Sharing multiple images through twitter

I have recently made some updates to the Photo-drop Lr plug-in for Adobe Lightroom.  One of which was to make it simple to post and share images with people by sending a message to twitter.

I also wanted to make this functionality available for free – it is included unrestricted in the ‘trial’ version, so you can post photos up to 800 pixels in size to twitter, straight from Lightroom.

Even better, you can upload a collection of images and send a tweet with short URL pointing at the photos, all in one go using the Photo-drop Lr plug-in.

Which is great for publically sharing your photos from the latest tweetup, photo walk or strobist meet.

Because Photo-drop Lr uploads to drop.io people can comment on your photos and chat with other viewers in real-time.

So, now as well as using the plug-in to create private sharing locations for your photos directly from Adobe Lightroom, you can also share them publically with your followers using the new tweeting feature.

Want to help out with the upkeep of the plug-in?  Just buy the full version and get access to all it’s benefits.  You even get a 15% discount if you buy before 15th July 2009 by using discount code rid015 when you checkout.

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Lightroom plug-in development tip

It dawned on me today that the first thing I do when I start a development project for a Lightroom plug-in is to add my standard test dialog.

Its simply a bare modal dialog with one edit field and a push button, but it allows me to quickly test ideas and new code without having to create a complete, finished interface.

I just call the function I want to test when the button is pressed.  I use the edit field for various things, like passing function parameters etc.

For example, I am currently testing a library that connects to a web service.  Rather than write all the user interface options and widgets for the export screen, I just call the code from the dialog, using the push button.

I know, its not rocket science, but it works for me!

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