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Caption Builder

Caption Builder is a feature for more-advanced users to build their captions from:

1. other metadata fields
2. lists in external files

So for example you’d choose from the drop down box and type expressions like "Scene in {stateProvince} with {title}, copyright {copyright}", which would read the values in those fields. An external file might list shirt numbers or other mnemonics, letting you type in [23] and the plugin might get "David Beckham" or "Michael Jordan" from a comma or tab-separated text file.

It is not intended for everyone, just people who want to build up captions from other metadata and external lists. For more background, see Jonathan Pow’s article Lightroom Caption Builder for Photojournalists, Sports Photographers and Stock Photographers for a practical example (PDF version PDF version.