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Exporting to Wallpaper from Lightroom

posted on 2012-04-23 at 07:33 PM - amd.im/5ffT

I have recently switched from Aperture to Lightroom and missed the ability to export straight from my photo tool to the desktop of my Mac.

If you're in the same boat I've figured out a way to get the desired feature wedged into Lightroom.

Create a folder that will store your exported images. Mine is located at ~/Pictures/Wallpapers.

Create a post-processing filter that will take the exported file and set it as the wallpaper. Open AppleScript Editor and use the following code to create an application in ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Export Actions mine is named wallpaper:

on open theObjects
    repeat with theObject in theObjects
        tell application "Finder"
            set desktop picture to {theObject as string}
        end tell
    end repeat
end open

Create a Lightroom Export preset. This is going to be customized based on your setup, but some things I did to make mine work better are:

1. Export to a "Specific Folder", the one you created above.
2. I chose to overwrite without warning so that the files will be replaced if I edit and re-export them.
3. Resize to fit "Width & Height" set W and H to your display size.
4. For Post-Processing choose your plugin, wallpaper.

Enjoy!

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