If you prefer bringing all your images into Lightroom first before running them through Aftershoot, please follow the steps outlined below:

If you have any edits made to your images in Lightroom, this step is important as it ensures that none of those changes are lost when Aftershoot adds its stars and colors to them.

To do so, head over to your Lightroom's Catalog preferences (File -> Catalog Settings) / (Lightroom Classic -> Catalog Settings) and make sure that the option called “Automatically write changes into XMP” is enabled.

After this, just select all your images (Cmd/Ctrl + A) and hit the Cmd/Ctrl + S button to save any edits or changes you made to them.

If you haven't culled your images yet, go to Aftershoot and use it to cull your images as you normally would and proceed to Step 3. If not, then continue reading on.

If you have already culled your photos in Aftershoot, open the culled album and choose File -> Rewrite XMPs in Aftershoot and let it update your xmp files.

Once done, head back into Lightroom and select all your images by pressing Cmd/Ctrl + A

Once selected, go to “Metadata” from the file menu and select the option “Read Metadata from File“. Doing this will force Lightroom to fetch the star and color ratings from the XMP files and you should see all your imported images getting color-coded and star rated automatically!

And that’s it. Aftershoot is tailored to have minimal to no impact on your workflow thereby ensuring that you continue working the way you used to!

If you have any questions specific to your workflow that aren’t answered in this blog; please feel free to get in touch with us or post a message in our Facebook Community.