Lr2TweetPhoto plugin

Lr2TweetPhoto is a plugin for Lightroom 2 that allows the user to export a photo to the TweetPhoto online photo service. As with the website, this allows you to either upload the image, or upload and post a message on Twitter, along with a link to the image. This link, the Twitter Username and the URL of the image on TweetPhoto are stored in metadata and accessible via the provided Lr2TweetPhoto Metadata Tagset (or Metadata Viewer Preset as it has been called). The image generated is an sRGB Jpeg, and is put in a temporary location, which is then deleted once the export is finished. You can of course download the file via the link if so desired. If you opt not to post to Twitter, the Message box becomes inaccessible. A Signup button is built in to allow new users to create a Twitter account.



The plugin comes in 2 forms, a demo version that allows 10 exports before being disabled. As TweetPhoto tends to be a single image at a time service, this should be more than enough to form an opinion about requiring the plugin or not. The full version works in exactly the same way, but is not restricted. The full version is available for download via e-junkie for a coffee busting €2.50 (introductory offer).


Errors
The Plugin traps TweetPhotos errors and displays the text in a dialog. The list is not exhaustive, but covers incorrect username and password, incorrect file type and file too large (over 5Mb) and a few others.

Note: As with the FTP presets in Lightroom, this sends text, including the password, in the clear, so be warned if you are using someone else's network, they can snoop out your password.

Known issues: TweetPhoto seems to strip out metadata and uses a lower resolution image in the display. Use a large image on export to help with this.

Install and use. To install this plugin, open the Plugin Manager (File>Plugin Manager) and click Add on the bottom left. Navigate to the unzipped file and choose it. The Plugin is now installed. To use click the Export button in the Left Panel of Library. Alternatively use the shortcut Shift Command E on Mac or Shift Control E on PC. Click the top of the Dialog (default says File on Disk) and choose Lr2tweephoto from the list. Enter your Twitter Username and password, along with an optional message.The Upload and Post checkbox will add the message and image location to Twitter as a tweet. Tags, which can help in searching for the image, can be added in the next box.

Because TweetPhoto shows a small map of the photo location, I've added GPS support. This comes in 2 forms. The first is manual entry of latitude and longitude. To aid this, you can click on the 'Get Latitude and Longitude' link and find your location. The other option (when you switch off the checkbox) uses the Lightroom GPS table. This option also supports GPS data added via Jeffrey Friedl's Geoencode plugin. You can enter the location points from the 'Get Latitude and Longitude' link, if you prefer. Once this is complete, you can choose from the other options including file sizing (recommended!) and watermarking. Click Export when ready.

Metadata
To view the custom metadata associated with this plugin, click the preset field beside the title of the Metadata panel and select Lr2Tweetphoto from the list.

Demo Download
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Purchase
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Support
Support can be obtained at http://lightroom-blog.com/forum