Copy metadata

I can not get copy metadata to work in LR4 or 4.1. When I click on copy metadata, with a picture selected that has metadata, a window opens with the metadata form. None of the check boxes has any metadata in them from the picture I selected. If I fill in some of the boxes and then paste to another picture, that works. The same thing happens with sync. It appears that the metadata from the selected picture is not read when clicking on copy metadata.. I am running LR4.1 under Win 7 on a PC. Is there something I am doing wrong and not seeing here?
Thanks for your help

The process I am using is as follows, in the library module I select a
photo that has metadata in some fields with EXIF and IPTC selected. I
click on copy Metadata and a copy Metadata dialogue box opens. I select
check all boxes, all headings turn red and the field are filled with the
statement "type to add, leave blank to clear." I select a different photo
and click on paste metadata, the metadata panel for the picture I just
selected is cleared with no metadata being pasted. Thanks for your
response.

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Copy metadata from one field to another

I have two questions relating to batch copying metadata in Aperture (3.5.1).
1) Can you copy the contents of the Aperture metadata field “Version Name” to the IPTC metadata field “Headline” for multiple images at once?
2) Can you copy “Faces” (names of all people identified in multiple photos) to “Keywords” data field at once? (I have been able to copy one person at a time to multiple images, but not all people at once).
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Dave

Thanks! Very helpful. I think I get it, but perhaps you can confirm my understanding of 1) the IPTC metadata field.
I would like to duplicate the unique version name and write the version names into the Headline field. This does not seem possible using "Batch Change" (unless I am missing something). Batch change is good for making unique names that have a sequential property (e.g. "name 01, name 02, etc.). I would like to copy version names that are not sequential in nature (e.g. "name XYA , name BBR, etc.").
From your reply, It seems this will be impossible (?).
Dave

Copy Metadata failed

With LR 2.1 the most probs I have are fixed:
1. The automatic save to xmp-function
2. Edit to panorama in PS CS3
I think the adjustment brush works faster.
One problem I see again:
By copying metadata and marking only the place in the IPTC-Data, LR 2.1 copy also the non-marked keywords to the other photo.

Didn't know about this bug.
Just checked both 2.0 and 2.1 - both exhibit this bug. Synchronize Metadata also flawed.

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I have trouble getting "Copy Metadata" to work similar to how it used to work in LR1.x.
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I talked with another Adobe employee tha told me that PhotoShop 8 should work with Windows 7. She suggested I post my issue on this forum.
Sigh, it's bad enough that Adobe tech support gave you conflicting information, but for them to shun responsibility by directing you to a user forum is completely unacceptable.
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Simplify matters by uninstalling all the Adobe software -- PSE8, Premier elements, PSE9, the whole works. Restart your computer and then install only PSE9.
If you still get the error, use System File Check to repair the system files:
Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click
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Prompt, and then click Run as
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>> How did you log right into a bin with media?
As I watched the footage (my ProRes footage) I logged - meaning took extensive notes - right into all the useful columns for information to the right of each video file; in the media bin / browser. Maybe my terminology is incorrect. I hope you understand.
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I'd like to be able to copy and paste metadata from one to many. I envisage it as a process similar to copying and pasting Adobe Camera Raw settings, with a Paste Special style dialog. Camera EXIF data would be excluded, but you'd be choose to paste just the keywords, or the keywords and the description etc.
While you can always save a metadata template, that's not ideal for routine work. And you have to edit a metadata template manually before risking applying it to other images.
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You could modify the code to suit as an example I have added Description to Keywords
This just appends the description, if you want to replace uncomment the marked line..
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    Description =[];
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loadXMPLib();
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Can I copy one item's metadata and paste it into another item?

I don't think I can, but I thought I'd ask. I'm using Bridge in CS3.
In the archive files of my workplace there are numerous duplicate images (one color, one b&w; one original scan, one edited version...) where one of the item in the pair has metadata (descriptions, mainly, but other things too) and the other is missing metadata. I want to be able to copy the whole chunk of metadata from one and plop it into the other item.
Metadata templates, while useful, don't really make sense for this task, as I only want to remember each chunk of data once.
What would be perfect is a right-click option of "Copy metadata" that turns into "Paste metadata" on another file. Oh man. That would be so nice.
Is my only choice to copy and paste each metadata field individually? Or is there a better way?

It would not be a good idea to copy the whole metadata from one file to another, there could be camera raw data, tiff data, colormode, resolution, orientation etc. that would really screw up your document! Selected Metadata yes but not all.
I wrote a minimal script to copy and then paste the selected metadata to a single or multiple documents..
http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3433&sid=7e889edb1942ac163296a90d56bd15dd
The fields available: Keywords, Description, Title and Headline.
Maybe you could modify it to add the fields you require?

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Don't believe you it will allow you to rename it.
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Edited by: 906120 on Jan 5, 2012 4:42 AM

Check-in similar does not evaluate scripts in the "use defaultvalue" field, as it has to copy metadata values. However, you can add script to the "Is derived field" as well. Just don't use dprDefaultValue but dprDerivedValue=
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The "Sync Metadata" has a feature that is extremely dangerous, and Adobe should really explore some kind of 'safety' to keep people from inadvertently destroying hours of work.
The problem is that the 'Rating' is considered part of the Metadata. So making a bulk change in Metadata can accidentally result in the loss of all ratings.
It happened to me, but fortunately I was able to recover.
Suppose you have one shoot that has all the Metadata that is exactly the way that you like it, and you want to apply it to another shoot. So you go to a photo in the source metadata, do a "copy Metadata", and select all the metadata. You then go to your destination shoot, and apply the Metadata to one photo, and then sync all the photos to that photo. You just applied the same star rating to all your photos.
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no no, I agree that this sort of thing can really be a problem... just offering a suggestion in case it happens to someone who doesn't have a subfolder. I once almost lot a ton of ratings because my finger missed the key I wanted and accidentally hit the "2" when a bunch of images were selected. As with you, "poof" all the original ratings were gone. Fortunately, I noticed it immediately and hit "undo." I've been pushing for a keystroke to lock/unlock the database. In order to write into the database, you have to have it unlocked. This saves accidental screwups from damaging large portions of the DB while one is just looking around at things. Maybe it would allow changes to organization of photos and collections, but not to photos themselves. It wouldn't have helped you in this case, but it's another way to prevent a small user mistake from causing big problems.

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Simple question, anyone figure out how to copy an adjustment from one image to a group of images.
I shoot in RAW so all my images need white balance applied to them, I set the one balance on one image, and found Copy adjustment. Now I want to copy this to the next 1000 pictures, all I can seem to do is do it one by one. Not good when you have a 1000 pictures to do. I see no way to select multiple images when doing edits. And when not in "Edit" mode, the paste Adjustment does not work.
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Ya, can do that, but trying to do that for 1000 images, I would end up throwing the whole computer out the window.
It is a pity, that the lifting and stamping of adjustments has been implemented in this silly, restrictive way.
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