I understand I can also have Lightroom export all XMP automatically during edits, but I've read in Martin Evening's book that this can really slow Lightroom down, so for now I'd prefer the interactive approach of selecting a folder and then explicitly exporting the edits to an XMP sidecar file.
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To be accurate (since it was me that told this to Martin when tech editing his metadata chapter), it will have an impact on performance...it doesn't say "really slow Lightroom down"...
I've selected a folder containing edited images. I've even selected a specific edited image and tried it, with no luck. What am I doing wrong?
Works for me...note that exporting to XMP will only create sidcar files if the originals are non-DNG raws...the XMP gets written into DNG, JPG, TIFF & PSD files since there is a safe place to tuck them in those formats...
So, when I go into the Metadate menu after selecting images in Libary, I see the drop down and can select Export to XMP...you're saying it's not there or just grayed out? I presume you made some sort of change to the image, right? Either metadata or develop settings? Because if the file is no different than the file originally imported, I wouldn't expect to be able to export the XMP...
Also, what system, what OS?