want to make a backup and restore it after the update. You can find your the export preset in:

• Windows
  %APPDATA%\Adobe\Lightroom\Export Presets\PureRAW
  Example: C:\users\janedoe\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Export Presets\PureRAW

• Mac
  ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Export Presets/PureRAW
  Example: /Users/janedoe/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Export Presets/PureRAW

Usage

The basic workflow works roughly as follows:

• Select one or more photos
• Select File/Export…
• Choose the PureRAW Original preset
• Select Export

The selected photos are exported and retrieved in DxO PureRAW.

• In DxO PureRAW develop the photos.
• After the photos are processed, export them back to Lightroom Classic.

Only unprocessed DNG and RAW photos are sent to DxO PureRAW. If you select other types as well, they are just ignored.

In the plugin settings (Plug-in Manager) you can configure metadata which is set before the export. This configuration supports:

• Color labels
• Ratings
• Flags

This data is set after the export has finished. I.e., the re-imported photos have the
original metadata.

Additionally, there are three filter presets which may support your workflow:

• PureRAW (candidate)
  Displays only photos which can be exported by the PureRAW Original preset.
• PureRAW (excluded)
  Displays only photos which were not processed.
• PureRAW (only)
  Displays only processed photos.

Troubleshooting

LRPureRAW expects that DxO PureRAW 1.0 is installed in the following directory:

• Windows
  C:\Program Files\DxO\DxO PureRAW
• Mac
  /Applications/DxO PureRaw.app

If DxO PureRAW is installed in a different place or is of different version, you must configure the installation directory in the plugin settings of PureRAW in the Plug-in Manager.

Known Issues

###Length of command line The photos are sent to DxO PureRAW via command line. The length of the command line is restricted in length. The more photos we sent, the longer the command line will be. The command line length limits are:

• Windows: 8191
• Mac: 262144
  I.e., on Mac we do not have a real limit in amount of photos, but in Windows we have. Be as it is, even in Windows 100 photos should not be a problem to convert in one step.

###LR Import dialog will not be opened When exporting the developed DxO photos from the Pictures folder (or a subfolder of it) into Lightroom the Lightroom's import dialog will not be open. It seems to be a DxO PureRAW issue, because it can be reproduced by exporting any photo from this folder to Lightroom. Therefore, the default export path was changed to Same folder as original photo in 1.0.2.2. At the time this issue is documented only for Windows systems.