How to aply color label automatically on import

[jndm]

Is there any way how to apply color label during import? I would like to mark all photos which are imported to LR but untouched marked by RED (now I am doing it manually).

I have already created develop preset which is applied during import but or I am blind or color label cannot be set there.

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Hal P Anderson]

Here you go:



Metadata preset in Import Dialogue.

Hal

 

[clee01l]

You need to create an import preset. This preset can include your Develop Preset and a Metadata preset. The Metadata preset can contain lots of different information. Like a copyright, Keywords, Title Caption and a Lable phrase for your current Lable Set. Here is the metadata preset that I use for an example. Note that my Label Set associates the phrase "To Be Worked" with the color 'red'. Since many of my subjects are 6 and 8 legged creatures, I got tired of copying and pasting the gender symbols into individual titles so I included them on the import metadata preset:

s = {    id = "57520A4B-9475-4995-967C-360D6A6F6F9F",
    internalName = "© 2012,♀♂ w/Color",
    title = "© 2012,♀♂ w/Color",
    type = "Metadata",
    value = {
        ["com.adobe.caption"] = "Location:",
        ["com.adobe.colorLabels"] = "[COLOR=#ff0000]To Be Worked[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR]",
        ["com.adobe.copyright"] = "© 2012, Cletus Lee",
        ["com.adobe.copyrightInfoURL"] = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/",
        ["com.adobe.copyrightState"] = true,
        ["com.adobe.rightsUsageTerms"] = "Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives",
        ["com.adobe.title"] = "♀♂",
        uuid = "[COLOR=#0000ff]606CF575-0237-4BC8-93CD-7944984E02EF[/COLOR]",
    },
    version = 0,
}

My import preset references the above metadata preset and looks like this:

s = {    id = "1B49B923-9710-4793-AE3C-9B8098A5D4EC",
    internalName = "01.02 - 2012 Default",
    title = "01.02 - 2012 Default",
    type = "Import",
    value = {
        autoSegmentMethod = "autoSegment_Date",
        backupDownloadFolder = "/Volumes/Archive/CameraCardBackups-Temp",
        crSettingsID = "16A2AF68-A38B-4472-989B-BD3000DA7A6A",     [COLOR=#0000ff](Develop Preset ID)[/COLOR]
        doCopyToBackupFolder = true,
        extensionCase = "unchanged",
        ignoreSuspectedDuplicates = true,
        importBehavior = "copyToLibrary",
        importDestinationFolderPath = "/Users/cletuslee/Pictures/Lightroom/Master/Pictures/Working",
        importDestinationPathSuffix = "reject",
        importDestinationUseSubfolder = false,
        importServiceProvider = "com.adobe.ag.import.file",
        importServiceProviderTitle = "Files on Disk",
        initialSequenceNumber = 1,
        keywords = "",
        [COLOR=#0000ff]metadataPresetID = "606CF575-0237-4BC8-93CD-7944984E02EF",[/COLOR]
        previewBuildQuality = "sbig",
        previewJPEGQuality = 0.75,
        renamingTokensEnabled = true,
        renamingTokensOn = false,
        shootNameFormat = "%Y/%m-%d",
        standardPreviewSize = 1440,
        suppressImportDialog = false,
        tokenCustomString = "",
        tokenShootName = "",
        tokens = "{{image_name}}",
    },
    version = 0,
}

 

[DonRicklin]

Wow, the Geek way and the LR UI way. Both work. But Hal's maybe easier for you.



Don

 

[jndm]

Thanks, it make my life easier!