Hello Ana, Depending upon your specific situation and set-up, Adobe Photoshop Bridge CS2 and particulary Bridge CS3 is excellent for dealing with metadata when needing to batch insert data that is the same for multiple images. One way you can to do this is to create a metadata template within Bridge for specific batches of images and apply it as you edit each image.
Another way is to batch enter a whole folder of images either with a template or simply by highlighting all images in Adobe Bridge thumbnail window and right-clicking on one thumbnail to bring up a list of items, one being File Info, to open the XMP metadata window, and then entering the appropriate metadata either by typing or, once it is typed, then the next time, choosing from any drop-down selection for each metadata option you wish to autofill without retyping. This way you could batch enter any metadata that is the same across many images. Bridge then updates all selected thumbnails and inserts the metadata. I hope this helps and offers you a possible solution. Regards, Jacqueline ------------------------------------------ Jacqueline Vincent Brechin Imaging Services 555 Legget Drive, Tower A, Suite 306 Kanata, Ontario K2K 2X3 Phone: (613) 592-5235 Cell: (613) 850-7116 Toll: 1-877-799-9949 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gutierrez, Ana" <[email protected]> To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:43 AM Subject: [MCN-L] (no subject) > We continue to add our collection to our online site. We want to begin > adding metadata to our images. But, we do not want to add an additional > step to an already time consuming process of getting each image online. > Can I set a preference so that it will automatically populate the fields > from here on out? I am editing our images through Photoshop. > > > > > > Thank you in advance, > > Ana. > > > > Ana M. Gutierrez > > Assistant Project Manager > > Smithsonian National Postal Museum > > 2 Massachusetts Ave, NE MRC 570 > > Washington, DC 20013-7012 > > 202-633-5517 * fax 202-633-9393 > > gutierreza at si.edu > > www.arago.si.edu > > www.postalmuseum.si.edu <http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu> > > <http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
