XMP "Pick" for Lightroom CC Compatibility

Submitted by mgilbuena on Tue, 08/26/2025 - 11:53
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Is there a way to gain cross-functional compatibility for Lightroom CC's "Pick" flag? I looked at its XMP file and it looks like it uses the following to determine if a file is a Pick in "Local File" mode:

xmpDM:good="True"

Whileas FastRawViewer uses labels. The closest being:

<xmp:Label>Good to Use</xmp:Label>

The ratings 1-5 carry over just fine.
 

LibRaw

Tue, 08/26/2025 - 12:54

FastRawViewer offers _Rejected and _Selected folders, as well as labels and ratings. FastRawViewer doesn't overwrite Lightroom-specific flags that are already in XMP, that is if Lightroom already created an XMP. More, it's not obvious why at the initial culling stage one would use 'Pick' flag (especially given that this flag is not supported by many raw converters and image browsers, and isn't a part of XMP specification here https://developer.adobe.com/xmp/docs/XMPSpecifications ) instead of, say, copying to a _Selected folder and importing the _Selected folder into Lightroom, or assigning the 'P' key to a label you want to use to identify the 'pick' status.

mgilbuena

Tue, 08/26/2025 - 13:30

Those are valid points.

My use case for selecting picks during culling is that I generally perform the culls (via making Picks) immediately after a session. However, a few weeks later I might question why a photo became a pick, and in my photo editor (currently Capture One), I will unfilter "Show Picks Only" to see the entire shoot. Sometimes, I'll find a neighboring photo to be more desirable after time has passed, and change my selected Pick.
I've picked up a new body, and the perpetual Capture One license doesn't support the new camera -- but Lightroom CC does. I'm investigating a workflow shift back to Lightroom as an option, and saw that my current workflow breaks at the Pick selection stage.

LibRaw

Tue, 08/26/2025 - 16:36

The flags Lightroom sets can be changed in Lightroom; more so when the flags are not documented and / or proprietary.

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