Uploading with Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a photography software program developed by Adobe Systems for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, designed to assist Adobe Photoshop users in managing large quantities of digital images and doing post

production work. It is not a file browser like Adobe Bridge, but rather an image management application database which helps in viewing, editing, and managing digital photos, the same way photographers used to do in the non-digital world.

Demotix has a plug-in for Lightroom that you can install, which will make it easier to send in images from your desktop.

To start with you need to download Lightroom, either the free Trial version or the full paid version from this Lightroom link

Minimum system requirements:

Windows
Intel® Pentium 4
Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit and 64-bit editions) or Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2
2 GB RAM
1 GB of available hard-disk space
CD-ROM drive
1,024x768 display
Macintosh

Intel-based Mac
Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6
2 GB of RAM
1 GB of available hard-disk space
CD-ROM drive
1,024x768 display

Some users have also reported that the Lightroom plugin is compatible with older PPC-based Macs running Lightroom version 2.*.

Plug-ins are located in the following folders and are automatically loaded by Lightroom and can be enabled and disabled by the Plug-In Manager, but not removed:

Mac OS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules
Windows Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules
Windows General: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4\Modules

Manage export plug-ins

Choose File > Plug-In Manager or click the Plug-In Manager button in the lower-left corner of the Export dialog box. The Lightroom Plug-In Manager dialog box lists installed plug-ins in the left panel.

Do any of the following:
Select a plug-in from the left panel to view information about it in the main panel.
To add a plug-in to Lightroom, click the Add button. Navigate to the plug-in, select it, and then click Add Plug-In.
To remove a plug-in from Lightroom, select it from the left panel and then click Remove.
Click Done to close the Lightroom Plug-In Manager and return to the Export dialog box.

Once the Demotix Plug-In has been installed, and you have added keywords, captions and individuals in the IPTC fields of the images you want to send in, select all the images you want to send in. You can send in as many as you want, but only 25 can be used per story on Demotix.

Please make sure your captions are no longer than 250 characters, as they will be cut off in our system. Photo editors like simple and informative captions.

- Select all the images you want to send
- Right-click on one of these highlighted images
- Select 'Export' in the dropdown
- Select 'Export to Demotix Upload'
- Input your Demotix Username
- Input your FTP Upload Code you have set on your Demotix Profile - To do this click here Redirect to your Settings page
- Hit Export
- The images will be in your Existing Media on The Upload Page within a few minutes
- Add the remaining text to flesh out your story
- Done