hi Cairie quick response.. I would do both, however, I would hope that one of the steps is automated. So, either enter metadata in photoshop and batch extract, or enter metadata into spreadsheet and then 'push' that into the photoshop files (the technical candidate for this is probably exiftool - http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ <http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/%7Ephil/exiftool/>)
More broadly, XMP is an Adobe standard of metadata which is pretty well supported (probably not quite the defacto standard, but close) by image mgt programs and/or DAMs. So if XMP is where the metadata is and the target DAM supports it, it should be pretty painless importing image+metadata into that system. Or put another way I'd be a little concerned about a current DAM product that doesn't support XMP.. hope this helps Shaun -- Shaun Osborne, ICT Manager The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RB, United Kingdom WWW: http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk <http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk> http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk On 24/04/2013 01:46, Cairie Riney wrote: > I have a question about photo metadata and how to record it. So while > digitizing negatives, I've been recording the metadata into an excel > sheet. I'm following Dublin Core and added some preservation metadata > fields. Anywho, considering the institution I'm volunteering for > doesn't have a DAMS or CMS, I was thinking of embedding the metadata > using Photoshop. I successfully completed one image's embedded > metadata and it wasn't difficult or too time consuming. The REAL > question is...is it worth it? Should I just be doing the Dublin Core > metadata in the Excel sheet OR just the IPTC metadata in Photoshop? Or > is both great? Ultimately, I want to prep these photos so that if/when > they do get a DAMS, they'll be easily added to the system with all > their information. > > Any input or completely different suggestions would be greatly appreciated :D > Thank you!! > _______________________________________________ > 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://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
