Keyword Weirdness

I finally decided to take the plunge and invest some real time in trying out LR3.3, mostly for its cataloging features. I've just finished importing about 30,000 images and assigning keywords, and I'm somewhat mystified by weirdness in some of the results. Here's a list of questions:
When coding pictures of flowers I used the keyword "flower"; when I look at the Keyword List I see this:
where did the sub-keyword "Plant" come from? I can guarantee I didn't create the keyword "Plant". Also, why is Plant a sub-keyword of "flower"? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
In the filter panel, I see
I may have entered the keyword sometimes with an uppercase "F" and sometimes lowercase. Clearly parts of LR are taking them as distinct, but other parts are not, since selecting either one selects the same set of 24 images.
I created a keyword "Family" and a keyword "Abby". In the keyword list they both appear as top-level non-nested keywords but in the popup suggestions and the filter tab I see "Abby > Family"
Why did this happen? Why isn't this reflected in the Keyword List?
Why does the Keyword List scroll itself back to the top whenever you click on a keyword?
Can someone provide a coherent explanation of why there are so many inconsistencies in keyword handling?
EDIT: After playing with it some more I think I've discovered part of the problem. which is that the suggestion popup is highly inconsistent in whether or not it displays the hierarchy of a keyword. For example, I have some images tagged "Butterfly". Apparently there is a predefined hierarchy "Butterfly > Subject" (where ">" indicates the left tag is a subtag of the right tag, which by the way is backwards in the filter panel). When typing "butterfly", the popup suggestion DOES NOT display the hierarchy, leading you to believe you're creating or using a top-level keyword. For other keywords it DOES display the hierarchy. This is clearly a bug, which I will file.
Keywords attached to a specific image - note Butterfly has no hierarchy
Keyword List for Subject:
Keyword List for Places:
Note also that I did not explicitly create the Places or Subject hierarchies. Somehow, LR3 just decided to do this for me.
EDIT: Now as I work more with it I'm getting even more thorougly confused by the inconsistencies. I've been using Photoshop since version 6, and have over 20 years software development experience, so I'm not a neophyte. Can someone explain the following:
Contrast this with the first and second images at the top. Why in the second image do I see "Plant > Flower" in the Library Filter, but now I'm seeing an actual hierarchy. This feels like the literal string "Plant > Flower" was defined as a keyword somehow, which would clearly be an error.
Based on my experience in software development I'm used to being able to build a set of mental rules that can be used to predict how software will react to various inputs. So far, the logic behind the LR keyword UI has totally eluded me. The manual is no help as it doesn't cover any of these cases.
Can someone please explain what's going on here?

I think I've resolved most of the issues I encountered, and have some possible explanations for the anomalies
I had defined some keywords in Bridge on a few photos. Maybe LR3 had problems interpreting the keyword definitions it found in XMP files. I think that's where the "A > B" stuff came from, as that syntax never reappeared after I removed those keywords.
I tried LR3 when it first came out, but found it too buggy to be useful. When 3.3 was released I installed it (having removed 3.0 months ago) and I THOUGHT I created a new catalog, but something may have persisted from the old install.
I invested a few hours in cleaning things up and removing all hierarchy, and it seems to be behaving OK now. I've decided to purchase 3.3 since it works much better than 3.0, and I think I've got the keyword issues under control. Otherwise 3.3 is much improved, and as I learn it I'm starting to really like the way it works.

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1) Let's say we have a photo with keyword "abc"
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6) If you restart the Lightroom, it will work correctly again.
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It would be great it this could be resolved.
Thanks!

Please do report your find with the details you state (well done!) here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
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I have ~3300 keywords (no hierarchy), ~170k images and am running W7Pro on a PC (i5-750, 4GB).
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I imported my photos into Lightroom with "Automatically write changes into XMP" checked. I then added a lot of keywords. I ran Bridge to make sure that the keywords were going into the files properly. Everything looked fine except for one folder of about 175 photos. Neither Bridge CS2 nor CS3 see the keywords in that folder. I checked the files in iView and found that the keywords are indeed in the files. I purged Bridge cache, deleted and reimported the folder in Lightroom, and tried various experiments adding removing keywords and metadata, but nothing works to make the keywords visible in Bridge.
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Well, I finally figured it out, but I don't know why it happens. That one folder was a bunch of jpegs that had been processed in Photoshop and output as new files about five years ago. I had the originals I was able to verify that keywording worked fine in them. Other than the adjustments to the images, the files look identical regarding EXIF and other metadata. I guess I'll just file this one under mystery and move on.

Weird Keyword thing

I've got some characters showing up in keywords I can't get rid of, example:
freedom, fun > CATEGORIES, harmony, horizontal*, journey, motorcycle > land transportation, motorcycle rider, motorcycling, outdoor, playing, relaxation > CATEGORIES, responsibility > CATEGORIES
This is one set of keywords. Obviously I don't want ">" or "CATEGORIES" in there but every time I try to delete them they pop back in. They also do not show up in the left columns keyword listing.
This could have something to do with the wrong cvkc keyword sets being imported into PhotoMechanic and then when read by LR it pulled in all of the bad keywords with it.
Thanks for clues.

For me it happened if I had a keyword in multiple hierarchies ie:
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Pets: George
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Jim

APPLE/DEVS Read this! Windows 7 CAN'T detect the iPhone 5s but iTunes CAN detect it! WEIRD, huh?!..

just a summary...
i have a iphone 3G which i have been using for a long time and now i got an iphone 5s.. troubleshooting this kind of stuff is not new to me from computers to smartphones.. the internet has a vast majority of information and all you need to do is type in the right "KEYWORD".. i'm that kind of guy that looks for the answer before i try to look on it on my own.. i'm a DIY kind of guy as long as there is an instruction on how to do it..
now, back to the topic..
so i was trying to copy some of my pictures on my iphone 5s to my PC for backup purposes and to see the quality of the images but the portable device doesn't show up unlike my iphone 3G which is f***ing WEIRD.. been tinkering with this over the past 5 days since i have nothing to do and testing the new features of this phone but to no avail.. searched all over the internet but still none..
so last night, i was really determined since i can't sleep and also connected my iphone 3G to my PC while the iphone 5s is connected.. so here is what shows up on my devices and printers and device manager..
i can totally see the pics on my iphone 3G but not on my iphone 5s.. totally amazing.. good job apple!
the picture under devices shows my iphone 3G and the other 2 on unspecified is my iphone 5s.. the iPhone under there is being used as my source of internet since this is tethered so i can have access and post this in here so that APPLE will know how f***ed up their SOFTWARE is is..
so i downloaded itunes a couple of times, and i can't remember how many already, i think 5 times or more and then uninstalled all apple softwares (itunes, apple application support, apple mobile device support and etc as long as there is apple in it) and then reinstalled itunes but still none..
so i went on device manager removed my iphone 3G and the only one that would show there is the Apple Mobile Device USB driver under USB controllers..
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Error: windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damage. (code 19).
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"4. Uninstall Apple iTunes. While that may sound a little drastic, iTunes is the cause of enough Code 19 errors to make it into this troubleshooting.
If removing iTunes works, you might try installing it again from scratch, which doesn't always reintroduce the problem. See How to Properly Reinstall a Software Program for general advice."
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i was able to find a way (AFTER HOW MANY HOURS of TROUBLESHOOTING) on how my iphone 5s was able to detect the portable device or should i say the images on my iphone 5s where the autoplay pops up and everything..
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iTunes doesn't detect my iphone 5s but i can browse on the images on my phone..
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i HOPE the Apple DEVS read this and find the solution on the drivers which is so ****** UP and so LAME!!
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Have a Great Day Folks and it is the start of a New Year and want to contribute something even though i don't usually posts my work around.

Hi LSGZ,
If you are having issues updating or restoring your iPhone, you may find the following article helpful:
iOS: Unable to update or restore
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Regards,
- Brenden

How Can I Share iPhoto Library/Keywords Among Multiple Users

Hi there! I am having a bit of a dilemma where I am trying how I can have several users access a shared iPhoto library (as well as retain their own personal iPhoto libraries). Basically, I have a handful of (three) users that need to be able to store/search against a common shared photo library - ideally, in iPhoto.
I understand that I can share albums through iPhoto (users are using a mix of iPhoto '08 and '09) on one account as long as iPhoto is running - a serious drawback. When I tried sharing photos via this method I was able to see the shared albums; however the keywords that were defined for those photos were not available. This presents two questions:
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Just recently when I open an event i I can only look at the pics one at a time, not like smaller pictures in rows,
There's a slider lower right of the iPhoto Window - drag it left.
A few months ago it started randomly eating pictures and a grey block would show up where they used to be.
Try these in order - from best option on down...
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Regards
TD

Weird colour shift on TV through HDMI

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Hi,
A client is currently switching from analog to digital photography. She is a professional garden photographer. The switch to digital photography comes along with establishing a raw processing workflow and therefore she is impressed with Lightroom's integration of DAM and raw processing.
Before she was filing her large portfolio of color slides, inside a Cumulus image database, using small scans of her slides for orientation in the database and creating contact sheets for her clients. In the Cumulus database she has established a large hierachical keyword vocabulary, containing flower and plant species, their genus, family, order, class, phylum etc., you probably know what I mean. Some of the keywords have associated synonyms.
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Hof, Germany

Hi
I try to give you few brief answers.
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=
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Equi Join and Outer join using outer keyword

Hi,
First lets take the create statment for scott schema.
create table scott.emp_details(empno number, bonus_date date);
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7369, To_Date('01-jan-2013'));
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7499, To_Date('05-jan-2013'));
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7521, To_Date('10-jan-2013'));
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7566, To_Date('01-feb-2013'));
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7654, To_Date('05-feb-2013'));
commit;lets also consider the basic scott.emp and scott.dept tables
Now I would like to equi join emp table deptno col with dept table deptno col and left outer join emp table hiredate with emp_details bonus_date and empno col in emp_details can be joined(Equi Join) with empno col of emp table if needed .The outer join has to be placed using the keyword (left/right)outer join
The select statement can have all the detials of emp table .The requirement may look weird but we have some such requirement.
Please suggest

Hi,
sri wrote:
Hi,
First lets take the create statment for scott schema.
create table scott.emp_details(empno number, bonus_date date);
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7369, To_Date('01-jan-2013'));
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7499, To_Date('05-jan-2013'));
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7521, To_Date('10-jan-2013'));
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7566, To_Date('01-feb-2013'));
Insert Into Scott.Emp_Details Values(7654, To_Date('05-feb-2013'));
commit;
It's best not to create your own tables in Oracle-supplied schemas, such as SCOTT. Use your own schema for your own tables.
lets also consider the basic scott.emp and scott.dept tablesI see; you're using the standard scott,emp and scott.dept tables, plus the emp_details table you posted above.
Now I would like to equi join emp table deptno col with dept table deptno col and left outer join emp table hiredate with emp_details bonus_date and empno col in emp_details can be joined(Equi Join) with empno col of emp table if needed .The outer join has to be placed using the keyword (left/right)outer join
The select statement can have all the detials of emp table .The requirement may look weird but we have some such requirement.
Please suggestThanks for posting the sample data. Don't forget to post the exact output you want from that sample data.
Do you want something like this?
`    EMPNO ENAME          DEPTNO DNAME          BONUS_DAT
      7369 SMITH              20 RESEARCH       01-JAN-13
      7499 ALLEN              30 SALES          05-JAN-13
      7521 WARD               30 SALES          10-JAN-13
      7566 JONES              20 RESEARCH       01-FEB-13
      7654 MARTIN             30 SALES          05-FEB-13
      7698 BLAKE              30 SALES
      7782 CLARK              10 ACCOUNTING
      7788 SCOTT              20 RESEARCH
      7839 KING               10 ACCOUNTING
      7844 TURNER             30 SALES
      7876 ADAMS              20 RESEARCH
      7900 JAMES              30 SALES
      7902 FORD               20 RESEARCH
      7934 MILLER             10 ACCOUNTING
                              40 OPERATIONSIf so, here's one way to do it:
SELECT       e.empno, e.ename     -- or whatever columns you want
,       d.deptno, d.dname     -- or whatever columns you want
,       ed.bonus_date
FROM           scott.dept d
LEFT OUTER JOIN      scott.emp   e   ON e.deptno     = d.deptno
LEFT OUTER JOIN      emp_details ed      ON ed.empno     = e.empno
ORDER BY e.empno
;

Keyword import fails on non-ascii character

I recently tried to import a long set of keywords (about 4000 terms). i set up the file in excel and then tried to import the records. I kept getting this message:
only text files encoded with ascii or unicode UTF-8 are supported when importing keywords.
I finally tracked down the problem when i converted the file to a MS word text file, broke it down into parts and eventually found the problem record. for some reason, the apostrophe in the words "don't know" had been corrupted to a weird character. after i corrected this, everything worked.
however, this took a long time. It would have been helpful if lightroom could have at least pinpointed the line where the import failed or offered to convert non-compliant charaters to some specific character or set of characters.

Yeah, that didn't work so well since SuperDuper ran across repeated errors trying to do so; I suspect it's something to do with the drive. (SuperDuper complains about WD's MyBook, which is what the drive is.) Because SD stops the entire copy operation on single errors, it'd be a painstaking process.
Besides that, I like doing fresh installs of all the bits.

Weird - Now you see them, now you don't.

I was organizing and browsing an iPhoto library recently when something really weird happened.
The photos (a handful) of one roll were "open" and visible in the Library (view by Roll, sort by date) and then, all of the sudden, all the images in that roll disappeared. I wasn't even doing anything with them. The thumbnail images of the photos were replaced by some generic-looking placeholder graphic, outlined by a dotted-line-border. When I tried double-clicking on individual photos in this roll, I would get the same placeholder graphic, just larger.
Even weirder was the fact that, while scrolling through the various rolls in the Library, the thumbnails for that roll would occasionally pop into view (where they should be, in their roll's row) for a split-second, only to disappear. That would suggest the photos are "there" somewhere.
Any clues as to what's going on?

Walt
This sounds like your database has been corrupted.
Some things to try: Rebuild the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose the top three options.
If that doesn't work Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library Folder allowing it to overwrite the damaged file. If not, then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same film rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual rolls to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Regards
TD

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