Quoting Glyn Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have just spent two hours cleverly adding keywords to raw files using > iView Media Pro 2 on a Mac / Panther 10.3.3. > Yes, but did you "synchronize" the database with the original files?
This will "push" the changes made in iView back into the original files. This is not done automatically as one might think. This takes time if you are dealing with a large number of larger files, so you might want queue up for a time when you go for a coffee break. ;-) > What am I doing wrong. I notice that CS will also not add metadata to > RAW either, only adds an .xmp sidecar file! Is it not possible to add > keywords to RAW files at this stage? RAW files are a big problem (in terms of metadata) at this point in time. I believe we discussed this here on Prodig back in January, but my Controlled Vocabulary forum has discussed this in excruciating detail (sign up using box on bottom of page at http://ControlledVocabulary.com/) since then. 30 second summary: During the "processing" of proprietary RAW files to TIFF (or Jpeg) most all metadata is ignored (at best) or ditched (worst case). There is no "standard" for how this metadata is embedded in RAW files, thus it's pointless to do so at this time unless you want to visit Dante's 7th level. CS "tags" the data to a sidecar file as this can be easily "detached" during processing of the RAW file. After the "bits" have been processed, the metadata is pulled back into the file before saving as a TIFF, EPS or Jpeg. The problems arise if you take files tagged with sidecar data to another raw processor like capture 1, silverfast, etc. These software applications won't recognize this sidecar data file and will ditch it, and all your time captioning and keywords could be for naught. Hope that helps (at least helps you understand). David -- Creating an image database? visit (http://ControlledVocabulary.com/) and join the discussion list, or read areview of the Image Info Toolkit utility at: (http://ControlledVocabulary.com/imagedatabases/imageinfotoolkit.html) David Riecks http://www.riecks.com - http://zillionbucks.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
