Metadata
Hi,
And sorry if this is a stupid question but which would be the "right" box to check and why ?
http://www.vesakalervoekholm.fi/sieppaa.jpg
I´m a bit confused with these xmp., iptc and what ever things 🤭
And furthermore...where does CO store the metadata - to a xmp. sidecar, to a CO setting file or someplace else ?
And sorry if this is a stupid question but which would be the "right" box to check and why ?
http://www.vesakalervoekholm.fi/sieppaa.jpg
I´m a bit confused with these xmp., iptc and what ever things 🤭
And furthermore...where does CO store the metadata - to a xmp. sidecar, to a CO setting file or someplace else ?
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Although I do not regard myself as the ultimate metadata geek, a very brief explanation on IPTC and XMP.
IPTC is from the ages before digital photography and a reference model for making user notes on digital information (who made it, what is the contents; something like that). It was embraced by digital picture makers. Great. Love it.
XMP refers to an extension of the initial IPTC data set. Because we always want more. But where do we store that extra information? In the file itself or in a XMP side car file?
In a workflow it can occur that a raw file contains these extended IPTC information (a.k.a. IPTC4CORE or IPTC4XMP) as well as does an XMP side car file because some software adds this metadata in the file and others in a side car file. Potentially a contradiction of information can occur between these two locations.
Although not tested yet, I assume the CO 5.1 can read both XMP locations (in file and side car file) and asks you in a preference which one must prevail in case of a conflict.
When you ask what to select, the answer is 'what you prefer!' 😂
CO 5 stores metadata in the settings file. New in CO 5.1 is that you can (re)load metadata of an image file already opened. A much requested feature because after having it opened in CO 5, an image can get additional metadata.0 -
[quote="Paul_E" wrote:
When you ask what to select, the answer is 'what you prefer!' 😂
Great 😉
Well the thing is that before CO5 I used Adobe Bridge to add keywords and such. Bridge stored the data into a sidecar xmp. file and my harddrive is now littered with those...and I dont´t wont them there anymore.
So if I understand it correctly...CO 5 stores the metadata into CO settings file and so the xmp. sidecar would be useless. But...the big question is, that there isn´t any automagic way to copy the data from xmp. sidecar to CO settings file but to do it manually image by image ?
Or is there ?0 -
[quote="Paul_E" wrote:
New in CO 5.1 is that you can (re)load metadata of an image file already opened. A much requested feature because after having it opened in CO 5, an image can get additional metadata.
What does this Reload metadata actually mean and what good is it for ?
Sometimes these things are a bit hard to fully understand since english isn´t my native (surprise 😂 ) language.0 -
[quote="Vesa_Ekholm" wrote:
[quote="Paul_E" wrote:
New in CO 5.1 is that you can (re)load metadata of an image file already opened. A much requested feature because after having it opened in CO 5, an image can get additional metadata.
What does this Reload metadata actually mean and what good is it for ?
Sometimes these things are a bit hard to fully understand since english isn´t my native (surprise 😂 ) language.
Image the following workflow.
1. you add some metadata into a new image with a 3rd party tool (Adobe tool or PhotoMechanic)
2. open the image in CO5; metadata is read into settings file
3. you add more metadata with your tool
4. problem: extra metadata is not read in CO5; solution: load metadata command in 5.10 -
Thanks Paul,
Now it got it 😄
So...when I open an image with co5 the metadata is automatically read and written into the settings file...and after that I finally can get rid of those xmp. sidercar files !
Well, that is good news ❗️0
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