Bridge CS5 : sometimes impossible to write the IPTC Core metatags

All is in the title.
Except, Premiere et AE, both on CS5 version, are able to do that.

<<Have any of the problem NEF files been written to by the Nikon browser program? I vaguely recall in the Windows Forum doing so resulted in files that had difficulty being written to.>>
A good idea, but I don't use Nikon software at all anymore.
I had this problem even during the pre-release, and it is occurring on more than one computer, so I doubt a "system failure." Given that the images are being used on more than one computer (locally, not over a network), and the problem is occurring on more than one computer, I initially thought that there was a problem with the NEFs themselves or the XMP (Photo Mechanic?), but that is now clearly not the case. As I mentioned earlier, it is also intermittent, and not frequent, and it might be for 1 or 2 images out of hundreds. (We've been processing several thousand images.) Clearing the cache for those specific images fixes the problem for those images. Purging the entire cache does as well. Opening the image in ACR, making changes so that the XMP gets re-written does not fix the problem. It really seems to be an infrequent but recurrent problem with the central cache. I still don't know how to trigger the problem, or how to identify which images might show the problem.
--Rich

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Is it possible to add a Description Column in the Content Panel. If so, how?
I'm talking about the Description from the IPTC Core data and I'm using Bridge CS5.
Thanks in advance,
Frank

This is the screenshot of the Metadata Workspace with the Content Panel (not Metadata Panel). As you can see it shows Name, Label, Keywords etc. but it's not possible to show Description in that list as a column.
I still agree that it would be a big bonus if you could alter this workspace with description field (even with more lines etc) but what Curt shows you might be an alternative. I couldn't help noticing that you have not created your own custom workspaces.
Try and play with this. You have the option to divide the window in 3 columns max but you can create different panels as a row in 1 column.
Grabbing a tab and move it to a new location until a single blue line appears (between the borders, a bit tricky). A vertical blue line means as a column and a horizontal line means a row. A surrounding blue line means same panel but adding as a tab. You can rearrange the tabs by dragging to left or right. under the menu window you can select which panels are visible or use right mouse click menu on top of a panel to choose.
Sadly enough only 3 columns and only one panel of it's kind per workspace, but you can resize the panels also to your own workflow needs.
In Bridge preferences you can change the colors for background in the general tab and in the metadata tab you can select what info to view in certain sections. Personally I have set my IPTC to view only description, keywords, date created and a few other subjects.
That is the nice thing about Bridge, creating custom workspaces, save them and being able to recreate them without problems :-)
I attach some screenshot of my daily workflow (with the luxury of having a 30' screen) but there are plenty of other options possible, don't forget to name and save your workspace.

IPTC extended metadata panel in Bridge CS5

Hi, hope someone can help me here.
I am working in a museum digitizing paintings and using Bridge CS 5 to enter the metadata. IPTC extended is ideal for that, but I can not access the metadata panel to the side. I have found it in the preferences (and did all the clicking and customization) but it still does not display. I assumed that because there were preferences it must be accessible but I am not finding that to be the case. I have accessed it through the info panel in Photoshop but I don't want to have to open every image just to add this stuff, why can't I access it through Bridge?
As a note, I have also downloaded the panel update from IPTC for earlier versions, but I don't have access to those versions at work, just CS 5, so that won't work as a workaround. The site says CS 5 is ready to go out of the box.
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Miles

Miles:
As Rich Wagner pointed out, the IPTC Extended is not accessible via the Metadata panel within Adobe Bridge for CS5. I would hope that this is only a temporary situation, but have no inside knowledge as to when this might occur.
Use of the Metadata Templates is one way to add "batch" metadata that is only available in the IPTC Extended metadata schema.
Another option you might want to check is the IPTC-PLUS toolkit.
http://www.iptc.org/goto/?iptcplustoolkitadobecs
This is a java driven separate dialogue that can be applied to one or more images from within Bridge and includes all of the fields within the IPTC Core, IPTC Extension and PLUS metadata schemas. You can download the IPTC-PLUS toolkit from the link above. A users guide with full instructions on how to use the various fields as well as how to install are included in the download package.
BTW, John Nack blogged about this option back in July. http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/07/iptc-plus-toolkit-extends-bridge-guides-photographers .html
Hope that helps.
David

CS5, IPTC core, only author is showing in content

Metadata>IPTC core>creator, job title......>apply. Only the creator s name is showing in content, (as author) not the other items. Any clue why?
Thanks

First of all, where I am: Bridge, I opened up a folder, clicking on the
metadata tab gives a dark gray panel with the thumbnails listed on the left,
What you call the metadata tab I think is in fact the Metadata workspace?
(To my own opinion the Metadata workspace is very useless, but that aside)
My purpose: to make sure that the person on the other end of the mail gets the
captions. I figured out a good part of it , but not all.
In preferences, all the options are checked, so basically I can "write"
anything i want, but I only need title and author.
The preferences for Bridge metadata gives you option to check or uncheck but
that is only to see the lines that you check are visible in the metadata
panel. If you have the option 'hide empty fields' also checked (by default
on) the fields that have no info in it will not show.
But the IPTC in the file info is still having all this fields written to it.
I found out that if I write those (description and author) in Photoshop
file\info, they appear simultaneously in Bridge in both the the lighter gray
panel to the left, in the white fiels with the pencils, AND next to the
thumbnails, in the dark gray panel.
Bridge just reflects the info you have filled in, only the main window of
the Metadata Workspace does show very little of the content and you are not
able to select what info you want to show next to the thumbs Hence my
'useless' qualification...)
The metadata panel itself however can be of great help for you. You can make
a template for the IPTC / file info. This can be done in both PS and Bridge.
For PS open File info and fill in the fields that you think will need the
same info for every file (your name address copyright etc ) and when done
click export.
For Bridge (where you can also open file info) you have the ability to use
the metadata panel. Top right of the panel is a small icon that provides you
a fly out menu. Here you can choose to create a template but also you can
choose to add a template (when having a template created).
This is a major time saver that let's you add the same info you want to add
to all your files in one go. Select the files you want to alter and choose
append metadata and click on the template you want to add.
Now the files need some time to save but all the data is there!
Having multiple files that need the same description/caption you only have
to select those files and in the editable fields in the metadata IPTC core
section you can write this once and they are written to all the selected
files when done.
Besides that Batch rename (tools/batch rename) let you create a really easy
to use naming convention with auto adding sequence number shot date and a
lot more options.
What is left for me to understand: if my data is embedded from file\info, and
to be more precise it should be file\info\save for web because it seems that a
different title in save for web prevails over file\info
Not sure I understand this, you mean the mobile SFW tab in file info? Or the
file after having used the save for web option to create a file for web??
I verify that the data is there, which means that I dont have to write
nothing anymore, so what is the purpose of the lighter gray panel with the
little pencils?
Those fields let you add custom info to the metadata if you should wish so.
Preferable you should fill in as much as possible in the IPTC using the
template.
Leaving you with only having to add a few fields with custom info that
changes per file/subject. Description, keywords, date created, City, state,
country are fields that can be read by many applications and also will be
used to search for files using phrases or keywords.
What is confusing, is that, and I rephrase the old question, if you write
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the thmbnail in the dark gray panel, if the thumbnail is selected of course,
but the next item, job title will not appear, even if I click on apply at the
bottom of the pencils.
If this is still about the metadata workspace forget about it. If you fill
in that field or have filled it in using a template and it shows in the
metadata panel it is saved in there

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Is there a reference somewhere as to which IPTC codes match up with the IPTC Core fields in Bridge metadata?
A list of the codes is here, so you know what I'm talking about. For example, the Description field in Bridge metadata corresponds to the Caption / #120 code in this list:
http://www.fotoware.com/binaries/fsp50/userguide/28.htm
I'm using a plug-in that writes image info from a database into the corresponding file's IPTC fields based on the IPTC code, but the names of the fields on the list of codes don't match up with what they're called in Bridge, so it's taking a lot of trial and error to figure out where things go.

Never mind, found one. It doesn't mention Bridge specifically, but it has Photoshop and Lightroom (along with several other image-browsing apps) and both seem similar to Bridge:
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/iptc_core_mapped.pdf

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<imageQuality>8</imageQuality>
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I have a D90 and none of my thumbnails for my files show in Bridge CS5 when connected directly from the camera. This includes ALL types of files (JPEG, NEF, etc). It shows the thumbnails when I use a card reader though. Is this common with DSLRs?

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Had you done that to the card containing the raw files you can't open?
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*Chimping is a colloquial term used in digital photography to describe the habit of checking every photo on the camera display (LCD) immediately after capture.
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From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimping
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Drew

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Some have reported that haveing distributed cache speeds up loading time for folders. Distributed cache is an additional cache put on the various folders. It is useful if you want to send photos to another drive as all the info is there (XMP files). Otherwise you have to choose build and export cache.
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Display the filed instructions (that´s under IPTC Core metadata).

Hi all
I´m new on programing scripts in Photoshop..and tried everything but was not able to change the script below. Let´s explain this script is found at Adobe Photoshop default folder and works to show the Camera Model used to the current image.
Now..the challenge...I want to change the scripts so when you run the it shows a field called Instructions (that´s located in the IPTC Core XMP metadata Tab. (In Photoshop > open an Image > go to File menu > File Info option and see the IPTC Core Tab > Instruction field).
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