Importing keywords - missing in Metadata

I want to import a plug-in list of Keywords into Ligtroom 4. However - as described in Lightroom Help - in Library under Metadata, I do not see the option for "Importing Keywords." I do see Keywording and Keywrod List, but there does not appear to be anywhere here to add an entire list with heirarchy levels. What am I missing?

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Script to Export and Import Keywords and Metadata

I have a requirement to mass upload and download keywords and various metadata fields (i.e. File Name, Date Created, City, Country, Document, Title, etc.) into an external database from the Adobe Bridge. Ideally it would be compatible to .txt, .csv, etc type of database format. Currently I have to accomplish this task one at a time. I have an immediate need to upload 1000 plus pictures and various text fields into my website to share with others and be able to sell my pictures online.
My immediate is for exporting the metadata and keywords.
Does anyone know of a script that is aavailable?
Arnold

John,
Thanks for your quick response. Below is the script I just modified this morning. When looking in the keyword field, it returns the word "undefined" for all records.
I tried that yesterday and it didn't work. When looking at the Advance file info on Adobe Bridge I see the below format which had 2 levels. All the others I used only had one. Since I am not a programmer, I need help on that part of the script.
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EXIF Properties (exif,http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/)
- exif:Flash
- exif:Fired: True
====================================
Any luck on determining how to obtain file size.
Again thank you so much for supporting me on my project,
Arnold
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#target bridge
if (BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge")
// Let's create our menu
var menu = MenuElement.create( "command", "Export CSV File", "at the end of Tools");
menu.onSelect = function(m) {
try
// Let's ask what the name of the output file
var f = File.saveDialog("Export file list to:", "Comma delimited file:*.CSV");
// Write the column headings
f.open("w");
f.writeln("Seq Number,New File Name,New File Name Path,Original File Name,Org Dt & Tm,ISO,Exposure Time,F Stop,EV,Exposure Program,Meter Mode,Focal Length,Flash,Lens,Author, Author's Position,City,Country,Description,Title,Orientation,Width,Height,Rating,Label");
// Let's get a list of all the visible thumbnails
var items = app.document.visibleThumbnails;
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) { var item = items[i]; f.writeln(i + 1, ",\"", item.name, "\",\"", item.path.replace(/\"/g, "\"\""), "\",\"", ListMetadata(item), "\",\"", "\"" ); } f.close(); } catch(e) { } } menu.onDisplay = function(m) { m.enabled = app.document.contentPaneMode == "filesystem" && app.document.visibleThumbnails.length > 0;
function ListMetadata(tn)
md = tn.metadata;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";
varAuthor = md.Author + "\",\"" + md.AuthorsPosition + "\",\"" + md.City + "\",\"" + md.Country + "\",\"";
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/aux/";
varLens = md.Lens + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
vartitle = md.title + "\",\"" + md.description + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/"
VarPreservedFileName = md.PreservedFileName + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/"
VarDateTimeOriginal = md.DateTimeOriginal + "\",\"" + md.ISOSpeedRatings + "\",\"" + md.ExposureTime + "\",\"" + md.FNumber + "\",\"" + md.ExposureBiasValue + "\",\"" + md.ExposureProgram + "\",\"" + md.MeteringMode + "\",\"" + md.FocalLengthIn35mmFilm + "\",\"" + md.Flash + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/tiff/1.0/"
varOrientation = md.Orientation + "\",\"" + md.ImageWidth + "\",\"" + md.ImageLength + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/"
varRating = md.Rating + "\",\"" + md.Label ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";
varKeywords = ListKeywords(md) + "\",\"" ;
function ListKeywords(md)
var varKeywords = "" ;
for (var i = 0; i < md.Keywords.length; ++i) { varKeywords = varKeywords + md.Keywords[i] + ", "; } //strip off final comma and space varKeywords = varKeywords.substring( 0, varKeywords.length-2);
return VarPreservedFileName + VarDateTimeOriginal + varLens + varAuthor + vartitle + varOrientation + varRating + varKeywords;
==============================

How can i NOT include top level keyword in the metadata of an image?

Hello,
I want to know how can i NOT include top level keyword in the metadata of an image. I know there is an option for not applying a keyword to an exported image, but is there an option for not applying the top level keyword to the actual image?
I have organized my geographical (by location) keywords like this:
Places
USA
New York
Miami
Spain.
If i add geographical keywords to all my images, all my images will have the keyword "Places", i dont think that it have any sence to have all your images with one keyword. How can i fix this? Any sugestion? i will appreciate it a lot any help or information that you could give me.
Excuse my english, i know it is not good. I hope that you could understand me.
Thanks,
Marcelo :)

Explicitly excluding a keyword only applies when "exporting". Unfortunately, there's currently no way to stop the keyword being written to the file when "Save Metadata to File" command is used. The natural reaction of users to this difference is to suggest that it is stupid. Nevertheless, there are good reasons why the difference exists:
1. "Export" creates a new file whereas "Save Metadata to File" writes the metadata back into the existing file.
2. There are very good reasons why certain keywords should not be written to file, and the example given in the OP is one. Saving metadata to file is more often used as means of backing up important image related metadata, independently of the catalog or allowing the metadata to be visible in other aplications. It would be rare that such a file would be shared with a third party, so the reason for not including certain keywords is less obvious. Actually, not including it can result in no end of confusion and grief. For example, if the top level (or any keyword) was excluded during the save metadata process then the other keywords would be orphaned when image is imported back into the catalog (e.g. buiding a new catalog).
The development team are aware of the need, in some circumstances, to exclude certain keywords when save metadata command is used. How and when the issue is resolved, without adding even more confusion/complexity, is some way off.

PSE 13 "Import Keyword Tags From File" Fails

Whenever I try to do the above command, it fails. As shown in the attached figure it gets to 9%. Does anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this error?
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is there a way to import tags from PSE 12
The PSE 12 Organizer and LR 5 use different file formats for exporting and importing keyword hierarchies. PSE uses XML format, while LR 5 uses a tab-separated format. If you're a programmer or technically minded, you could convert from one to the other using your favorite scripting language.
But the approach suggested by dj_paige can be modified to accomplish what you want without scripting, by copying the keyword hierarchy from the "upgraded" LR catalog that was created from your PSE catalog to your "good" LR catalog:
1. Make a manual backup of your "good" LR catalog: Lightroom Help | Back up a catalog.
2. In LR, open the catalog that you created previously by upgrading (converting) the PSE catalog -- you can usually get to that catalog by doing File > Open Recent.
3. Go to grid view in the Library by doing Window > Library followed by View > Grid (usually you're already in Library grid view, but just in case...)
4. Make sure the Keyword List panel is showing on the right by doing Window > Panels > Keyword List.
5. You should see the keyword hierarchy from your PSE catalog. If you don't, stop and post a screen shot of the entire LR screen.
6. Do Metadata > Export Keywords to export those keywords as a LR-format text file.
7. Open your "good" LR catalog by doing File > Open Recent.
8. Do Metadata > Import Keywords and select the file you exported in step 6.
9. All the keywords that were exported in step 6 will be added to the current catalog, and there will be duplicate keywords if there were already keywords of the same name in the catalog. Those new keywords will not be attached to any existing photos in the current catalog.

How do i import keyword tags from PSE12?

I have just downloaded PS and LR5 from Adobe CC. I was using Photoshop Elements 12. How can I import my keyword tags from the PSE Organizer. I saved them as .txt files but they will not import because they contain "special characters." What do I do? Please do not tell me I have to start over... ~

is there a way to import tags from PSE 12
The PSE 12 Organizer and LR 5 use different file formats for exporting and importing keyword hierarchies. PSE uses XML format, while LR 5 uses a tab-separated format. If you're a programmer or technically minded, you could convert from one to the other using your favorite scripting language.
But the approach suggested by dj_paige can be modified to accomplish what you want without scripting, by copying the keyword hierarchy from the "upgraded" LR catalog that was created from your PSE catalog to your "good" LR catalog:
1. Make a manual backup of your "good" LR catalog: Lightroom Help | Back up a catalog.
2. In LR, open the catalog that you created previously by upgrading (converting) the PSE catalog -- you can usually get to that catalog by doing File > Open Recent.
3. Go to grid view in the Library by doing Window > Library followed by View > Grid (usually you're already in Library grid view, but just in case...)
4. Make sure the Keyword List panel is showing on the right by doing Window > Panels > Keyword List.
5. You should see the keyword hierarchy from your PSE catalog. If you don't, stop and post a screen shot of the entire LR screen.
6. Do Metadata > Export Keywords to export those keywords as a LR-format text file.
7. Open your "good" LR catalog by doing File > Open Recent.
8. Do Metadata > Import Keywords and select the file you exported in step 6.
9. All the keywords that were exported in step 6 will be added to the current catalog, and there will be duplicate keywords if there were already keywords of the same name in the catalog. Those new keywords will not be attached to any existing photos in the current catalog.

Appending Keywords and other metadata to the masterfile

I can't find an answer to the question:
How do I append Keywords and other metadata I added in Aperture to the masterfile without exporting?
I need that to import all that metadata of the masterfiles in a Portfolio database.

I guess you will need a new copy of the RAW to import into Portfoilio. That's really the only way to get Aperture to make the XMP file that contains the keywords. There is a program called Annoture which can convert Aperture metadata into metadata for the program iView Media Pro. No one has made a program to get metadata directly into Portfolio. Aperture wpn't "embed" the keywords in a RAW file because it will not alter the original. Maybe someday Aperture will create DNG files.

Importing Keywords from Excel into Lightroom (XMP)

My current photo log is in Excel. I'm thinking of moving to Lightroom. Does anyone know if there would be a programmatic way to import keywords from an Excel file, and avoid having to manually apply keywords to each imported image? The data in my Excel file provides a perfect (nearly perfect?) correspondence between keyword and image file name. I know next to nothing about XMP, but I could get some help if I knew this was possible. Thanks!

Garry, try this: Take one image in LR, apply some metadata and use "Metadata > XMP > Export XMP Metadata to File". Examine this xmp file to see what it has to look like.
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LR2 and importing keywords from CS3 Bridge

I've just started a 30 day LR trial and need some guidance, please, on successfully importing keywords from CS3 Bridge so that the complete heirarchy survives intact.
I've just imported the keywords to LR2 and found the heirarchy is mostly destroyed.
Also, Bridge allows you put a keyword inside "[ ]" (square brackets) if you want/need that word in the heirarchy but do not want it to be copied to the metadata. After importing to LR2, all the square brackets have gone.
I've imported some photos into LR2 but, when I look at their keywords, all the words which were within square brackets (and so not visible in the metadata in Bridge) are now visible in the metadata in LR2.
Anyone found a solution to this, please? I really don't want to have to re-keyword everything if there's another way.
Thanks, John Walmsley

Ginger
I ran a test for you. Started up my old computer that has windows XP OS. Took a photo and added a keyword by right clicking as your previous post outlined. I then looked at photo in Bridge CS3 on old machine. There was no keyword. Copied to flash drive and looked at photo on Vista computer with Bridge CS3. Still no keyword. Ran a search on Vista advanced for keyword on flash drive, and it gave a hit.
So my conclusion is that the keyword is there, but Bridge does not read the XP generated keyword. It will read a keyword generated by same method in Vista. Don't know what else to suggest. Don't have CS4 so do not know it that works or not.
Perhaps with these clues someone else can figure it out.
Good luck

Import keywords

I'd like to be able to import keywords and keyword sets.
If I'm right, keywords and keyword sets are held in Adobe Bridge Keywords.abdata. Not sure what the file format is, but it's not XML, which slightly surprises me, and it doesn't look like one that's meant to be hacked.
The feature would allow users to source keywords from controlled vocabularies or from lists output from asset managers like Portfolio and iView. Ideally one would like to be able to roundtrip - adding metadata to DNG's in the DAM or in Bridge.
John

Ah, I know exactly what you mean, LinusF but that's making Bridge into a rather different beast! I certainly hoped Adobe would launch a cataloguing program with Photoshop CS2 rather than a browser/raw interface like Bridge. As it is, iView can write metadata to the DNG files and this lets Bridge users integrate their workflow more than Portfolio users (like me). It's interesting what you say about PSE/Album.
But I do think you make a good point. Adobe designers, brilliant and highly-paid as they are, can't possibly anticipate every way in which Bridge will fit into people's workflow. So there needs to be plenty of possibilities to integrate with other software - hence this import request and another I made for VB scripting.
The focus needs to be on users wanting to integrate with non Adobe stuff (too). Maybe I'm wrong but the omission of VB scripting from Bridge 1.0 makes me think Adobe don't expect people to integrate with non Adobe products. Well, in my case at least Photoshop is the only paid-for Adobe product I need (until the Macromedia acquisition goes through).
Getting that off my chest, I don't want this to appear like an anti Adobe rant. For me Bridge does what it says it will do, and does so quickly on my system, while other improvements in Photoshop CS2 are already saving me time and letting me do new things. I also get the idea that this XML keyword feature request is kicking at a wide-open door and I look forward to a pretty-slick implementation!
John

Import Keywords From LR3 to LR4.

I have just upgraded from LR3 to LR4. My LR3 keywords are not showing up in LR4. Found Import Keywords dialog but cannot find the folder/file with the LR3 keywords in it. Is there a folder/file name I can search for to locate LR3 keywords?
Thanks.

Importing files is not how this is done.
You want to open PSE4, then select File->Open and point to your LR3 catalog. This will upgrade the PSE3 catalog to PSE4, and all your photos will have all their keywords and other metadata.

LR2 Question syncing keywords and/or Metadata.

I am shooting RAW and import the files into my catalog as DNG.
After adding keywords and changing metadata to all the DNG files I would like to apply those changes back to my original RAW files.
Can I do that easily? Maybe adding XMP files to the same directories as the original RAW files?
Once I have the RAW files tagged with the same keywords and metadata I plan to archive them and delete from my disk.
Thank you,

For your first question - You can select the folder containing the files then use the Save Metadata command from Folder panel context menu (see attached screen shot). Alternatively, you can select the actual files then use Save Metadata to file command (Ctrl/Cmd+S). This latter method is much slower.
For you second question - not using your current workflow. That said, if you changed your workflow slightly it's possible. To do it you ned to import your raw files without converting to DNG. Next, you apply keywords, metadata, etc. then use method described above for saving back to file (this creates the XMP sidecars). Now select all of the images in Grid view and convert the raw files to DNG (Convert to DNG from Library menu).
The final step would be to archive the raws plus XMP sidecars, this will need to be done outside of Lightroom.

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Importing Keywords from other DAM Software (Cumulus)

Hi,
A client is currently switching from analog to digital photography. She is a professional garden photographer. The switch to digital photography comes along with establishing a raw processing workflow and therefore she is impressed with Lightroom's integration of DAM and raw processing.
Before she was filing her large portfolio of color slides, inside a Cumulus image database, using small scans of her slides for orientation in the database and creating contact sheets for her clients. In the Cumulus database she has established a large hierachical keyword vocabulary, containing flower and plant species, their genus, family, order, class, phylum etc., you probably know what I mean. Some of the keywords have associated synonyms.
The new Lightroom catalog will only contain the new digital images, so that the old images from the Cumulus database will not be migrated into the new Lightroom catalog. Of course the client wants to import the Cumulus keyword hierarchy into the Lightroom catlog.
I have the following questions now:
1.) Is there a *practical* (I do not mean technical) limit to the amount of keywords Lightroom can handle (speed)?
2.) How can we import a keyword vocabulary from an external program into Lightroom? Is there any base format, such as CSV, which we could use? The Cumulus version the client uses does not support XMP, and since XMP only relates to a particular image, that would not help anyway. Where is the keyword vocabulary stored? Has somebody experience with such a migration issue?
3.) I have notice that Lightroom supports synonyms to keywords. However, I have not found any way to use them. My impression was that they were not regarded in keyword or text-based searches. Maybe I overlooked something.
So, I hope anybody has some ideas.
Kind regards
Thomas Gülden
Hof, Germany

Hi
I try to give you few brief answers.
1) I have almost 1000 keywords (including synonyms) and I don't have problems. But at least some previous versions of Lightroom were unusable with controlled vocabularity keyword set which contains something like 11000 keywords. I haven't recently heard any comments about large quantity of keywords. So someone with more experience should comment on that.
2) You can import keyword hierarchy to Lightroom from text file. File should have keywords in tab intented hierarchy, with one keyword in line. If I recollect correctly the file should be in UTF-8 character set (this is important if you have some non ascii characters in keywords). Synonyms are marked with {} and keywords that are not exported with [].
3) Synonyms are written as keywords when images are exported. As far as I know current search tool does not support synonyms (yes, this is weird).
Hope this helps at least a bit.
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Finland

Import keywords delimiter question

In gallery mode I specify multiple keyword by clicking buttons and check boxes --no problem there. But what is the trick to manually typing in multiple import keywords without the program concatenating them into a new unwanted keyword? Is it some sort of delimiter character?

Pipe "|" or ">" .
"|" would be in you want to enter GrandParent | Parent | Child
">" would be in you want to enter Child > Parent > GrandParent
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