Getting "Event Favorites" Back into workflow

tfitz

Hello,

I have an issue with my workflow that involves using the "Events" pages (Pro Users) and Lightroom 3. What I normally do is upload the proofs (in multiple galleries) for a client, and then add those galleries to there "Event" page (i.e. Joe and Sue's Wedding).

After the couple is done picking their favorites, there's no simple formula (that I have come up with anyway) to get those selected photos (the names of them) so I can use them to filter in Lightroom, so I can then have a separate collection within Lightroom of their favorites photos. I know I cannot possibly be the only one with this problem.

My current workaround is to make all photos visible as thumbnails, copy and paste them into a text editor so only the file names appear, and then use the date/time (YYYYMMDDhhmmss) as the filer key. This has to be done manually and is very tedious and time consumer.

Does anyone have any better ideas?

Thanks,
Tom
www.thefphoto.com

codyjbennett

Not an ideal answer, but maybe a quicker solution (provided the images in Joe & Sue's wedding are final/processed JPGs): download the whole favorites gallery in full res, and then drop that back into lightroom.

Pros: faster than your current process. Gets at the core of having the favorites back in LR.
Cons: Potential storage concerns. Not quite what you were asking about. No fancy magic.

I'm looking forward to other replies - it's something I'd like to have also!