INTEGRATIONS

LightroomPRO

RAW files support

Xpiks supports all types of “RAW” files starting with version 1.7.3. You can add, edit, save and upload files like CR2, CR3, CRW, RAF, NEF, NRW, DNG, RW2, SRW, ARW, SRF, SR2, ORF. Please note that you need Xpiks Pro license in order to add these files.

XMP Sidecar support

Xpiks supports reading and writing XMP sidecar files that Adobe Lightroom can automatically pick up. So you can read/write in both software interchangibly. Note that during saving files you will need to enable it manually on save dialog.

XMP sidecar
It is enabled by default

Using Xpiks with Lightroom

While there’re no additional plugins that you need to install, you can use Xpiks with Lightroom transparently and interchangeably. For example, you can first open your file in Xpiks and use Xpiks capabilities to add Keywords, Title and Description to a photo.

Edit metadata in Xpiks
Editing metadata in Xpiks

After that you can save your changes and open the same file in Lightroom. Now it will have your edits:

Note: you need to save your file in Xpiks before you import it to Lightroom

Consume metadata in Lightroom
Consuming metadata in Lightroom

After this you may continue processing RAW files in Lightroom and/or export them to print-on-demand services etc.

Export CSV