How to import a selection?

[Guest]

Hi all.

I am looking for a smart way to import client picks into my Lightroom. I usually export all shots to my clients and have them select the ones they like.

My clients then sends me a list of filenames which they would like me to edit and then I need to flag these shots in my lightroom catalog but instead of my picking each file individually in Lightroom, can I make an “import-file-name” function that flags the file?

I hope you can help me!

Best regards

Jakob

[Captiv8r]

Moved here from Adobe Captivate forum/

[Rob_Cullen · Accepted solution]

There is sure to be a plug-in for this, but there is a work-around method in Lightroom if the filenames listed  are exactly the same as your photos in the catalog-

Edit the list of filenames given to you in a text editor (eg. Windows Notepad)

Remove all paragraph markers, separate filenames with a comma (and no extra spaces).

Select all the text, and Copy & Paste it into the filter search box. Filtering for "Text:  Filename: Contains:  Your list"

So  text like-  1234,1235,1236,1240   will find those filenames in the grid to either star rate, keyword, or color label.

[Guest]

Thank you wobertc. You are a star! It works like a charm.

Thank you!