Tether Tools releases integrated Smart Shooter 4 plug-in for Lightroom Classic

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Tether Tools released an integrated Smart Shooter 4 plug-in for Lightroom Classic. The Smart Shooter plug-in for Lightroom will provide users with efficiency, enhanced workflow quality, and delivering a more unified tethered experience, the company says. Smart Shooter 4 is a digital photography workflow application allowing users to fully control a camera from a computer. Automatic download and display provide the ability to fully evaluate photos in seconds, and real-time live view output will help focus and compose the image. Scripting language lets users have control of their camera, allowing them to take multiple photos with varying settings just by clicking a single button.

“Tether Tools is always assessing how we can create compatibility between gear and systems within the tethered workflow. Among other great features, we’re really excited for Sony photographers to be able to tether directly into Lightroom,” says Josh Simons, Tether Tools’ President and CEO.

This integration with the Smart Shooter Plug-In adds onto native Lightroom Classic functionality to provide:

  • Users will be able to see their Sony camera in the Lightroom Classic tethering bar and ingest images directly into Lightroom Classic without any additional configuration or set-up.
  • Using the plug-in, images are immediately imported into Lightroom Classic catalogs so that users will be able to apply presets in real-time. This saves time compared to alternative solutions that require use of watch folders.
  • Smart Shooter provides the ability to capture and save images to both their computer and camera memory card for backup.
  • Direct your tethered session from Smart Shooter to take advantage of its advanced tethering features including multi-loupe view, Live View, automated scripts, increased camera controls and more while still instantly transferring images to Lightroom.
  • Automatically scan barcodes or QR codes, through the camera lens, to automate workflow, improve organization and save time in post-production.
  • Seamlessly toggle between up to 8 cameras in Lightroom or simultaneously control and trigger up to 8 cameras from the Smart Shooter interface.

Smart Shooter comes in two versions, both for a single user, but with different options and prices. Smart Shooter 4, which costs $69.95, can be used with one camera and offers tethered shooting, remote control, live view, and prepackaged scripts. Smart Shooter 4 PRO has the functions from the base version, but offers multi-camera control, Through the Lens Barcode and QR code scanning, external API integration and custom scripting. Priced at $195.95, it also allows users to shoot simultaneously with up to 8 cameras.

For Sony and Nikon users, the Smart Shooter Plug-In for Adobe Lightroom is available on TetherTools.com and through Tether Tools retailers globally.