Removing Keywords

This is really starting to bug me!!!
I have done a search on this forum about how to remove keywords from more than one image and it sort of works for me... Problem is when I select all the images (Edit - Select All) and then delete the keyword it still only removes the keyword from the first image, or the one with the thicker border around it.
Am I selecting all the images incorrectly?

Select the images and then go to "Metadata" and select "Batch Change"
Make sure you are using the "Caption and Keyword' stincil. Select it and leave it blank.
That should give you an option to remove the keywords.
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Removing keyword from multiple images at the same time

None of the documented methods seem to work for me.
1     Select all the images. Go to Metadata > Remove Keyword [my keyword] - the keyword is only removed from the image that is selected in the batch - i.e the one that has the yellow border round it to show it's the active image.
2     Select all the images, enter [my keyword] in the Add Keyword field when Keyword Controls is visible and press Shift + Enter - does the same thing as 1 above (removes it from the active image only).
3     Select all the images, Shift Click on the keyword that I have in my Keyword Controls in the Control Bar - does the same things as 1 above.
So all these methods, which are supposed to work, do not work for me. The removal of the keyword is only applied to the image that has the yellow border showing it to be the currently active image in the selected batch - the remaining selected imaged still retain the keyword. I can remove it "one at a a time" but it would be great if I could find a solution as to why this isn't working.
Any ideas?
If it helps, I'm running Aperture 3.1.3 in OS X 10.6.8.
thanks
Alan

Based on the frequency with which this trips up users, the Aperture team is going to have to add a much stronger visual indication that "Primary Only" is active. Marching ants, anyone? Or a pink selection marquee?
At least in the Viewer when multiple Images are selected the thin white selection marquee is dropped when Primary Only is active. There is no such change in the Browser.

Add/Remove Keywords to multiple files?

Hi Mac users!
Is there a way to automatically add and/or remove keywords from mltiple files?
First I would like to remove all the keywords from many of my files and then assign common keywords to selected files!
One can do it manually, one by one, but that would take a huge amount of time!
Is there any automatic way to do it? Perhaps with a specific application?
Thanks for your help!

Well I mis-spoke when I said they implemented what I asked for. They actually did something even better.
There's a little text-entry area at the bottom of the keyword panel. You can type keywords in here and it finds them in the list (click the little magnifying glass icon to control how it searches--I have it set to "equals" so it will only do exact matches). When you hit enter, it automatically adds the matching keyword to the files. Or if there is no match, it creates a new keyword and adds it both to the keyword list and the selected files. Use ; to add multiple new keywords at once.
Bart

Can't remove keywords from multiple files

I can't believe I can't get this working.
Say I have 15 images with the same 10 keywords in every file. One of the keywords is "banana" and I want to remove it from all 15 files.
I select all the 15 files. When I do that one becomes "active" (it gets lighter gray highlight than the 14 other images).
I then go to the Keywording panel and manually remove "banana" from the list.
When I look through files to see the change all but the one that was active STILL has the "banana" keyword applied.
I have also tried selecting the 15 files and made the file without the banana keyword active and run "Sync Metadata" and removed "banana" from the "Keywords" field in the dialog box. Same thing happens. No change to the files that aren't active.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Unicorn

Simple. Don't take photos of bananas!
Actually, I believe you need to select the photos in the Grid, not in the filmstrip. Then, removing keywords should work as expected, and then when you try to remove the keyword, this keyword will be removed from all selected photos.

Remove keywords from multiple pictures - how to??

REMOVING keywords from multiple images doesn't work here on Aperture 2.1.1. I select multiple pictures, remove a common keyword from the list in the Metadata inspector and... only the keyword from the picture which I selected last is being removed. All other pictures still have the keyword attached. Edit > Primary Only is not 'turned on'.
What did I miss?

Go to 'Window' > 'Show Keyword Controls'.
In the text box, write the keyword that need to be removed from all selected images and press SHIFT + ENTER.
If you use the Keyword Button Sets, you can also click on the keyword to be removed while holding down the SHIFT- key.
Regards
Paul K

Batch-removing keywords

For some reason, a bunch of photos in my iPhoto library (v '09) have ended up with a wrong keyword - probably about 200 photos or so. The keyword in question (the name of a lens) is used (correctly) for lots of photos in the library, but I need to remove it from the 200 photos where it shouldn't be. I've googled this several times, but is there a way to batch remove the keyword from several photos without deleting it altogether?
I found a plugin called 'Keyword Manager', which looked useful, but is expensive. Is there a useful (and safe) free plugin I can use to manage keywords in iPhoto? Some aspects of keyword management are great (like being able to flick through photos and add/remove keywords with the keyboard), but on the whole, keywords don't seem to be iPhoto's biggest strength.
Thanks in advance.

I too find Keyword manager invaluable, and am disappointed to read that it is not working with iPhoto 9. I just sent feedback to Apple, saying that I won’t be upgrading until iP and KM work together. Don’t suppose it is likely that Apple will reach out to the Swedes who created KM, but it is possible. And the Swedes don’t have a forum or email addresses on their site. I’ve even googled their names in an effort to contact them with no success.
Hierarchical keyword organization, and the ability to do searches for “A AND B BUT NOT C” is necessary for photos as for all other data!

Removing Keywords effecting earlier projects

When I move to a new event, I would like to remove all or most of my old keywords used in the prior event and construct new ones but want the old keywords to remain on my earlier event's clips. Can I remove keywords used in another event when I am working on a new one without effecting the earlier event's clips with the removed keywords? Or must I keep adding keywords?

Do you mean the keyword shortcuts in the keyword editor? Changing the shortcuts won't affect any keywords already applied.

Removing keywords from multiple images when the keyword isn't in the list?

So, I know that the method for removing a keyword from multiple images is to select the images, type the keyword in the inspector and press Shift-Return.
However, that doesn't seem to work if the keyword I want to remove is not in the keyword database (i.e. it's not in the keyword HUD).
For example, I deleted the iPhoto keyword group from the keyword HUD because I decided I didn't like that. I've got a bunch of photos that still have keywords like "Beach (iPhoto)". Typing "Beach" Shift-Return does nothing. Typing "Beach (iPhoto)" Shift-Return does nothing.
Adding an iPhoto group back to the HUD and a child keyword of Beach and then Typing "Beach" Shift-Return works, but I can't believe that's how it's supposed to work.
Is that the only way to do this? I've got a lot of those old iPhoto keywords to remove and that's going to be a major pain... there must be a better way.
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I don't know if this will help you or not but it contains the roots of what you would need to script the removal of unwanted and unlisted keywords.
-- script begins
tell application "Aperture"
  -- set the target to the "Smart beetles" album at the top level of the library.
  tell album "Smart beetles" of folder ""
    -- get a list of the images in the album.
    set x to every image version
    -- move through the images one by one, deleting and creating the appropriate keywords
    repeat with i from 1 to x's length
      tell x's item i
        -- Note. if the keyword is top level, then the parents value is "".
        delete (every keyword whose name is "Australia" and parents is "Location")
        make new keyword with properties {name:"Sydney", parents:"Location"}
      end tell
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Unable to remove keywords

I just started using bridge and I am having a problem with keywords returning after being removed and deleted. I had originally have a keyword called ohio inside of a places keyword. I decided that I wanted to list it as a keyword inside locations and the USA then Ohio. I created the new keyword and removed the other keyword from all of my files and deleted it. When I applied the new ohio keyword to my ohio photos the old keyword popped back up in italics for some of the photos. Deselecting either ohio now removes both ohios. I tried removing all uses of ohio and restarting the program since I had read that the italics are temporary keywords but as soon as I apply Ohio where I want it it pops back up where I deleted it.
I have no idea what to do to permanently remove it. I have only used Bridge CS5. Checking the file info just lists Location USA Ohio as words. I tried selecting ohio on all the images and then renaming the unwanted ohio but it just added a new keyword and the unwanted ohio stayed. I have tried clearing the cache and preferences and even reinstalled everything. I can not find any pattern to the ohio being retained. It is Raw, PSD and Jpeg images. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Procedure for permanent deletion of a keyword:
The essential principle here is that keywords are tenacious: they must be eradicated from EACH FILE to which they are attached. To eradicate a keyword from images in one folder is thus fairly simple. But to eradicate them from many folders simultaneously requires that all the images from all the folders be displayed so they can all be selected simultaneously.
I recently accomplished this in a heirarchy of image bearing folders in the following way:
Workspace Panels used: Folders, Content, Keywords, Filter
In folders panel: select folder(s) containing problematic keywords
In Contents panels: View: Show Items from Subfolders
In Filter Panel/Keywords subpanel: click on a problematic keyword
In Contents panel: Select files found (select all)
In Keywords panel, select the problematic keyword and uncheck it, then delete it
In Filter panel, click the keyword again (it should disappear)
Environment: CS5, Mac OS 10.7

Metadata Preset Edit - changing or removing keywords does not work

I can't find this documented so I sure hope this is not a duplicate. Sorry if it is.....
Existing metadata preset contains various fields populated and checked including keywords both populated and checked. When I edit the preset by either a)removing and unchecking the keywords or b)changing the keywords and leaving it checked followed by Done followed by Save to "Save changes to the preset Preset Name? ..... the changes or removal actions are ignored such that if I immediately Edit the preset, the keywords are back the way they originally were.
Changes to any other fields in the preset are reflected properly upon subsequent edit. Only keywords seem to be "not changeable or not removable".

You can use this to report a bug:
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Removing Keyword tags and still showing photos in album

I inadvertantly put extra keyword tags on two groups of photos that didnt belong. I have removed them, but the photos still show when I select that keyword tag along with all the correct ones. But now they have the Marked out circle with the line in it.. Is this a known bug in Photoshop Elements 6. I am running Vista Home Premium 64 bit on a quad processor.....

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Remove Keyword from Filter dialog box help

When I imported my iPhoto library of about 5,000 photos Aperture created two keyword filters (visible when I open the FILTER dialog box and select "All Images" under the main Project Library. It created "iPhoto Edited" and "iPhoto Original" keywords. each of my imported iphoto photos had one of the keywords attached to them. I found originally that filtering through all images took forever - so I removed these two keywords from all of the imported iPhoto files.
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Batch-remove keyword fails

I can no longer remove a keyword from a selection of multiple images--only the highlighted image is affected. I'm trying to use the shift-return method in the control-bar. I can't find an easy work-around (I don't want to add buttons for all my keywords).

The mode of the failure indicates that you have "Primary Only" turned on. There is an icon on the Toolstrip -- click it to toggle "Primary Only" on and off. The icon is a box with a "1" inside.

Removing keywords from keyword list in iPhoto

I am trying to reduce/consolidate all my keywords but don't know how to find the actual list of my keywords. The only "list" that shows up is the one that appears when I'm in the search field and click on "keyword". The reason I want to do this is because I've ended up with way too many, and not all of them show up. Also, "Help" in the toolbar doesn't respond.

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Remove Keyword from Parent

In my pre-Lightroom days I did my keywording in Bridge,. At that time I organised my keywords in Parent Groups, I would now like to move my keywords out from their parents. Is this possible in either Lightroom or Bridge?
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hi
If u have the Parent node with u
then u can check the children under it
Enumerate through the children n compare it with the value from textfield
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