Where to Add the "ALT tag" to an image in the metadata tab?
Wondering wich field should be filled to add the ALT tag to an image ?
I need that precise field to be filled for auto sorting features in Worpress
Thank you!
Piero
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> Piero Annoni: ...wich field should be filled to add the ALT tag
Capture One may (still) not have a field for "IPTC Alt Text".
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Really?
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> Piero Annoni: Really?
That would be my guess, but I stopped upgrading at Capture One 20 and I have now phased out C1 from my workflow. Thus, I do not know about later versions. Metadata was always a very weak point; to the extent that I never trusted C1 with my metadata. But it may have improved in v21+. I did all metadata work in Photo Mechanic and I still do. Every single image file arrives via PM, every image file to leave my system will do so via PM. Integration C1-PM was not great, but it was doable.
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> BeO: ...raw converter
Multiple raw converters, as always. Some payware, some gratis and some Open Source. To name one in each category: Affinity Photo is payware, Nikon NX-Studio is gratis and RawTherapee is Open Source. I have created my own collection of scripts and utilities to convert metadata from/to Adobe type xmp because that is what Photo Mechanic needs while some of the applications I use have other solutions.
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> BeO: ...an everyday converter
No, not really and that is partly a philosophical point of mine. Luckily, I kept honing my skills in multiple raw converters while using C1, and that made it relatively painless to leave C1 behind. I spent some time confirming that I could redo favorite C1 edits using other tools. I do, by the way, think C1 is over-estimated, if not hyped, on the net and in C1 forums. I can do just as well with other tools.
That sad, I think it is fair to add that I used C1 sessions for raw conversion and some post processing. I did not use C1 for importing, organizing, metadata nor printing because I found better tools.
If you are prepared to spend time on raw converters and experiment, I think I would first point you towards a tool called rawproc. It is (for me) mostly a tool to learn what in general goes on in other tools and how to control it. Valuable insight in my mind. Then try RawTherapee and experiment with the various de-mosaic algorithms. RT is known to have a step learning curve, it will take you more than an hour...
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Thank you.
I've just seen a video about rawproc and made a mental note for future experimentation. I tried RT many many years ago, maybe I give it a try again, things probably have changed since then, and maybe ART might be interesting too.
I sometimes use DXO Photolab and NXStudio, the former mainly for high noise images and the latter for its color rendition, and just for fun, e.g. when I want to see an alternative rendering. NXStudio has a rather poor noise and blown highlight handling though, imo.
I also invested quite a lot of time into darktable, a tool I really tried to like, but I failed doing so. Its "scene-referred workflow" and respective tools are very interesting, and very powerful, it beats C1 image quality if you know how to use the tools in case you have a problematic image. But the user interface of some of the important and mighty tools, is too complex (for me at least) with too many options I never really understood, e.g. if you're not into wavelet theory, so I often ended up just fiddling around with all the options. If you like challenges, darktable is for you :-)
For most images you can use any converter with similar results. I don't know if C1 is overrated, for me however, it has the best image rendition more or less out of the box or by using its great and easy tools, including highlight handling and noise reduction, it beats even NXStudio for Nikon nef files easily, unless you have super noisy images or really blown out highlights, in which case DXO (noise) or darktable (highlight reconstruction) can be better. (I won't subscribe though, should this ever become the only way to use C1).
regards,
BeO0
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