Copy & Paste EXIF Info

I built this because I was tired of squinting at Lightroom’s metadata panel and retyping camera + lens + settings into yet another contest entry, caption, or client email. The information is right there. It should be one click away from a clean line of text.

So that’s what this plugin does. It adds a custom metadata field called “Copy & Paste Info” that generates a formatted text summary from any selected photo’s EXIF, on a template you control.

What it actually does

• Adds a “Copy & Paste Info” custom metadata field inside Lightroom Classic.
• You define the template; the plugin fills in the values from each photo’s EXIF.
• Available fields: {camera}, {lens}, {focal}, {shutter}, {aperture}, {iso}, {filename}, {rating}.
• Works on individual or selected photos in batch.
• Lives entirely inside Lightroom — no separate app, no syncing, no account.

Example

A template like this:

{camera} + {lens} @ {focal} | {shutter} | {aperture} | ISO {iso}

Produces:

Sony a9 III + FE 400–800mm F6.3–8 @ 800mm | 1/2000 sec | f/7.1 | ISO 3200

Format it however you want — pipes, dashes, parentheses, line breaks. The point is you only set the format once.

Install

1. Download the plugin (link below).
2. Unzip it.
3. In Lightroom Classic, open File → Plug-in Manager… and add the .lrplugin folder.
4. Configure your template in the plugin’s settings.
5. Select a photo and copy the value out of the “Copy & Paste Info” field in the metadata panel.

Who it’s for

Anyone who regularly hand-writes EXIF into things outside Lightroom — contest entrants, working photographers writing captions, anyone licensing or submitting work where camera settings are part of the deliverable.

Where to get it

Download CopyPasteExifInfo.lrplugin.zip — free, runs locally in Lightroom Classic.