Copying album name to metadata

Hi everybody,
Is there any option to copy the album name of the photos in PSE 10 to the caption field or to any other metadata filed?
I want to to it because the subject of all my photos is written in the album name, and I want it to be written on the image file.
Thank you!

The caption is part of the metadata but you first have to enter the information manually in the caption field.
You can then embed the metadata into the file by selecting a batch and using the menu in Organizer File à Write Keyword Tag and Properties Info to Photos. The caption will then show up in other applications.

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I will be setting a keyword to indicate the images come from Picasa.

Please bear with me, I think you have compressed a couple of steps.
You're suggesting that Picasa is embeding the album name in 'the' image file, either the edited copy or an exported version?
And that there is noting in LR or plug-ins to directly grab this data, rather I have to spelunk around the picasa forums & docs.
Ive been using Picasa in a somewhat unthoughtful manner (I suspect like many), both for library organisation and for most simple image adjustments.
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For 'events' (a vacation or Christmas) Id create an album and copy the non reject images there. (Sometimes from 2, and on a couple of occasions, 3, cameras).
Then for major events, Id create a 'best of' album inside that.   The edits in the different albums may differ (mainly cropping).
My basic migration plan was to move the various image folders under one umbrella (using windows) then import that folder in one go to LR.
Ideally, in order not to lose anything Id like to import the whole mess as is.   Particularly including the original which handily are in a distinct folder. However that leads to what was going to be the next question.
Am I correct that fundamentally Lightroom will be importing image folders (that happen to have been handled by Picasa)? Thus folders will contain images in 3 states
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Just to complicate things, because for a long time I did not fully understand how to use non-destructive editing, I would create different versions of an image with different file names as I experimented with different edits.   I dont expect to weed out those duplicates on migration; for the major collections Ill deal with it in Lightroom. (many duplicates will just be deleted - but this is a rainy Sunday project to clean house).
So the next question is - how can I tell in LR what the 'status' of an image is (other than in the originals folder which is easy)?
Presumably a preparatory step is to make sure Picasa has saved all edits back to the folder.   (Select all images in entire Picasa library and 'save' ?)
At least the second category is then eliminated.
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When copying one of my old cassettes to a CD how do I get the data - album name, artist, etc. to show up when the CD is inserted into a player?

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I was never in the habit of applying anything to photo comments, but gave my albums a desriptive name so I knew what they were. Now I wish I had because album titles are not searchable. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to create an Automator workflow or Applescript that could take the Album Name and apply it to the comments field for each picture in the album. I have over 25,000 pictures and quite a few albums. I've started to do it manually for each album but would love to find a quicker way to accomplish this.
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click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">tell application "iPhoto"
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repeat with thisAlbum in theAlbums
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repeat with thisPhoto in thePhotos
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end repeat
end repeat
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Saving Albums, Keyword Tags & Metadata in Photoshop 11

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In Photoshop 11, when I create a new Album name or category, do I need to choose "Save Albums to File"?
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You don't need to if you have a PSE backup, but it may be a good idea, especially if you want to share your tags and ratings with another software (slideshow editor for instance). It's an additional safety measure.
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Please bear with me. I did this before and now I can't figure out how. Such are the ravages of aging brains.
I'm trying to copy the music from my old vinyls to CDs I can play in my car. I have software and a USB connection that let me get the music onto my computer in MP3 form. Plays back OK on the computer. I created a playlist in iTunes with a bunch of songs and used iTunes to burn the music onto a CD. Works fine.
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Lucky Eddie,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1468
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