Adding Keywords To Files?

Hi,
I've just discovered you can add Keywords to images in Preview. What I'd like to know is, when you go to File > Save, is it changing any of the image data, or is it adding the Keywords on to the file?
Is there a way of adding Keywords to files in Finder? I'd like to be able to add Keywords without having to re-save the file.

I don't know anything about iPhoto, but it sounds like you are talking about IPTC keywords. If so, those are stored inside the file. Maybe someone else knows more about iPhoto's behavior with IPTC. I know that GraphicConverter lets you change IPTC data without resaving the entire image. In other words, it just replaced the data without opening the image.
You can add keywords (Finder Comments) in Finder but they are not IPTC keywords. IPTC clings to the file even on other operating systems, because the data is inside the file. You can add Spotlight keywords in Finder but they will not follow the file to a non-OSX machine. You do this in Finder's "Infowindow" (highlight the file then press applekey-i).

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Hal,
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I think where I messed up was looking at File > Auto Import > Auto Import Settings to see if there were keywords saved and there were none. So I assumed that was all I needed to check.
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