If you used to be a Lightroom user, you probably have an extensive library of images in a catalog. Transferring the entire library out of Lightroom and into Exposure could be a lengthy process if done by hand. We developed Exposure’s migration tool to automate that process. This video demonstrates how to migrate your catalog to Exposure.
Watch the video and learn about using the migration tool. We will show you what metadata you can select to bring forward, such as keywords, copyright, name, address, and more. For a complete list of the metadata recognized by Exposure, read this article.
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Dear Jimmy,
Thank you for the clear presentation. I have one question however about Lightroom’s virtual copies. How does the import tool handle those? Are they saved as a separate file or are they ignored? Would love to hear from you.
Kind regards,
Jeroen
Hi Jeroen, thanks for the comment. This article has a detailed list of what can and can’t be migrated from Lightroom. Virtual Copies is not on that list, unfortunately.
Is there a blog or article on how to import from Aperture Libraries with X6?
We do have something written up about migrating photos from Aperture and Apple Photos. Let’s get you in contact with our support team and they’ll send you detailed instructions. Here is a link to open a ticket.
DOES EXPOSURE-6 SUPPORT MOVING ITS FINISHED FILES TO ANY PHOTO BOOK PUBLISHER?
Thanks for commenting, Bob. Yes and no. You can have Exposure open a folder of files, or a website, or another software program once it completes exporting, but it doesn’t integrate directly with one. Our Launching Apps on Export video shows you how you can set that up.
Most printing services have free software for designing photo books. That list includes bigger names such as Blurb, Millers Labs, Shutterfly, etc. Shutterfly’s design tool is browser-based, so you don’t have to download anything before you can upload images to create a book. It’s a simple process of dragging and dropping your final jpegs.
Hello,
I did the migration using the tool in lightroom6 and nothing shows up in X6.
Is a file created somewhere that I can point X6 to?
Really at a loss here. Not sure what I can do.
Hi Blair. Thanks for using Exposure. We’ve seen this happen before. Lightroom 6 dates back to pre-subscription software, which can cause issues, especially on newer computers. You can manually point Exposure to your image files. This is the “old” way of doing things before the migration plug-in was created. Here is a link to an article with all the steps in the process. If that doesn’t fix it, let’s get you in contact with our support team, here.