LIGHTROOM CLASSIC PLUGIN

From retouching to client selection — without leaving Lightroom

Publish a gallery straight from Lightroom Classic. Your client picks photos — they show up in your catalog as Picks. Retouched? Publish again and the likes stay.

How it works

  1. Publish

    You publish the selected photos to Osvio right from Lightroom — the gallery is ready, all that’s left is to send your client the link.

  2. Client selection

    The client likes the photos they want in the final retouch.

  3. Pick in Lightroom

    The plugin pulls those likes and flags the photos as Pick in your catalog.

  4. Re-publish the retouch

    After retouching, publish again: the photos in the gallery are replaced and the client’s likes stay.

Installation

Three steps, about two minutes. Requires Lightroom Classic 11 or newer.

  1. Download the plugin

    Download the plugin

    v1.4.1 · 67 KB · for Lightroom Classic

  2. Install in Lightroom Classic

    • Unzip the archive (double-click it in Finder) — you get a Osvio.lrplugin folder.
    • In Lightroom Classic open File → Plug-in Manager and click Add.
    • Select Osvio.lrplugin. Don’t move the folder afterwards — Lightroom loads the plugin from there.
  3. Connect your account

    In Lightroom: Library → Plug-in Extras → Osvio Settings → Connect. The plugin shows a code — enter it in the browser window that opens.

    Connect it under Integrations

Your first gallery

  1. In Library, select the photos you want to show your client.
  2. In the Publish Services panel, set up the Osvio service once, create a collection in it, add the photos and click Publish. Or use Library → Plug-in Extras → Upload to Osvio: the plugin adds the photos to a published collection for you.
  3. The plugin creates the gallery in Osvio. It appears in your gallery list — grab the client link from there.

The client’s selection in Lightroom

When the client likes photos, the plugin flags them as Pick. Once someone clicks “Send my selection”, only the likes of the people who sent one reach your catalog. The plugin leaves the photographer’s own flags alone. To see the client’s selection, turn on the filter in Library: Library Filter → Attribute → Flagged.

Flags update on their own while Lightroom is open and auto sync is running: enable it in Osvio Settings, then run Library → Plug-in Extras → Start Auto Sync (or have it start with Lightroom). Or manually: Sync Likes from Osvio.

Re-publishing the retouch

Done retouching? Publish the same photos again (Publish Service “Osvio” → Publish). The photos in the gallery are replaced with the new versions and the client’s likes stay.

FAQ

The plugin doesn’t show up in Plug-in Manager

Make sure you added the Osvio.lrplugin folder itself (not the archive and not a folder containing it). Once added its status should be Enabled; if not, click Reload Plug-in or restart Lightroom.

No Pick flags appear

Check that you’re logged in (Osvio Settings → Connect), that the photos were published through the “Osvio” Publish Service, that the client actually liked photos and that “Apply the Pick flag when a client likes a photo” is on. If someone has already sent a selection, only the likes of the people who sent one count. Then run Sync Likes from Osvio or Start Auto Sync — Lightroom has to be open. The Flagged filter in Library Filter has to be on too.

How do I update the plugin

Download the new version on this page, unzip it over the old Osvio.lrplugin folder and click Reload Plug-in in Plug-in Manager. The latest version is shown under Integrations.

Where should I keep the plugin folder on macOS and Windows

Lightroom loads the plugin from the place you pointed Add at, so don’t move the folder afterwards. For example: macOS — “Documents/Lightroom Plugins/Osvio.lrplugin”, Windows — “Documents\Lightroom Plugins\Osvio.lrplugin”. The plugin log: Osvio Settings → Show Log File.

What about Lightroom (cloud)?

The cloud Lightroom integration is in beta and available to a limited group of users for now. The plugin works with Lightroom Classic.