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Spectra and Stratus Desktop’s integration with Adobe®
Lightroom™ gives
you the ability to incorporate your Lightroom workflow into your Spectra/Stratus workflow, streamlining image capture, image pre-touch, and image organization.

The following is an example of a Lightroom-integrated workflow.

Spectra/Stratus Setup #

• Go to Maintenance
  > Preferences > Workstation Preferences.

• On the Digital
  tab, set up the path to the Lightroom application installed on this
  workstation.

  

• Close the Workstation
  Preferences.

Using the Lightroom Integration #

Step 1 – Import Images into Spectra/Stratus #

• Select the session on the Workflow
  hub and click Import Images.

• On the Copy Images
  tab of the import window, choose to copy your image files to the session’s
  RAW Folder. Note:
  Use this folder even if the images aren’t in Camera RAW format. Think
  of this folder as where you’ll store your original, untouched images
  – either RAW or JPEG.

• In the typical Spectra/Stratus workflow, you would also Create Previews
  during the import process. This isn’t necessary if you know you’ll
  be working with the images in Lightroom as the next step in your workflow.
  The software will automatically create the previews after
  you do your work in Lightroom.

• Set up any other options
  that apply to your studio and then click Import.

  

Step 2 – Open Images in Lightroom #

• Select the session on the Workflow
  hub. Note: For this example, previews
  were not created during import so there are no images showing on the
  left portion of the screen.

• In the lower-right portion of the screen you’ll
  see some information for the session, including the paths of the five
  image folders for this session and a Lightroom icon for each path.
  Click the Lightroom icon associated with the folder where the original
  images were imported (in this example, the “Raw Images”
  folder). This will open your original images in Lightroom as well
  as opening a Spectra/Stratus Lightroom window. (You can move this window to
  the side for now – it will be used later in the process.)

• In Lightroom, verify the folder in the Source
  panel. All the images from the folder should be selected.

• Make sure the Add
  option at the top is highlighted.

• Import
  the images into Lightroom, applying any presets you routinely use
  upon import.

  

Step 3 – Lightroom Work #

• Once the images are imported, use your standard
  Lightroom workflow to organize the images, apply presets, and complete
  any other pre-touch work you wish.

  

• Information from Lightroom’s organization tools
  (color labels, ratings, and keywords) will be exported in the image
  metadata and can be used in Spectra/Stratus to organize your images. Some
  examples include:

• Color Labels
  – Lightroom color labels can become Image
  Groups in Spectra/Stratus.

• Ratings
  – Lightroom star ratings can be used to indicate “Selected”
  and “Not Selected” images in Spectra/Stratus.

• Metadata
  Keywords – Metadata keywords can be used to further organize
  your images in Spectra/Stratus.

Step 4 – Export from Lightroom #

When the Lightroom work is done, you’ll export the pre-touched and ranked
images to the session’s “HiRes” folder. This will leave
the original, untouched images in the “Raw” folder and the new
hi-res versions in the “HiRes” folder. In the final step, Spectra/Stratus will then create the previews from these new hi-res JPEG images.

• Select all the session images in Lightroom and
  click Export.

• In the export window you’ll need to choose the
  folder where the export should go.

1. First, click the Copy
   icon in front of the “HiRes Images” path on the Spectra/Stratus Lightroom window (#1 below).

2. Then click Choose
   in the Export Location
   section of the Lightroom export window (#2 below).

3. In the Choose
   Folder window, use Ctrl+V to paste the path into the Folder field (#3 below).

4. Now just click OK
   to close the Choose Folder
   window.

   

• IMPORTANT! Note the following settings:

• Do NOT put the images into a subfolder.

• Do NOT rename the files.

• Export full-size JPEGs.

• Make sure to include the metadata.

• Click Export.

  NOTE: You must wait until the Lightroom export
  is finished before moving on to the final step.

Step 5 – Refresh Spectra/Stratus #

Finally, use the Spectra/Stratus Lightroom window to refresh the software with the
information from Lightroom. Select from the following options:

• Create New Previews
  – Check this option to have the software create new previews based on the hi-res JPEG images that have been exported from Lightroom. Click Settings to modify the size and
  resolution of the previews.

• Organize Images – Check this option to organize the session
  images in the software based on the ratings, color labels, and keywords
  assigned in Lightroom. To use this feature, you’ll need to set up
  Lightroom
  Metadata Presets in Spectra/Stratus and then select a preset here. Note: You don’t need
  to organize the images at this time. You can always go back and organize
  the images later by using the Lightroom
  Organize
  tool on the workflow ribbon. 

• Advance the Status
  – Choose this option to have the software automatically advance the status of the session.