Subject line correction Tim On 5/17/2011 9:04 AM, Nira Chambliss wrote: > I, too, embed the source citation on images. As with anything digital > it's best to work within a standard. One such standard is called IPTC > (International Press Telecommunications Council). This is the standard > for adding information to what is called the metadata of a photo. > > I am not an expert. I am working on a Windows 7 platform and what I've > found is that it's best to add your source citation into the Title > field since the Title field is the IPTC standard Description field. > Every software that deals with images will not follow this standard. > Some follow the standard but call the fields something different as > Microsoft has done with the Title/Description field. The Subject and > Comment fields that you will see in the Microsoft properties of an > image are not included in the IPTC standard. > > More information about this standard can be found at www.iptc.org. A > good article I've found that explains this better than I ever could > can be found at http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/labelling.html. I > followed this article's suggestion of inputting the name of a field > into each field, then used various different photo viewing software to > see what actually showed up. > > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Rob Vader<[email protected]> wrote: >> As you never know what the future brings in possibilities to view >> information (e.g. 25 years from now I find this file...will I be able to >> read all properties still, etc...). What I do with information about persons >> on a picture, places, dates, etc. is to enlarge the canvas of the picture. >> This will result in an empty part at the (e.g.) bottom of the picture and >> there I will paste all kind of text. Everyone will be able to crop the >> picture later and will also see the information with certainty. Of course, >> when using the image in Legacy output it is cropped. I only do this in the >> original..... >> >> Perhaps this can be of help to someone. >> -- >> Vriendelijke groeten, >> >> Rob Vader >> 06 5058 9079 >> >> >> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:44 AM,<[email protected]> wrote: >>> First, I create the citation using source writer. Select the text of the >>> citation and hit cntl-c to copy. (If I am going to use the citation many >>> times I save a model of it as a text file.) Then, in the windows picture >>> library I right click the photograph and select properties. Click the >>> details tab and paste (cntl-v) the citation into the subject field. >>> >>> If it is a photograph that I took myself than I probably will use Photoshop >>> to add a lot more detail about the photograph, but that discussion should >>> probably go offline. Unfortunately, Microsoft Picture Editor does not allow >>> me to edit properties. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Julie A. McNeice<[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Sun, May 15, 2011 10:20 pm >>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Insatlling citation into digital Image, was scanning >>> photographs >>> >>> Would you please advise how to cut& paste the citation into a digital >>> image? >>> Thanks, Julie McNeice >>> >>> Jack wrote: >>> And for what its worth, I always (try to) cut& paste the citation into the >>> metadata (properties) of the digital image. 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