And, then there’s this…

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5289378

Although the discussion thread is from 2009, I had the same exact problem - 
Photoshop deleted the metadata that I had added to my PNG files via Exiftool. 
Apparently, PS will remove any existing XMP data in a PNG - when the file is 
modified in any way!   (8^P


Rich


On Mar 31, 2014, at 9:31 PM, Richard Bobo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks, Andrew.
> After sending my email, I came across Exiftool and Exiv2. Both seemed to do 
> the trick, but the problem I am running into has to do with the way Photoshop 
> reads and writes IPTC data - which seems to be non-standard (what a 
> surprise). If I write the IPTC metadata in Photoshop, it’s invisible to the 
> readers in those programs. And, if I write the data with those programs, 
> Photoshop does not see it.
> 
> Looking through the docs for Exiftool, I believe it might be because PS puts 
> the data in its own category header area. Unfortunately, I need the data to 
> be viewable in PS. So, I am now researching a bit more to see if there is a 
> standalone/commandline tool that will read and write Photoshop’s metadata…
> 
> Thanks!
> Rich
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Andrew Mumford <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>  Exiftool - http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ is bulletproof and 
>> cross platform ...
>> ---
>> Andrew Mumford
>> 
>> [email protected]
>> 1 (310) 619 0208
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 31, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Richard Bobo <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Has anyone had to write IPTC metadata in their PNG output images before? 
>>> And, if so, how did you do it? I need to output PNGs with some metadata 
>>> that can be viewed in Photoshop under the IPTC tab of the File Info 
>>> command...
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any help,
>>> Rich
>>> 
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