I developed a simple Adobe Lightroom plugin for creating additional metadata notes about how an image was processed. The two new fields created are:
- A pull-down selection field to indicate whether an external plugin was used in processing the particular image.
- A freeform text note to describe details of the processing steps used on the image.
Both fields are searchable within Lightroom, and the selection field can also be browsed.
![Image Processing Notes Plugin Manager](https://www.jimjulian.com/wp-content/uploads/image-processing-notes-plugin-manager.jpg)
![Image Processing Notes Plugin Dialog](https://www.jimjulian.com/wp-content/uploads/image-processing-notes-plugin-dialog.jpg)
Plugin New Fields
- External Process (Unknown/Yes/No selection)
- Process Notes (text)
Plugin Example Usage
- The selection field can indicate “Yes” if an external process was used (such as Nik Collection, DxO Film Emulation, Topaz Simplify, etc.).
- The text field to describe the main capture and processing steps (such as “ND filter x16 used” and/or “Nik Silver Efex Pro setting 016 used”).
Plugin Notes
- This plugin creates new searchable metadata fields in the Lightroom catalog – they are not metadata stored directly in the images or XMP sidecar files.
- This plugin is designed for Adobe Lightroom 5 and above.
GitHub Repository
Here is the Project page on GitHub.