Publishing from Lightroom Classic

In short

If Lightroom Classic is where your photos live, the ZebraSnap plugin removes the export-then-upload dance entirely: you publish photos directly from your catalog to a ZebraSnap album. Edit, publish, sold.

Install the plugin

1. Download the plugin from your album's upload page (open the album → Upload → Lightroom) — or from Settings → Integrations.

   📷 [Screenshot: the Lightroom tab on the upload page with the download button]

2. Unzip the download if your system didn't already. You'll get a folder ending in .lrplugin.

3. In Lightroom Classic, open File → Plug-in Manager.

   📷 [Screenshot: Lightroom's Plug-in Manager window]

4. Press Add, select the .lrplugin folder, and confirm. The ZebraSnap plugin now appears in the list, enabled.

5. Connect your account in the plugin's settings so it can see your albums.

   📷 [Screenshot: plugin settings with the ZebraSnap account connected]

Publish photos

1. In the Publish Services panel (left side of the Library module), set up the ZebraSnap service and choose the album to publish to.

   📷 [Screenshot: Publish Services panel with a ZebraSnap album]

2. Drag photos from your catalog onto the published album.

3. Press Publish. Lightroom renders your photos with your edits and uploads them in parallel — straight into the album.

   📷 [Screenshot: Lightroom publishing photos with progress indicator]

Photos are processed automatically on our side (previews, watermark, face and bib recognition) and appear in the album within a few minutes — the same as any other upload method.

Good to know

• Re-publishing an edited photo replaces the original in the album (same name, no duplicates) — fix a crop, hit Publish again, done.
• The plugin uploads JPEGs rendered by Lightroom, so your export settings (sharpening, color space) apply.
• Uploading a huge event for the first time? Rendering thousands of previews in Lightroom takes a while on its own. For raw speed on the initial bulk upload, consider SFTP, then use the plugin for touch-ups.

All upload methods

See How to upload photos: all the ways, explained for when each method shines.