One detail: Lr only creates the .xmp files if you "save metadata to files" with the menu command or set the preferences option to do it automatically. By default it only saves the metadata into the catalog.
Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com On Jul 21, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> They are files containing the raw conversion data for Camera Raw or >>> Lightroom. When you set conversion parameters in ACR or Lightroom, >>> the >>> actual raw file doesn't get changed, the conversion settings you >>> specified are just saved in a format called XMP (for Extensible >>> Metadata >>> Platform). The DNG format was designed from the outset for this >>> kind of >>> thing so the XMP data is saved within the DNG file (so you can never >>> lose or accidentally delete it). With all other raw formats, the XMP >>> data gets saved in a separate XMP "sidecar" file. >>> >> Mark, was i correct in my asumtion that the information in the files >> get over written if you go back and do another edit. > > Yes. Any time you "edit" (change conversion settings in Camera Raw or > Lightroom) the XMP data gets updated to reflect those changes. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
