Keyword Manager

I have uninstalled Keyword Manager.
How can I get rid of:
Beta expired
This beta of Keyword Manager has expired. Please visit www.bullstorm.se for an updated version.
It come up every time I open iPhoto.
I have already emailed Bullstorm but have not gotten response.

There is a fix, and it was posted on Bullstorm's site on Saturday. Simply download the newest version of SIMBL (which is how KM works). You will need to completely remove the old SIMBL, then install the new one. Then run the latest installer of KM. I had to restart iPhoto twice then it popped up about my registration details. After entering them, the Keywords menu item popped up.
If you did an upgrade, or have your Tiger backup still, your saved keywords are stored in ~/Library/Preferences & ~/Library/Application Support/Keyword Manager
I can tell you from experience, once you install the newer SIMBL, then run the KM installer, it works just as well as you are used to. I too was lost without KM.

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Feature request: better keyword management tool

I'm re-organizing my keywords and I think that LR needs some work in keyword management and DAM features.
I miss something like separate keyword management tool which would have two keyword lists, which would work a bit like spatial file management in Os X finder.
Easily manage keyword hierarchy. For example: browse list and and be able to easily select keywords (now it's OK) and drag and drop them to under a new keyword (almost ok, but sometimes cumbersome, if one wants to move keyword which is/are at the bottom of the long keyword list to keyword which is at the top of the list).

KKuja wrote:
...if one wants to move keyword which is/are at the bottom of the long keyword list to keyword which is at the top of the list.
Dang near impossible once you have a lot of keywords. A work-around for me has been to filter keywords first to reduce the number of keywords in the list, then do the drag 'n drop. At a minimum, a change to scroll the list when you're searching for a drop target at a variable rate that depends on mouse position, or even something simple like slowing it down when the alt key is pressed.
+1 vote - better keyword management.
Something else that may help you in the mean time: KeywordConsolidator.
Rob

No More Keyword Manager

Looks like Bullstorm has stopped work on the iPhoto plugin Keyword Manager.
Does anyone know of a similar plugin for iPhoto?
I think Apple should grab the App from Bullstorm and develop it as a feature in iPhoto.

I tagged some essential photos on my iPhoto 8.1.2 on my old MB and exported them to a folder,
How did you export them? To get the tags you would need to use
File -> Export
In the resulting dialogue select Kind: Jpeg or Tiff
Then check the box at 'Titles and Keywords'
Regards
TD

Keyword management in iPhoto

Hi all,
I've been using iPhoto for years now and have been using the (now defunct) Keyword Manager to create hierarchical keywords for my photos. For example, something like:
Friends
Smith Family
John Smith
Jane Smith
Jones FamilyPete Jones
Family
In-Laws
Sally White
Mike Green
Siblings
Phil Black
Penny Black
WorkWendy Ng
The problem I have is that due to the Keyword Manager dependency, I am stuck on iPhoto '09 which means I am also stuck on OS X 10.7.x. I am sure that at some stage, I will either buy a new mac or upgrade the OS, so I am starting to look at options for a replacement photo manager (note that I am purely looking for a photo manager/catalog... not image editing!)
While I really like iPhoto, I am prepared to move away from it and I've no problems paying $100 or even more if it does the right job, but it must do the following:
Support hierarchical keywords like the above
Organise the folder hierarchy for me. I don't want to have to be fooling around with folders and files.
Catalog and manage both photos and video
Being able to import the following from my existing iPhoto library:   a) photos, b) album hierarchy, and c) keyword hierarchy from Keyword Manager. I am a Mac/iOS developer, so I can certainly write scripts/plugins if required to facilitate this. This is very important as I have about 50,000 photos that I have arranged in approx 200 albums with about 200 keywords, so I don't want to have to rekey all that again
I don't need:
Image editing. I am more than happy to use Acorn or Photoshop for that (I just need a way to launch into the image editor from the app)
RAW image support. I'm just cataloging the family happy snaps.
Some initial investigation suggests that Pixa, Lyn or Aperture are likely candidates. I'd appreciate any advice/guidance on whether those apps are useful and/or suit my requirements (and alternatively, if there are other photo management apps that I have missed). Thanks a lot.
Craig

Aperture supports the hierarchy, but in a slighty unusual way. In your case above, if you tag an image Pete Jones then searching on Jones Family or Friends will alos find it, but the keywords are not actually visible on the photo.
So, in my Aperture Library I have
Europe
     France
     Paris
I tag a new photo with Paris and I can find it in a Europe, France or Paris search.
If you first upgrade to iPhoto 11 then purchase Aperture, then it will simply open the iPhoto Library - so migrating is a cinch.
And you can set Acorn or whatever as an external, though unless you're doing compositing you probably won't need them most of the time.
You can view the Aperture manual here
http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/

Keyword Manager in iPhoto

Since the sad demise of Bullstorm's Keyword Manager I have resisted upgrading to iPhoto11.
I have 100s of keywords and without Keyword Manager it's not possible to do a proper keyword search. When ask for a search it produces a windowlet with 4 columns and if you have too many keywords it simply scrolls off the top of the parent window and you can't scroll it back. I've confirmed in the local Apple store this behaviour is still the same in iPhoto11.
Keyword Manager solved this as well as adding loads of other features that should be there as standard anyway .. boolean searches, hierarchical keywords, sensible allocation of keywords to a group of photos etc.
I'm now getting a new iMac and iPhoto11 comes pre-installed. I believe I can de-install iPhoto 11 and install iPhoto9 but at some point it's going to stop working.
Does anyone know of an alternative to Keyword Manager?
Is Aperture any better?
Is there a photo organiser out there that just does organising, I use Photoshop Elements and don't really want to learn a new editor. Oh and Elements Organizer 11 is poor and very restrictive. iPhoto would be great if it improved keyword handling and better support for RAW.
Anyone got any views?
Thanks
Jack

I'm with you on Keyword Manager, and no there is no alternative or replacement.
The keyword handling in Aperture is better - nested keywords and so on. With a 3rd party app like Typinator you can add large numbers of keywords quite quickly, and you can also use drag and drop.
You can check out the Aperture manual here
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Aperture_User_Manual.pdf
Couple of added advantages: It's much more powerful than iPhoto and you can still use Elements in association with it, but you'll probably end up using it less.
There's a simple upgrade path from iPhoto to Aperture. Just open the iPhoto Library with the iPhoto 11 on your machine. This will update the library. Now Aperture can use that selfsame library.
Not sure what you mean by "better support for Raw"? Aperture supports the same cameras but with more fine control - in fact, iirc, there is better fine control on 11 than 9 too.
Not the solution for all ills, mind, and there is a learning curve, but Aperture is a good progression from iPhoto.
Regards
TD

Keyword Manager in iPhoto '08

I purchased Keyword Manager a few weeks ago and installed it on my old Tiger laptop with iPhoto '06. It was working fine.
I just purchased a new MacBook, migrated my data over and now it's not showing up in Leopard and iPhoto '08.
I redownloaded the app and installed it (it said it was already installed so I uninstalled and reinstalled). It says it's reinstalled fine, but I'm still not seeing it in iPhoto '08. No menu or anything.
Does anyone have any ideas? I did post this in the Keyword Manager forums also.

Well, at least I know that Keyword Manager SHOULD work. I just haven't heard any response yet from their forums, but hopefully I will soon.
Since it comes as an installer, where could look to see if it's placing the appropriate files in the appropriate places?
I see a .plist and a backup folder in the Application Support>Keyword Manager folder.

Keyword Manager is not compatible

Keyword Manager is not compatible with iPhoto '11. I accept that old software sometimes won't work with new programs. What I want to do is disable Keyword Manager so that I don't get a message each time iPhoto starts up. How do I remove/disable it?

Thanks for the hint on how to disable the plugin. I too encountered this Keyword Manager issue with every iPhoto updade. Until iPhoto 10, the developers of the Keyord Manager plugin, bullstorm.se, used to deliver fixes within short time. But this time I get the impression that the folks at Bullstorm aren't there any more. The Bullstorm forums are unavailable for quite a while "due to maintanance". And the FAQ remains frozen for weeks indicating:
- Q: Will Keyword Manager work with iPhoto 9 (iLife '11)?
-- We are currently looking into that. We'll let you know.
So I think about removing the KM Plugin, even though I think it's the best and most useful plugin for iPhoto out there. It sould be implemented into the software right from Cupertino.

Problem with Keyword Manager after downgrade

I upgraded iPhoto 8 to 9, didn't like it, and reinstalled 8 from the Time Machine backup.
Now, every time I start iPhoto I get the same error with Keyword Manager that I got with the upgrade.
Before re-installing iPhoto 8 I deleted 9 with AppDelete, getting rid, I thought, of all the prefs, plists, etc. What did I miss?
I tried uninstalling KM and re-installing it but get that error again.

One for the Developers of Keyword Manager, I would have thought.
Regards
TD

Keyword Manager Supported under iPhoto 09?

Can someone confirm whether Keywords are still supported.? Also whether Keyword Manager is still available.
Thx

The keywords are still there. Keyword Manager will not launch in iPhoto '09 but the developer is working on an update. If KM is important to you, I'd just wait awhile before installing iPhoto '09 or at least check the forum on the developer's website, which has current information.

Replacement for keyword manager

Has anyone found a plug in to replace Keyword Manager for iPhoto 9 and 11? I don't want to upgrade to Lion until I have a replacement that will help me search for my library of 60,000 photos.

For GTK based environment I use pamac-aur. Simple packet manager, update manager and update notifier (in fact for update notification I use aarchup with systemd timer scheduling)

Keywording: iPhoto Keyword Manager vs. Aperture

I'm wondering if anyone knows the relative merits of Bullstorm's Keyword Manager for iPhoto versus the keywording facilities available in Aperture (3.0, since it just got released).
I've loved Keyword Manager for its nested hierarcical keywords in iPhoto. I gather that Aperture has the same ability (better? worse?).
I have a large (many tens of thousands of files) community photo archiving and organizing project to set up and was going to use iPhoto plus Keyword Manager for embedding the IPTC metadata fields for keywords plus titles and comments.
But I'm beginning to think we could do with more extensive IPTC fields and support, and so considering Aperture. I'm wondering if the keywording is going to be more difficult without Keyword Manager.
Any thoughts welcome.

but do you know offhand if Aperture will export all the keywords that have been applied hierarchically (with Groups?) for an image as embedded IPTC keyword data, therefore allowing all the keywords applied within Aperture to be readable by other systems and software on export?
Yes you can write the keywords to the IPTC data on export. That's an export setting in Aperture. However, as IPTC doesn't recognise hierarchies, it simply writes as a flat list.
Regards
TD

Keyword management - how do you move keywords up one level?

How do you move keywords up one level in the hierarchy? Sometimes when working quickly, keywords and subgroups of keywords get inadvertently highlighted and moved as a child under another keyword or group. I can't figure out how to move them back out again to the root level.

I can't figure out how to move them back out again to the root level.
You can drag and drop sub keywords to other locations higher or lower in the nested folder but you don't seem able to drag from sub level to root level.
The easiest workaround would be to have a regular Back up of the list (pop menu from icon top right keyword panel: export keywords) and when not having added new words just use clear and import the back up to restore.
If you did edit the list you can choose to export current list and with a simple text editor make the changes for keywords and sub keywords you want, save and then use again clear and import to retrieve the correct list.

How can I copy keyword list to a new library

I'm a keyword fanatic. Keywords are my most favorite feature of the product. It's the reason I use iPhoto in the first place. I recently created a new iPhoto v6 library and can see that the keyword list did not get migrated. Is there a way to do this? Can I export and import the keyword list? Thanks.

gtigan
Keywords are kept in the main database file and when you create a new library, you create a new database.
The only way I can think of to what you want is to select a single pic and give it ALL the keywords, then use iPhoto Library Manager to move that pic from the old library to the new one. iplm is the only way to move pics and metadata between libraries while using v6. (hmm, another reason to upgrade.)
And, as I mentioned in my other post, if you're a "keyword fanatic" then check out Keyword Manager
Regards
TD

Export and Import a Keyword List

Yesterday I exported the keyword list and then acted on the suggestion from LightroomSecrets site to 'organize' while it is in text format. This went very well using a text editor.
The IMPORT doesn't overwrite the existing list. It merges INTO the list.
So now I'm still scrolling up and down collecting the keywords that are stand alone to undo and then put a checkmark beside the subkey in a category. I would have been wiser to have reorganized a few and repeated the export,import <grin>
If keywording is promoted as such an important feature and a main item for management in Lightroom then, it would seem to me that the 'LIST' itself could have been designed in a more efficient manner...Such as : a right click menu...or a browse and choice to move to...
I suppose the architects of this list assumed users would have their keywording planned out ahead of time. Never assume <grin> I've only now (V1 to V3.4.1) got my head around the category concept so much reorganization required. Scroll up and down and zoom past the category wanted....not an exercise I can stay with for long periods of time <LOL!>
Rose

gtigan
Keywords are kept in the main database file and when you create a new library, you create a new database.
The only way I can think of to what you want is to select a single pic and give it ALL the keywords, then use iPhoto Library Manager to move that pic from the old library to the new one. iplm is the only way to move pics and metadata between libraries while using v6. (hmm, another reason to upgrade.)
And, as I mentioned in my other post, if you're a "keyword fanatic" then check out Keyword Manager
Regards
TD

Adding/Deleting keywords for multiple images

Well, I'm finally paying the price for bad keyword management and I'm trying to clean up my nightmare of a system now but running into trouble.
I'm using Lightroom 3.2.
My workflow follows one of two types:
1) I'm shooting something specific (soccer games) and I import the shots and immediately assign the appropriate keywords (soccer, which kid it is, which tournament it is)
2) I've taken shots of multiple events/subjects and I haven't had time to download and organize. I will then import with a 'file later' tag so I can easily search and keyword them later and then re-use the card.
Well 'file later' is now about 3000 images! Doh!
I'm going through and properly assigning them but I'm having a lot of trouble with what I *think* should work in Lightroom.
There are several things here:
First, if I choose the 'File Later' keyword, it will pull up the metadata filters options on the top of the grid view. No matter what I do, I can't make it go away. If I do get it to go away, I wind up viewing ALL my pictures which is not what I want.
Second, if I choose multiple pictures by ctrl-clicking or shift-clicking, It appears I can assign a keyword to multiple shots. I cannot REMOVE a keyword from multiple shots. Lightroom seems to only want to remove the keyword from one picture at a time even if they are all selected.
Third, the painter tool does not work...at all. Enabling it and then selecting and applying or removing does nothing.
So, what am I looking for here?
Organizing for these should be pretty easy since most are in blocks and I can apply the same keywords quickly. However, removing the keywords one at a time is a huge pain.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

First, if I choose the 'File Later' keyword, it will pull up the metadata filters options on the top of the grid view. No matter what I do, I can't make it go away. If I do get it to go away, I wind up viewing ALL my pictures which is not what I want.
This is the filter dialog - of course if you close it you turn back to All Photographs. Try creating a Smart Collection based on your File Later keyword - this collection will automatically populate all your images that have that particular keyword. Once you have keyworded the pictures from e.g. one particular shot, just remove the File Later-KW and those images will disappear from the collection.
Second, if I choose multiple pictures by ctrl-clicking or shift-clicking, It appears I can assign a keyword to multiple shots. I cannot REMOVE a keyword from multiple shots. Lightroom seems to only want to remove the keyword from one picture at a time even if they are all selected.
I'm not sure why you can't remove keywords from multiple images - it just works fine here by selecting multiple images and delete the keyword.
Most of the times I use the Keyword List to assign/delete keywords because in my opinion it is the easiest way - I just browse thru my list or filter for a particular kw and tick the box on the left.
Creating a hierarchical keyword list can further simplify your work. For example the location: organize the final keyword xyz-Soccer Stadium into other keywords like Town>County>State>Country>Continent>Places, then you only have to tick the last keyword xyz-Soccer Stadium and with that assign all of those keywords in the hierarchy (I know thats kind of a complicated explanation...but I suggest you play around a bit and then you will get the full picture ).

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