Modified:
Oct 6, 2022
Created:
Jun 8, 2021
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Author:
PH

Lightroom Plugin stops export

If you are using the ProSelect Plugin for Lightroom to export your images to ProSelect and you see the following message, this is why.

Export To ProSelect

You have 1 image that cannot be exported because the original files will be overwritten (and they do not have an associated RAW file). Please change to a different export format or deselect the following images: [File_Names]

 

Background

ProSelect makes every effort to ensure original files don't get accidentally overwritten.  The recommended workflow when using Lightroom with ProSelect is to add Raw Images into Lightroom making any exposure and color adjustments there. Exporting through the plugin generates copies of the images (normally as JPG files, but these can also be exported as TIF or PSD types), to the same folder as your RAW files which are then added to create your ProSelect album file. ProSelect links to both the original Raw file and the newly generated JPG file.  The Raw file is treated like a master file that you can always return to.

When you see the Warning Message

In the plugin version 2.2.3, the above warning message will appear and the affected files will be listed to assist you in tracing down the problem.  All the files listed must be deselected in Lightroom before the other images can be exported.  

The error occurs in the following situations:

  1. If you shoot JPG files only, and export through the plugin with the Image Settings set to File Format: JPG

    SOLUTION: To resolve the error, change the Image Settings > File Format to either TIF or PSD. This will prevent overwriting the original JPG files created from the camera and allow the export and album creation to continue.

  2. If you edit a file in Photoshop or export a copy from Lightroom, saving the file as a JPG using a file name that is DIFFERENT from the original raw file, the error will occur. The export is stopped as there is no accompanying Raw file. If the file is a JPG and the export setting is JPG, the copy would overwrite the original.

    When you look at the screen capture above, you can see the file that stops the export is Nichols_T-001-Retouched.jpg.  When this file was last saved, the "-Retouched" was added to the file name.  Since the file name was changed, it is no longer linked to the original raw file.  If the export was allowed that file would be overwritten.

    SOLUTION: In this case, saving the edited file as a PSD or TIF will allow a new JPG file to be generated and the source PSD or TIF will remain intact. This will not be linked to a Raw file as the filename no longer matches a Raw file

    As an alternative, in Lightroom if you deselect any files that do not have a matching Raw file name, the export can continue. Once the ProSelect album is built, you can then manually add the edited files into the album by dropping them from Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows) into ProSelect's Image List. This will add and link the images to the album without overwriting the source file.

 


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