Exporting Metadata In Bridge CS4

Bridge CS3 used to have a decent metadata export script, CS4 seems not to have this feature. How do I export the metadata from multiple image files in CS4 as a file type readable by EXCEL?

   An excellent little script Paul and I thank you for it.
   May I make several suggestions. This comes from a user and not a programmer so I am looking at it from the possibility of future usage. I am not trying to be critical, as I do love this little gem, only seeing how I would use it.
Have it so that the directory structure does not export. A user will likely be saving the CSV file in the same directory so showing the directory is moot. Or make it optional.
Have it so that the last used set of selected fields (row headings) become the default. It saves the user from having to select the same ones time after time.
Have the selected fields show up as the row headings in the file.
   I have needed something like this. I have a large collection of digital archives (10,000+ images) which is metadata centric and which I am using for a web site. Since Adobe does not have a way to export my carefully created and crafted metadata enmasse I can easily see where this script can aid in my design.
   In the past I have been forced to copy my metadata information from Bridge into my design. This was tedious after the 800th or so crafted HTML file. Using this script I can now export it to a spreadsheet for usage.
   Thank you!

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If you still have the option Low then this means you did not update the Outputmodule. Do a search for it on the Adobe site. With this update you have more and better options (yet still not enough but it is better) for saving.
If you have Acrobat Pro you can also use the option to reduce file size inhere but I don't know an other easy way for the moment (I use this option in Acrobat Pro a lot and it is very good, I create PDF files in 300 dpi and after using reduce a 20 MB file is reduced to 1,5 MB with excellent quality)

Replace Metadata in Bridge CS4 appears to truncate 5.9GB .PSB File; Does CS6 do this too?

I am running Photoshop CS4 on a MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.6.8, and ran into a problem with Bridge. I would like to know if this problem occurs with Photoshop CS6. Here's the sequence of events:
1. I have a 5.9GB .psb file created with PS; it loads into PS cleanly - no errors.
2. In Bridge, I create a metadata template, and apply it to my .psb file using "Replace Metadata".
3. The "Replace Metadata" operation completes quite quickly, no error messages
4. Immediately after the "replace Metadata" operation Bridge reports that my 5.9GB file is now a 1.6GB file - 4.3GB smaller!!
5. Bridge displays the updated metadata, no visible indication anything is wrong.
6. Now the file will not open in Photoshop - the read starts, but errors out with "unexpected end of file".
7. I restore the 5.9GB file and can open it in Photoshop without problems.
Update:
This problem is not specific to the "Replace Metadata" function in the Bridge menu. I get a similar result by updating the metadata for this file in the Metadata Panel; the resulting file is truncated, but appears to be a different size this time, and it will not open in Photoshop - same error message as before.
This is a 34-image 36856px X 7464px panorama

Thanks for your suggestion, appreciate your effort to help. The link you provided seems to focus on transfer rates and performance; it does take a while to write or read this file, but I expect that. I'm not using RAID of any flavour. I do not expect file corruption, which is what I believe is happening (and PS is reporting).
I have a number of large panoramas; this is the largest. I believe the largest of the others is a bit over 3GB; I have no difficulty updating the metadata in the other panoramas through the metadata panel or with "Replace Metadata". All of these files live on the same drive (therefore connected to the same firewire port). They are backed up to a USB drive with Time Machine, and I've recovered the 5.9GB file from the Time Machine drive a number of times. I can always read the recovered file with PS, and the size after recovery is always exactly the same. When I realized that the size of my 5.9GB file changed during/because of the metadata update, I reverted to an earlier stage in the post-processing, got a 3.8GB .PSB and put a copy on DVD; the DVD copy is good, and I can easily and quickly reconstruct the 5.9GB file by applying the same actions used the first time (the 5.9GB file has three layers that are not in the 3.8GB .PSB). I have not tried to change metadata in the 3.8GB PSB, and can't try that for the next few weeks as I'll be travelling. The only thing I'm certain of is that updating the metadata in the 5.9GB .PSB reduces the size to 1.6GB (put text in Headline field through Metadata panel) or 1.4GB ("Replace Metadata" in Bridge Tools menu), depending on how the update is done.
So, the 5.9GB file has survived several complete transfers (PS=>Disk, Disk=>Time Machine, multiple Time Machine=>Disk, PS=>Disk to 3.8GB after deleting layers, and Disk(3.8GB)=>DVD) with no signs of corruption.
It's very hard to accept the idea that there's some kind of hardware problem that afflicts just one file. The 5.9GB file is output from PS CS4, and I can read it back into PS with no problem.
I'll watch this forum for a few days to see if there are more answers until I have to travel. If not, I'll figure it out another way and report a bug in CS6 if that appears to be appropriate.

No metadata in Bridge CS4

Hi all
I am having the problem that the metadata that should be in my photographs are not being showed in Bridge CS4, it just says:
f/ -- ISO -- and so on..
When I open the same picture in PS CS4 it just works perfectly and there it does show the EXIF data..
( I am using RAW (cr2) files from the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV )
Can anyone help me with getting my EXIF data showed in Bridge?
Kind regards,
Dennis Rademaker
www.RademakerFotografie.nl

Thank you for your reply,
This is not the problem, it does show the metadata panel with ISO and f/ etc, but the values are all " -- ".
Looks like my 1D IV is not supported yet...
Also I have other question, my thumbnails are real small and have black bars in the top & bottom, cant get it back to large thumbnails.
What shoud I do?
Kind regards,
Dennis Rademaker

Exporting Metadata from bridge to excel or other like program.

Is there a way to export just the metadata, using Bridge, associated with an image file into excel, access, or some other like program?
I would like to perform some kind of batch processing, so as to make the process quick. But I would be open to any other work around scenario.
I am working with Windows XP Professional and Adobe CS2.
Any help would be appreciated!

I've followed the instructions and I am having problems getting data to the folder I set up on my desktop.
I have tried selecting several images and then just one image to export the slected metadata to said folder. By right clicking the images and chosing the script you sent me and then followed your instructions for when your CSV Data Collector Window pops up.
For the Please Slect Folder option i browsed to the folder where I want the info to go to.
~/Desktop/Kens Files/KensTest
For the Please Enter CSV Filename, I copied the title of the image name "2005-agropyron002.jpg"
Then I chose the type of data that I want to import such as:
FileName
DocWidth
DocHigth...
I then go to that folder and there is no info. there.
Please, if you can, give me more detailed instruction.
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Bill

Problems exporting metadata (using bridge).

Hello.
I'm trying to export metadata from OWB to Discoverer. I've a multidimensional model and now I want to explore it using Discoverer.
When I export metadata, OWB creates a file like:
BEGIN End User Layer Export
EUL_Version 3.1.92.0.7
EUL_Unique_Id 20030315095138
EUL_Characterset_WE8MSWIN1252
Define Object
Type BUSINESS AREA
Name AREA CASO 1
mName AREA CASO 1
mDescription Área de negocios del caso de estudio del almacén de comestibles.
mId
EndDefine Object
Define Object
This file can't read by Discoverer because not is a XML file. How can I export the .eex using XMI especification?
Thanks.

Juan Antonio,
What version of Warehouse Builder are you using?
It seems you have selected the Discoverer 3 bridge which may not generate an XML file (I am not sure about the Discoverer 3 format).
Anyway, you have to define a business area in OWB (or collection if you use OWB904) that contains the object definitions you want to export when you run the bridge.
Mar.

Export metadata in Bridge

Is there a way to export the metadata for each image in Bridge?Currently the export option only includes the file name and extension.

Yes the metadata can be extracted, see...
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/966789?tstart=0

Problems writing metadata in Bridge CS4

Anyone seeing this? When I add metadata to my RAW images in Bridge, I frequently get an "Error writing metadata" message. If I have selected a folder full of images, say 700 images, I get 700 error messages. The only option is to force quit.
The problem seems to happen reliably if thumbnails or preview images are still being created, though I've had it happen with a stable folder.
Another consequence of the force quit under these circumstances is that I lose all my image adjustments on my raw files. It seems the sidecar .xml files get corrupted.
I'm on Mac 10.4.11, and the problem happens on both the desktop and the laptop.

That explains why the problem is worse on the laptop. Here's what I have in the deesktop Mac Pro, which is only 15 months old:
ATI Radeon X1900 XT:
Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1900
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x7249
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A52027-140
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.140

Reading Canon 5D EXIF Metadata in Bridge CS4

When I look on the LCD of my Canon 5d, I can see all sorts of data on the settings, mode(Bulb, AV, TV, P, Full Auto), focal length, etc. for each image I take. I would like to know if there is a way in Bridge to see what Camera Mode the camera was in for each image, i.e. Bulb, P, Full Auto, TV, AV. I've noticed that I see "Auto" and "Aperture Priority", but I see nothing that says I used Bulb, though I know I used that mode on some images. I see nothing for P either. If I cannot do this in Bridge(preferable), can I do it in Canon's Software? I don't think I even bothered installing the software that came with the camera. Can I do this in Lightroom?
thanks

Had a discussion with someone over a year ago on this subject. He wanted to add camera info that was not in Bridge. Believe there is a way to do that, but can not remember final outcome.
Might be more productive if you start another thread with title something like - can I add camera exif data bridge does not read? Before you do this, do some searches here and on the web.
There was one Bridge hit that showed how to add cost of picture, but that was to IPTC. Guy wrote a paper on it and would e-mail it if interested.
Many hits on google also that you might want to sort though. Did not quickly see exactly what you were looking for.

Problem with Bridge CS4 reading/editing XMP metadata added in Bridge CS6

Please excuse me if this is a dumb/obvious question. I did try searching the forums for similar problems and didn't find anything that seemed to speak to my issue.
I'm having a problem where Bridge CS4 won't read/edit xmp metadata (specifically, keywords and descriptions in the IPTC panel) that I have entered using CS6. it will read some files, not others. The files are all .mp4s. Of these files, I can read/edit IPTC panel metadata for some of them in Bridge CS4; I can add metadata for all of them in CS6. I see no particular pattern in these files to explain what is and isn't read/editable in CS4.
My question is whether this is a compatibility issue between different versions of CS (in this instance, CS4 and CS6). i know it's a tired refrain to blame software when it could easily be user error, in which case I'd be frankly delighted to know what i'm doing wrong. Please bear with me as I give a few more details.
I'm using macs. I've tried this on multiple systems - for instance, on a mac pro 3 which for some reason has both CS4 and CS6 installed, i can add and edit keywords using CS6, but not when using CS4. Again, in CS4, some .mp4 files read/edit, others do not.
Bridge CS4 blames the files and tells me that the selected file cannot store xmp metadata, and that the properties cannot be modified. To be specific, in the metadata panel it says "this property cannot be modified"; in the keyword panel, it says, "This file (zzz.mp4) cannot store xmp metadata. No changes will occur." This seems odd, because I'm able to add xmp metadata for the same files in CS6 on the same computer, and other computers. I know this problem would disappear if all our computers were using CS6 (or CC), but unfortunately that's not a possibility at the moment. Some of them only have CS4.
Computer details (not an exhaustive list, but two instances): mac pro 3.1 running snow leopard, 16GB memory; macbook pro 4.1 running snow leopard, 4GB memory; adobe bridge cs6 (5.0.0.399) and cs4 (3.0.0.464).
Things I have tried:
Permissions - the files are set to read/write for everyone. Given that I can add/edit metadata in CS6, it doesn't seem to be a permission issue.
Purging the cache - other users seem to have had problems adding metadata in Bridge CS4 where purging the cache for affected files solved the problem. Didn't work in this instance.
Upgrading all affected computers to CS6/CC is beyond my control. I need to figure out why CS4 won't let me read/add/edit xmp metadata, if only for the sake of understanding the broader implications for interoperability.
Any helpful suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin

adobe bridge cs6 (5.0.0.399) and cs4 (3.0.0.464).
Without having experience with mp4 files and metadata my observation is that you certainly have not updated Bridge CS6 ( should be 5.0.2.4) and I believe also not the latest version of CS4, can't imaging this also stayed at .0.0 so first try to update both.
And if CS4 can read the data of some files it should be capable of reading them all. Be sure to have the files completely cached first, can take a while.
Other things to try in CS4 is refresh preferences (hold down option key while restarting Bridge and choose reset prefs).
And also check for hidden cache files using menu view/show hidden files. Sometimes those cache files can be troublesome between versions.
If purge cache did not work and reset prefs also failed consider to also delete Bridge plist file and Bridge cache file manual (from user library)

How can I export metadata to a csv file in CS4?

Help please, I used Workflow Automation Scripts on CS3 but it doesn't seem to work on CS4.

OK,
after combing through these posts and trying various 'solutions' I have found that the Barred Rock export metadata script is the only one I have been able to get to work in CS4, kinda. It is a superior script to the original workflow automation script that edo75 refers to, as it does not seem to have the comma issue encountered by jesse and others, where if there are any commas in your metadata it creates a new column and your excel file becomes nonsensical and disorganized. There is a way to avoid this by the way, simply by opening a new file in excel and importing the csv file as text, you then tell excel to read the data the right way by selecting various delimiter combinations. It is not a perfect solution but I have found that by doing this it places most of my metadata in the proper columns, and I end up doing a minimal amount of editing. The barred rock version, which I assume is a modified version of the original script available from adobe as the interface is exactly the same, does not seem to have this issue with commas at all, I am unsure why. If B. Stucky is still reading these posts he may be able to answer, as I think he wrote this script?
Anyhow I was able to get the script to load in CS4 and then I had to tweek the script to recognize my custom metadata schema, which I was able to do. Now however there is an issue with it recognizing the actual metadata in the image files. I suspect it is a mynamespace issue, that is, I do not have the right path for it to locate the actual metadata for export.
here is where I suspect the problem lay, where this "http://NPSAlaskaImageStandard" is incorrect.
new MdNs.MetadataNamespace( "NPS Alaska Image Standard", "http://NPSAlaskaImageStandard", "NPSAlaskaImageStandard" );
I am a total novice with this stuff so this may not be it at all, however this is my best guess, anyone know the answer?

Import Bridge CS4 metadata into LR3?

Is it possible to import metadata into LR3 that I've created in Bridge CS4?
Another thread here said it's possible, but there was no explanation on how to proceed.

Yes it is possible.
The "metadata shuttle" between Bridge and Lr is the XMP-file.
( As an aside: Strictly speaking LR writes metadata to xmp-file (side-car file) only in the case of Raw images, whereas in the case of JPGs, TIFFs, PSDs the metadata is written into the header of the file. I suspect that this is the same in Bridge. But in >Catalog Settings >Metadata tab the term "XMP" is used indiscriminately.)
To import the metadata that was created in Bridge in Lr, do a <Read metadata from file> via >Metadata >Read Metadata from file (in the Library Module), or >Photo >Read metadata from file (in the Develop Module).
Please be aware that by < read metadata from file> the complete set of metadata will be imported, including any develop steps you might have done in Bridge, and this will overwrite all metadata already done in Lr (including develop edits which are also metadata). I believe this will even be so in case you have done no develop steps in Bridge, i.e. any develop steps done in Lr will be overwritten with "0". <Read metadata from file> cannot be undone, and there will be a warning to that effect. A selective reading of metadata (for instance keywords only) is not possible.
So you have to import the metadata from Bridge as a first step right after importing the photo in Lr, and before you do anything in Lr.
The "metadata shuttle" works also from Lr to Bridge if you <Write metadata to file>.
Color labels will be imported correctly only if the textual descriptions for the individual labels are identical in Bridge and in Lr.

Custom XMP panels don't show in Bridge CS4's Metadata palette

I've got a CS4 custom XMP panel working (using the "Generic" panel in the SDK) but I can't get it to display in the metadata palette of Bridge CS4 (the thing normally bottom right in the default Bridge "essentials" view).
In the old CS3 format, you could do this by adding an "fbname" attribute to fields of the custom panel. How do we now do this in the new SDK?
The Bridge metadata palette is mentioned on page 25 of the SDK programmer's guide, but the example given is merely of Dublin Core keywords (i.e. dc:subject) so shows in the Bridge metadata palette by default already.

Following on from this question, is it possible to build up a Metadata panel group of fields drawn from different namespaces? (by group I mean something like the IPTC Core label and arrow which expands into the IPTC fields).
One would have a heading such as "My data", which when expanded shows x fields from one namespace #1 and y fields from namespace #2. I've tried to do this by leaving the namespace blank and hardcoding it and the prefix into the properties' name argument - eg http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/photoshop:Urgency
Hope this isn't a hijack!
John

Metadate entry problem Bridge CS4

I trying to enter metadata to our pictures in Bridge CS4, but I am getting an error messagge instead... does anyone know why?

Best to check that. I have seen too many posts where user finds out network administrator changed permission levels with no notifications. May not be the issue, but one that makes the most sense.
Another option for "it worked yesterday but not now and I have changed nothing" is to reset preferences. Hold down the Ctrl key (win) or option key (mac) and start Bridge. You will get a reset window with 3 options.

How to export keywords, CS3 to CS4

I have CS3 on my old computer, under Win XP, and CS4 on my new, under Windows 7 RC. I have about 20,000 photos, all with Bridge keywords, applied in CS3.
The photos are on an external HD. (They're also backed up in at least 3 places.) In my old computer the photos taken in the past 5 years have keywords in Bridge. In my new computer the same photos, on the same drive, have no keywords, though earlier ones do.
I have done all the things I'm supposed to do: trashed my Bridge prefs, deleted the entire cache, rebuilt it by reindexing, exported the keywords from the old computer to the new, exported the cache to individual folders as well as a centralized cache. Nothing works. I'm faced with a long, hard job of re-applying keywords to 10,000 or so files.
Is there anything I can do?
Can anyone tell me why half my photographs have retained their keywords and the other half lost them? I thought keywords were embedded in the metadata, and that the metadata survived transportation from one system to another, and over the web, and so forth. It's dismayingto learn that I spent so much time working out a system for keywords, and applying them, only to find that I've got to do it all again.
I don't think it's anything to do with Windows 7 RC, which seems stable and well-behaved.
Mary

Curt
>Just to be clear CS4 you see some, but not all keywords, or in CS4 you see no keywords?<
I've made more sense of the problem. It's to do with Olympus Raw files - .orf. I've been shooting in Olympus camera raw since 2004.
My workflow is: import the raw files into Bridge via a card reader; rename them in Bridge as [filename].ORF, apply keywords, edit them in Adobe Camera Raw, save them as [filename].PSD (or sometimes .TIF or .JPG), move the PSDs to a working folder, edit them in Photoshop, and finally move them to a 'Finals' folder.
In Bridge CS3, in my old computer, I can see all keywords for ORF files. I can also see all keywords for the working and final PSDs, TIFs and JPGs.
In Bridge CS4, in my new computer, I cannot see any keywords for ORF files, or for the working and final PSDs, etc.
I can only see keywords for files which started life as TIFs - photos scanned with my negative scanner or flatbed scanner.
This is also true in both Bridge CS3 and Bridge CS4 in my new laptop, which is running XP Pro. I could see the keywords in my old laptop, but not in my new one.
>If you right click on file info in Bridge do you have the keyword listed in keyword box? Do the same with Windows Explorer and see if keyword is listed in Properties/details.<
'Keyword' isn't listed in Windows Explorer, though everything else under the sun is.
The keywords are listed if I right click in Bridge CS3 on a file in my old computer. And if I click on Advanced, and expand the categories, e.g. XMP or Dublin Core Props, I get a heading 'xap:Keywords (bag container)', and a list of all the keywords attached to the file.
But the same file in CS3 in the laptop, or CS4 in laptop or new computer, has no keywords in Advanced.
I've had a quick look on the web for topics connected with Olympus camera raw/orf/losing keywords, but so far haven't found anything.
Mary

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