Metadata Tokens in the Web-based Publisher in Backlight 2 and 3
Metadata Tokens are used to define the display of image metadata within albums. These may be used in designated places within album templates.
Our Web-based Publisher in Backlight 2 and 3 supports all of the tokens defined on this page. See Metadata Tokens in Lightroom's Publish Services Publisher for information on supported tokens in Lightroom. See Metadata Tokens in Backlight 4 for information on supported tokens in Backlight 4.
The following metadata tokens are currently supported by our web-based Publisher:
Photo Date
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| YYYY | The year the photo was taken, as a four-digit string |
| YY | The year the photo was taken, as a two-digit string |
| MM | The month the photo was taken, as a two-digit string |
| DD | The day of the month the photo was taken, as a two-digit string |
| HH | The hour value for the time the photo was taken, in 24-hour notation, as a two-digit string |
| MIN | The minute value for the time the photo was taken, as a two-digit string |
| SS | The seconds value for the time the photo was taken, as a two-digit string |
| Mon | The month the photo was taken, as a localized three-character string |
| Month | The month the photo was taken, as a localized string |
| Date | The day of the month the photo was taken, as one- or two-digit string |
| D1 | The full date of the photo, in the system-localized short format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "2010-03-24". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
| D2 | The full date of the photo, in the system-localized medium format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "Mar 24, 2010". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
| D3 | The full date of the photo, in the system-localized long format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "March 24, 2010". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
| T1 | The full time-of-day of the photo, in the system-localized short format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "3:38 PM". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
| T2 | The full time-of-day of the photo, in the system-localized long format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "3:38:02 PM". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
Current Date
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| yyyy | The current year as a four-digit string |
| yy | The current year as a two-digit string |
| mm | The current month as a two-digit string |
| dd | The current day of the month as a two-digit string |
| hh | The current hour value, as a two-digit string |
| min | The current minute value, as a two-digit string |
| ss | The current seconds value, as a two-digit string |
| mon | The current month, as a localized three-character string |
| month | The current month, as a localized string |
| date | The current day of the month, as one- or two-digit string |
| d1 | The current full date, in the system-localized short format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "2010-03-23". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
| d2 | The current full date, in the system-localized medium format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "Mar 23, 2010". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
| d3 | The current full date, in the system-localized long format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "March 23, 2010". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
| t1 | The current full time-of-day, in the system-localized short format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "3:38 PM". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
| t2 | The current full time-of-day, in the system-localized long format that you can set in your operating system's preferences dialog. On my system this is something along the lines of "3:38:02 PM". Available only in Lr3 or later. |
File Names and Paths
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| Filename | The filename – without path and without extension – of the exported copy |
Lens / Camera / Exposure
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| Aperture | The photo's aperture value, formatted like "f/4.5" |
| Flash | One of "no flash", "flash fired", or "unknown flash". |
| ShutterSpeed | The shutter speed, formatted like "¹⁄₂₅₀ sec". |
Location
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| Latitude | Latitude, as a floating-point number. Use "Places", e.g. {Latitude:Places=4}, to limit precision. |
| Longitude | Longitude, as a floating-point number. Use "Places", e.g. {Longitude:Places=4}, to limit precision. |
Other Metadata
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| Caption | The "Caption" metadata string |
| Category | The photo's "IPTC > Category" metadata item in Lightroom's database. |
| Keywords | The list of the photo's marked-for-export keywords, separated by commas. (Actually, there's a comma+space pair between each keyword, so it's "plant, rose, flower" and not "plant,rose,flower".) |
| Title | The "Title" metadata item |
TTG Publisher Exclusive
These tokens are original additions to TTG Publisher, and will not cross over to Jeffrey's export plugins.
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| CellNumber | Outputs the sequential number of the image in the gallery. The first image is 1, the second image is 2, etc. |
| NumImages | Outputs the total number of images in the gallery. |
Examples
date: Mon={Mon}, Month={Month}, Date={Date} => date: Mon=Jan, Month=January, Date=20
date: HH={HH}, MIN={MIN}, SS={SS} => date: HH=21, MIN=42, SS=34
date: D1={D1}, D2={D2}, D3={D3} => date: D1=2018-01-20, D2=Jan 20, 2018, D3=January 20, 2018
date: {YY}/{MM}/{DD} {T1} => date: 18/01/20 9:42 PM
date: {YYYY}/{MM}/{DD} {T2} => date: 2018/01/20 9:42:34 PM
The shutter speed: {ShutterSpeed}, the aperture: {Aperture}, the flash: {Flash}, date: {YY}/{MM}/{DD} {T2} => The shutter speed: 1/250, the aperture: 4, the flash: unknown flash, date: 18/01/20 9:42:34 PM
The category: {Category}, The filename: {Filename}, the label: {Label}, the latitude: {Latitude}, the longitude: {Longitude} => The category: , The filename: , the label: , the latitude: , the longitude:
A walk {Title:LC} in the {Caption:UC|Title:LC|"Boo"} with another {Title} => A walk in the MODEL EUNJEONG KANG, MAKE-UP ARTIST DOT MOORE , CLOTHING FRECKLESEOUL with another
The title {Title}, the {Missing|"Default"} and the {Title|"Wardrobe"} => The title , the Default and the Wardrobe
A passthru for {CellNumber} and {NumImages} => A passthru for {CellNumber} and {NumImages}