Alternative LR Plugin for PR import

DxO PureRAW
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Hello everybody.

Out of frustration with the current Lightroom integration of PR4 (see Lightroom quality of life improvements desperately needed), I decided to create my own plugin to do the import of PR4 processed photos back to lightroom.

You can find it here: GitHub - thomas001/lr-pristine-raw-importer: A Lightroom plugin that imports files created by DxO PureRAW4.

Just to copy from the README file, these are the main things it does differently:

  • Processed photos are stacked above the source photo
  • Develop settings are automatically copied from the source photo
    • Settings related to noise and lens correction are left untouched
  • Collections, keywords, color, pick status are copied from the source photo
  • No new collection is created on every import

This behavior is probably not for everybody but it fits my workflow better.

Just putting the word out here in case anybody finds it useful. Feedback is welcome! :slight_smile:

Finally, the usual disclaimers:

  • Use at your own risk. The plugin comes with no guranantees that it does anything useful or won’t delete all your photos.
  • Not related or endorsed by DxO Labs in any way.
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Sweet! I’m going to give that a try! The stack-on-top and no-stupid-collection fix my two biggest annoyances with PR4!

I have a LR preset that disables LR lenscorrections, which I can batch apply.

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After installing it according the instructions, it works as expected. Thanks for creating this!

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I would love to have this except I hate stacking. Any chance of an unstacked version? Thanks.

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To clarify are the images actually in a LR stack or just located next to the originals?

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I’ve released a new plugin version. You can now pick whether the PR exported photos are stacked above the source photo, below the source photo or no stack at all is created.

If no stack is created it is up to Lightroom how both files are located. If you order by capture time, they should be next to each other.

Also just a small clarification: lightroom stacks and collections interact weirdly: basically stacks are independent for each collection and for the folder. When adding an exported photo is it only stacked in the folder, but not in any collection. The LR plugin API does not allow anything else. To make this a bit less awkward I added an option to remove the source photo from all collections.

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Fantastic! I will try the plugin and also have a friend who hates the way the DXO plugin works. He will love it as well.

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Always good to get feedback! :slight_smile:

If you find a bug please take a screenshot of the error and post it here or on github, thanks! The new features have had just a few test runs. The previous version was at least tested a couple of days. (Also I don’t own any Mac to test it).

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Works perfectly, exactly how I want it to work!!! I don’t know why DXO wouldn’t/couldn’t do this. Not sure how much time you spent but this is a gold mine for those of us using PureRAW 4. PS I am on Windows 11. Many thanks!

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My friend installed on Windows and works perfectly for him as well.

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Hi
Thanks for the Plugin, I have 1 question though. I have followed the installation notes and disabled the Pureraw 4 Importer. How do I activate the Pristine Raw Importer. I can’t find the plugin
Thanks
Gert

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Once you download the zip file and extract it you will have a folder that ends with “main”. The confusing part is that the plugin is a folder that is inside the “main” folder. If you try to install the “main” folder you will get an error message.

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I received one report on DPReview that a user installed on Mac without problems.

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Hi Gert.

Thanks for trying the plugin!
As @Stoaty already said: you need to add the right folder using the Lightroom plugin manager. It’s the folder that ends in .lrplugin and not the root folder when you download unpack a release.

I’ll see if instructions can be made easier to follow. Changing the layout of the zip file seems to be not that easy.

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Hi Thomas,

I see there is a small update to the plugin. I am not clear what the “Look” in Develop means. Would you explain further?

Thanks.

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That refers to how Lightroom exposes develop settings to plugins. Basically a photo could have a settings CameraProfile which is a simple name and a parameter Look which is used for more complex profiles. I had cases where the original photo uses CameraProfile but the new exported photo used Look. Probably because it’s a DNG. So when copying settings over from the original photo to the exported photo, Look needs to be cleared, otherwise the camera profile isn’t copied correctly.

I guess that was way too technical now. :slight_smile:

TLDR: The new version should be more robust copying the camera profile setting to the exported photo.

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Hi Thomas
Thanks for replying.

I have installed the plugin and according to the Plugin Manager it should be running and enabled.
Should the plugin be in the Plug-in Extra under File? Here I only have the 2 DxO plugins.

Gert

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The plugin is more or less invisible. You run PureRAW as before using one of the two options, but when Pureraw finishes running and new images have been produced, the pristine raw importer should wake up and import them into lightroom.

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Thanks for clarifying
Gert

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No, not too technical. Thanks for the explanation.