krites xmp write¶

Description¶

Write an XMP sidecar (<frame>.xmp) beside each original, carrying the cull verdict as a star rating and a colour label that Lightroom reads (spec 0001 §4.7; R-XMP-1). Importing the folder (or reading metadata) in Lightroom then surfaces your krites cull as ratings + labels — no originals are modified, only the .xmp companions are written (R-XMP-3).

Verdict → sidecar mapping:

Verdict	`xmp:Rating`	`xmp:Label`
keep	5	Keep
maybe	3	Maybe
reject	1	Reject

The shoot must already be culled with krites cull.

Usage¶

krites xmp write [flags]

Flags¶

Flag	Description	Default
`--shoot`	Shoot directory	the current directory
`--output`	Output format: `text` or `json`	`text`

Example¶

krites xmp write --shoot ~/shoots/smith-wedding

Wrote 3814 XMP sidecar(s) beside the originals in /home/hailey/shoots/smith-wedding

Note: Looks, retouch and object-removal are never written to XMP (Adobe can't represent them) — those live only in krites export. The XMP path carries the decisions Lightroom understands.