Applying metadata to groups of images

i understand this has been answered by "toggle primary" off but this isnt working for me when applying keywords for some odd reason.
any ideas?
matthew

It should, when you select a group of images, the primary will be the one showing in the viewer.
If primary only is off all the images should get the keywords, if it's on only the image shown in the browser with a yellow border (primary) will get the keyword.
Press 's' to switch 'primary only' on or off.

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Or in case you have those controls hidden you can also press 'S'

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There is a rectangle box on the bottom of the Aperture screen that is the primary only box. If you have that selected only the primary image will be adjusted.
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Dave sounds like you have toggled the primary button, bottom RHS of the viewer a square with a "1" in it. Turning this feature on allow you to have a group of images selected but only make changes to the primary image, eg. I have six images selected and want to sort through them, in "normal" mode any rating, metadata changes applied go across the selection, the primary function allow you to move through a group and work on them individually.
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Bridge CS6 crashes when I apply metadata

Similar problem to this: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5025995
The problem started suddenly last week. If I try to apply metadata or keywords to an image, Bridge closes. Sometimes I can apply one or two keywords before this happens, but not many and it always closes after applying more than a few keywords. Before this started, I had no problems with Bridge CS6.
Have tried updating graphics card drivers, resetting preferences, rebooting, changing the locatioon of the photos, with no luck.
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Here is the report that includes the faulting module. Is this what you meant?
Description:
Faulting application name: Bridge.exe, version: 5.0.2.4, time stamp: 0x50d9a019
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17725, time stamp: 0x4ec4aa8e
Exception code: 0xc0000374
Fault offset: 0x00000000000c40f2
Faulting process id: 0x64c
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce1f655f6c8caf
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Bridge CS6 (64 Bit)\Bridge.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 130d23f2-8b59-11e2-84ee-002186f773e8

Bridge crashes when applying metadata

I'm seeking guidance, but let me preface this post with some information:
CS6 via Creative Cloud
All applications up to date via Adobe Application Manager
All Windows Updates applied including drivers.
Currently running Bridge 5.0.2.4
Computer is:
Win 7 Pro (64 bit)
Core i5
12 Gb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 310
I have used CS6 for months prior to this issue starting without incident.
I have tried moving the data to different drives.
I have checked/cleared/reset file permissions.
I have run drive error checks.
I have uninstalled/CC cleaner/reisntalled all Adobe products multiple times.
I have run Bridge in 32-bit and 64-bit modes.
I have tried to reset preferences and other "Ctrl" startup options.
I have tried to reset preferences and other "Ctrl" startup options after selecing "Run As Administrator".
I manually deleted the ".BridgeCache" and ".BridgeCacheT" files from the folder of photos.
Prior to this crashing problem I had already sorted and begun to apply ratings to files (Reject and Start ratings) in this folder without incident. I even applied metadata (Keywords) to a portion of the 1,321 photos in a folder without incident. The problem started when I came back the next day and started up work again. There had been no updates or restarts to the computer. The only thing that I think updated was Adobe Acrobat, but I cannot be sure. When I opened Bridge and began to apply Keywords to files the program simply locked up and immediately crashed. The Windows dialog box did not have any information or options for a crash report.
This is a normal workfolw that I utilize on a regular (weekly/monthly) basis and why the crashing is happening is beyond me. I have attempted to troubleshoot many different ways. Of particular note I when to a different folder of photos that had never been worked on before with Bridge and was able to apply the same workflow without incident.
Here is an excerpt from the Windows Event Viewer:
Faulting application name: Bridge.exe, version: 5.0.2.4, time stamp: 0x50d9a019
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17725, time stamp: 0x4ec4aa8e
Exception code: 0xc0000374
Fault offset: 0x00000000000c40f2
Faulting process id: 0x12d0
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce461c31a0ba90
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Bridge CS6 (64 Bit)\Bridge.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 60e3cf2b-b210-11e2-834c-f04da2db0ae0
At this time I cannot difinitively confirm that the files themselves are causing the issue but I will attempt some additional troubleshooting. At this point I'm not overly impatient because I've already lost the revenue opportunity for selling these photos to customers because the error first started several days ago (4/28/2013 09:31:35 PM was first crash). However, at this point I am will not entertain the wasting of time by uninstalling all Adobe products, running CC cleaner, and re-installing the products I use.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me to try for resolution or troubleshooting?

I'm wondering if it could be the SD card? Mine was a cheap brand and I wonder if the invalid handler could be the issue.
No experience with all of this, use a Mac, Canon and a CF card that I place in a Card reader and use import via Adobe Photodownloader.
But here is my question, what do you do you with the SD card when your files are copied to the system?
My workflow is to import the files (including convert to DNG and back up original Raw to second disk, renaming and copyright template)
But when I have checked my files are OK on the system and I need the CF card for a new job I always put the card back in the camera and use the camera menu itself to format the card.
I long ago stopped using the delete all function because this used to build up certain data files and that is not the case when you use format.
I do so every time and while I have used a lot of CF cards (from 128 MB in 2001 to current 32 GB Sandisk Extreme Pro UDMA 7) The only problems I had was losing them.
Never managed to break one down (not even in the washing machine…) and from about 2003 I always have used the format method for every time I needed to remove the files from the card.
I don't know much about the difference between inferior manufactures and the superior brands, I find it hard to believe that this would cause your problem alone (If you did not format I would try that first).
Having said that I would never choose to use other then top quality cards like Lexar and Sandisk and also the fastest or the nearly fastest.
If you have a cheap compact camera (but then you probably would not visit this forum…) I can image (but do not approve) you include a cheap SD card also. But spending up to 1000 dollar or much more for a nice dSLR and save money on a cheap card instead of using a trustful medium to write your precious files on is not the best workflow.
CF cards and SD card are very cheap nowadays.
To compare, the 128 MB in 2001 was about 600 dollar, the super fast and reliable Sandisk Extreme Pro 32 GB was around 200 dollars.
You can do the math yourself but on my calculator this means three times as cheap while 256 times more space…

Help with Keywording a group of Images

I need help applying keywords to a group of selected images. For some reason I can't get this to work. I've done it before and now it won't work. Here is what I'm doing. I've selected a group of images in a project by using shift and clicking the first and last image I want and using comand to select images that are not next to each other. They all show up in the viewer and the thin white lines show up around the images in the browser. Now I go and add a keyword. It doesn't seem to matter if I use the Keyword control bar buttons or if I type in a key word in the bar in the lower right hand side, the same thing happens. The keyword is only being applied to the primary selection and not the whole group. Why isn't this working? I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but it's starting to drive me crazy. Any help with this would be great thanks.
-Matthew

You have switched 'toggle primary only' on. To turn it off click on the button with a square in it at the bottom of the screen or press 's'

Question about adding keywords to a group of images in Aperture

Hi all,
Not sure what I am doing incorrectly, but I am unable to add a keyword to more than 1 image at a time, even though a group of images is selected. So, for example, in Browser view, with 4 images selected, using the keyword HUD, I drag a keyword to one of the selected images, and only the one dragged to gets that keyword, not the others in the group.
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Hi Pi,
Not quite sure what the purpose of that button is.
You'll laugh about this sometime not too long from now. Sometime, you will have a bunch of photos selected and *not want to change your selection*, but you'll notice that you need to add some metadata or adjust just 1 of those pictures. That's when you use the "primary only". When you find yourself in that situation, it'll be like a "eureka" since you're currently wondering what it's all about.
nathan

Issue with Metadata when importing 30K images from Photoshop Elements 7

I'm a new mac user and am moving ~30k images from my PC to my mac. I have photoshop elements 7 that I use on the pc and am moving everything over to Aperture. I maintain all of my organization on the PC using "key words". I made sure to move all of the metadata over to the Mac with the images. However, I would say approx 5,000-10,000 of the images have the wrong Metadata. For example, a key-word "Vacation" is showing up on an image that should say "Christmas". This is just an example and it's creating major issues with my smart albums. The wrong images are in the wrong albums. Help!?!?

Hi Shellie
Is anyone familiar with PSEDBTOOL? I've been told it will do a good job applying metadata to files inside PSE but I'm afraid to run it and have it screw up my current library.
I'm not familiar with that tool. What I will say is that your caution is well founded. If you do try to run anything like that on the PC side, ensure first that you have a backup of any data that might be modified - and that you (a) know how to restore from the backup in case anything goes pear-shaped and (b) you've actually tested your backup (by doing a restore) and are confident with its integrity.
One other thought has occurred to me since earlier. Let's try a different tool...
– Locate one of your problematic master files - on the Mac side - as exported from PhotoShop Elephants.
– Open it in Preview. (It lives in the Applications folder.)
– Select +Tools > Show Inspector+ (if the Inspector is not already showing from an earlier session).
– Click on the Inspector icon which resembles a simplified traditional magnifying glass.
That displays the keywords in the file.
How do they compare with your expectations (from PSE)? How do they compare with what's showing in Aperture?
This won't solve the problem, but it might just shed some more light on the problem.
Regards,
Gary

Applying keywording to groups

I know about adding keywording while importing but not all keywords apply to the group. So when I try to select groups of thumbnails in Library and add keywords to them it will not apply to the group but only one photo in the group. What am I doing wrong?

The reasoning is to be consistent with Filmstrip in Develop where there is no Grid and only one image is worked on at a time (forgetting sync) so the most select of multi-selection gets the action. In Library it is the same. It is in the grid where multiselect thumbnails all get the action (in your case keywording).
Don
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Hi -
I import my images and then set up 3 smart folders - I use the folders to make my image selects 1*, 2* and 3*
My question is: when viewing images in the browser - say all my smart album 2* images - how can I de-rate (eg from 2-1*) ALL the images. When I select all images - all images are selected - but 1 image only has a brighter WHITE selection boarder - and when I de-rate my images to 1* - only 1 image is derated!
Any advice on how to derate a group of images.
Thanks
Tony.

Tony,
you probably have the "primary Only" option active, see my User Tip here:
Keywords or ratings are applied only to one of the selected images - why?
Regards
Léonie

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I have grouped a number of images of magazines and would like to give the whole collage the effect of being concave - as if they are all placed along and semi circular wall. I am unable to use the filter- distort function. Is there another way to achieve this effect for a group of images?
Thank you

Maybe converting them all to one Smart Object and applying a Free Transform/Warp would meet your needs.

Want to transfer metadata between batches of image files

I'm starting a large project to scan and annotate my family's large photo collection. I want to be able to scan the photos at very high resolution, then send lower resolution copies of the photos to my parents, who live in another state, to annotate. To accomplish this, I've been wondering whether each of us working in Lightroom would be the best approach. My question is about how to transfer the metadata additions my parents have made on the lower resolution copies of the image files back into the high-resolution files I planned to keep on my computer for now. I've thought about putting all photos in a file hierarchy, assigning file names when I scan the photos, and sending various subsets of the file tree to my parents to annotate. Once they were done annotating a group of image files, I would try to merge the metadata from that group of files back into my corresponding high-resolution files.
There are thousands of photos, so I'd like to send batches of photos to them to annotate and receive batches back with metadata to merge into my files. Each annotated file potentially has metadata unique to that file and needs to be matched up with it's correspoinding high-resolution file.
I'm very new to the Adobe applications which would seem to be candidates for this type of work (Lightroom, Bridge, Elements). I see some potential solutions but don't know what's going to turn out best. Can anyone help steer me in the right direction ? At this point, I'm very open to any options. I'm also a professional software developer and could write code, if necessary, but I only want to go down that road if I really have to.
Thanks!
David Madrian

Do you parents have Lightroom? If yes, then it's simple:
export a subset as catalog with previews and without originals,
send to parents,
have them open the catalog and annotate,
receive catalog from parents,
import into your main catalog.
If no, I'm thinking of this workaround:
Select a subset, Save Metadata (that's important!) and export with originals to a intermediate catalog,
Go to your intermediate catalog folder, find the exported originals and batch-downsample them for sending.
Send downsampled files to parents.
Have them annotate the files with some proper utility that uses proper IPTC or XMP fileds (not some proprietary metadata). The free ExifTool GUI might work well.
Receive the files and write over downsampled files from intermediate catalog. Now the files have annotations.
Open intermediate catalog and Read Metadata. Now the intermediate catalog has annotations.
Open main catalog and import the intermediate catalog. Now the main catalog has the annotations.
In both cases, make sure you don't touch the current subset before your parents return the files, otherwise the subsequent importing will overwrite the work you might have done on the same files.

Lightroom 2.0 Apply multiple presets to selected images

Lightroom 2.0, Windows XP or Vista
Is it possible to apply multiple presets, e.g. General - auto tone and General - punch to a selected range of images in Library or Develop Mode?
What are the steps to do this?
Thanks in advance,

I'll try to clarify my question regarding presets.
1. Can I somehow apply more than one preset to images during Import?
2. Can I select a group of images, in either the Library or Develop mode, and apply a preset to the entire selection with one or 2 clicks of the mouse. I'd like to avoid clicking on each image to apply the preset.
I'm not concerned that the multiple presets may be additive. In fact that is exactly what I am trying to accomplish.
Thanks much for your patience, I'm a newbie.

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