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Shootbin Publisher lets you publish photos directly from Adobe Lightroom Classic. You choose which Shootbin projects and albums appear in Lightroom, drag photos into an album, and click Publish. You can then sync reviewer feedback back to your Lightroom catalog.

Download Shootbin Publisher 0.1.0

Download version 0.1.0 for Adobe Lightroom Classic as a ZIP file.

Publish

Upload new photos or send updated photos to Shootbin as revisions.

Sync

Retrieve approvals, rejections, ratings, tags, and annotation indicators.

Keep editing

Continue working with your original RAW files and familiar Lightroom export settings.
The plugin requires Lightroom Classic 10 or newer and is available with the Studio and Agency plans. The cloud-based version of Lightroom is not supported.

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How the connection works

The plugin adds a Shootbin publish service to the Library module. Lightroom renders your source file according to the selected publish settings and sends the result to Shootbin. Your RAW file is never uploaded directly.
Review data syncs from Shootbin to Lightroom. Approve or reject photos and add annotations in Shootbin, not in Lightroom.

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Install the plugin

1

Download and extract the plugin

Download the latest ShootbinPublisher.lrplugin-<version>.zip file from the Shootbin download page. Extract the zip file completely. You should now have a folder named ShootbinPublisher.lrplugin.
2

Open Plug-in Manager

Open Lightroom Classic and go to File → Plug-in Manager.
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Add Shootbin Publisher

Click Add, select the extracted ShootbinPublisher.lrplugin folder, and confirm. Make sure Lightroom shows the status Installed and running.
4

Create a Shootbin publish service

Go to the Library module. Open the Publish Services panel on the left, click the plus icon, and open Publishing Manager. Add a new service with Shootbin as the publish service.
Do not move or delete the ShootbinPublisher.lrplugin folder after installation. Lightroom loads the plugin from this location.

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Connect to Shootbin

The plugin automatically creates a secure Lightroom connection after you approve it.
1

Start the browser sign-in

Open the Shootbin publish service settings and click Sign in with Shootbin under Shootbin Connection. Lightroom opens your browser.
2

Sign in to the correct account

Sign in to Shootbin if necessary. Check which Shootbin account will be connected on the confirmation page.
3

Allow Lightroom access

Click Allow Lightroom. Keep the Lightroom settings window open while the plugin retrieves the confirmation.
4

Check the connection

Return to Lightroom. The connection is ready when your account name appears in the connection status. You can click Test Connection for an additional check.
A sign-in request remains valid for 15 minutes. If the page has expired, click Sign in with Shootbin again to start a new request.

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Disconnect Lightroom

Click Disconnect in the publish settings. You can also remove the active connection in Shootbin under Profile → Studio → Lightroom. Existing photos remain in place, but publishing and syncing will not work until you sign in again.

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Configure projects and albums

Open the Shootbin publish service settings. Use Your albums and projects to control what appears in the Publish Services panel.
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Retrieve the latest data

Click Sync with Shootbin. The plugin retrieves your projects and albums, updates the Lightroom publish structure, and syncs reviews for the selected albums.
2

Choose what appears

Click Manage selection… and select the projects and albums you want to use. Save the selection, then save the publish service settings.
3

Create a project or album if needed

Use Create project or Create album in the same settings window. An album created here becomes a Lightroom-managed album in Shootbin and is selected automatically.
4

Check the publish structure

Expand the Shootbin service under Publish Services. You will see the selected projects with their Lightroom-managed albums underneath.
If a new project or album does not appear yet, close the settings window with Save or OK first. Lightroom may need a moment to obtain catalog access and update the publish structure.

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Lightroom-managed and web-managed albums

Lightroom-managed

You can add, update, and sync photos in albums created through the plugin. Shootbin identifies these albums with the Managed via Lightroom label.

Web-managed

Albums created on the Shootbin website are managed on the website. You cannot select them as a publish destination in the Lightroom plugin.
This separation prevents the Lightroom catalog and website from trying to manage different versions of the same album contents. To publish from Lightroom, create the destination album with Create album in the plugin settings. Photos cannot be moved to or from a Lightroom-managed album in the Shootbin website. Add, remove, or move those photos in Lightroom Classic, then publish or sync the album again. Do not create projects or albums by right-clicking the Lightroom publish structure. Always use the buttons in the settings. Delete a project or album in Shootbin, then sync again to update the Lightroom structure.

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Choose publish settings

The standard Lightroom settings for a publish service appear below the Shootbin sections. The plugin supports JPEG and TIFF with sRGB, Adobe RGB, or ProPhoto RGB. Check these sections in particular:
  • File Settings: choose JPEG or TIFF, the quality, and the color space.
  • Image Sizing: set the dimensions of the file sent to Shootbin.
  • Output Sharpening: apply sharpening if it suits your proofing workflow.
  • Metadata: choose which metadata Lightroom includes in the rendered file.
  • Watermarking: optionally select a Lightroom watermark.
Alongside the rendered file, the plugin sends available Lightroom data, including the title, description, keywords, star rating, original filename, capture date, and copyright information.
For online review, JPEG, sRGB, and a suitable long-edge limit will usually provide a good balance. This keeps uploads fast without changing your original files.

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Publish photos for the first time

1

Open the destination album

In Library → Publish Services, expand the Shootbin service and the correct project. Select the Lightroom-managed album.
2

Add photos

Drag photos from your catalog into the album. They appear under New Photos to Publish.
3

Publish

Click Publish. Lightroom renders each photo using the selected file, sizing, metadata, and watermark settings, then uploads the result.
4

Check the result

After a successful upload, the photos appear under Published Photos and in the connected Shootbin album.
Photos published through the plugin count toward the project’s photo limit.

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Update a published photo

When Lightroom detects a relevant edit or metadata change, it moves the photo to Modified Photos to Re-Publish.
1

Update the photo

Edit the photo in Lightroom. In the published album, check that it appears under Modified Photos to Re-Publish.
2

Publish again

Click Publish. The plugin links the photo to the previous Shootbin upload and sends the new file as a revision.
3

Check the revision in Shootbin

Open the photo in Shootbin to view its revision history. The plugin will not create a separate photo while the local mapping and earlier Shootbin photo still exist.
If you only change Lightroom keywords, the plugin updates the Shootbin tags without creating a new image revision. Changes made by review sync, such as a flag, yellow color label, or rating, do not trigger a new upload by themselves.
If you remove a photo from the published collection and confirm the removal in Lightroom, the plugin also deletes the connected photo from Shootbin. Do not remove the photo from your regular Lightroom catalog if you only want to remove the published version.

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Sync reviews

You can sync every selected album at once or check a single album.
Open the Shootbin publish service settings and click Sync with Shootbin. The plugin refreshes your projects and albums, then retrieves the review data.
The plugin can write the following data to Lightroom:

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Choose what Shootbin may overwrite

In the Shootbin settings section of the publish service, choose which data types may change during a sync:
  • Overwrite yellow color label when feedback is present
  • Overwrite star rating
  • Overwrite pick and reject flags when approved or rejected
  • Add Shootbin tags as Lightroom keywords
All options are enabled by default. Disable an option if you use that Lightroom field exclusively for your own workflow.
Tags are only added. The plugin does not remove existing Lightroom keywords that are not in Shootbin. An empty star rating in Shootbin does not clear your existing Lightroom rating.

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Retrieve annotations and comments

A regular review sync gives photos with annotations a yellow color label. This makes it easy to filter for images that have feedback. To read the annotation text and related replies:
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Sync the album

First use Sync with Shootbin or Check for Updates to make sure the review status is current.
2

Select a published photo

Select the photo in the Shootbin album under Publish Services, not only in a regular folder or collection.
3

Open the Comments panel

In the Library module, open the Comments panel on the right and click the button to refresh comments. Lightroom may also request comments during publishing or republishing.
Lightroom shows the text and author of Shootbin annotations, but not the marker position on the photo. Open the photo in Shootbin to view the marker in the correct location. Posting comments back from Lightroom is not supported.

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Troubleshooting

Open File → Plug-in Manager and make sure ShootbinPublisher.lrplugin has the status Installed and running. Add the extracted plugin folder again if Lightroom points to a missing location. Then restart Lightroom Classic.In Plug-in Manager, also open the information for Shootbin Publisher. The diagnostics should show the publish provider, publish core, and JSON library as available.
Check your internet connection and click Sign in with Shootbin again. A request expires after 15 minutes. Keep the Lightroom settings window open until the website confirms the connection and Lightroom shows your account name.If the connection still does not work, click Disconnect, start a new sign-in, and then use Test Connection.
Click Sync with Shootbin first, then click Manage selection…. Make sure both the project and the required album are selected, then save the service settings.Web-managed albums cannot be publish destinations in Lightroom. If necessary, create a new album with Create album in the plugin settings.
Close other Lightroom windows that are changing the catalog and save the publish settings again. The plugin tries to rebuild the structure when Lightroom grants write access to the catalog. Keep Lightroom open for a moment if the projects or albums do not appear immediately.
Make sure you are connected, the destination album is Lightroom-managed, and your plan supports the plugin. A project may be temporarily locked for changes while it is out for review. Open Shootbin to check the project status and plan limit, then publish again.The plugin only accepts JPEG and TIFF output. Also check the selected file format in the publish settings.
Check whether Lightroom shows the photo under Modified Photos to Re-Publish. If it does not, use the Lightroom command to mark the photo for republishing. Also make sure you are publishing to the exact same Shootbin album.Keyword-only changes are intentionally updated without an image revision. If the earlier Shootbin photo was deleted, the plugin uploads the next publication as a new photo.
Open the publish settings and check that the corresponding overwrite option is enabled under Shootbin settings. Then sync again. Only photos published from this Lightroom catalog to the album, with a valid local mapping, can be updated.
The yellow label comes from the regular review sync. Lightroom retrieves the text separately through the Comments panel. Select the photo under Published Photos, open Comments in Library, and refresh the panel.If nothing appears, publish or sync the album again. View the annotation in Shootbin if you also need the marker position.

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Need help?

When reporting a problem, note which action you performed, which project and album were involved, and which error Lightroom displayed. The plugin also writes a shootbin-publisher.log file in the ShootbinPublisher folder inside Lightroom’s application data or preferences folder. Include this log file when support asks for it.

Projects and albums

Learn how projects and albums work in the Shootbin web app.

Annotations

Learn how reviewers add and follow up on annotations in Shootbin.