Make IPTC Extended metadata searchable

For many photographers the IPTC Extended fields play a big role in organizing and finding images. Therefore it is crucial that this information is searchable. But neither the Text filter nor the Metadata list filter make use of this metadata.
This should be implemented since not being able to use IPTC Extended metadata within Lightroom is a big disadvantage.

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IPTC extended metadata panel in Bridge CS5

Hi, hope someone can help me here.
I am working in a museum digitizing paintings and using Bridge CS 5 to enter the metadata. IPTC extended is ideal for that, but I can not access the metadata panel to the side. I have found it in the preferences (and did all the clicking and customization) but it still does not display. I assumed that because there were preferences it must be accessible but I am not finding that to be the case. I have accessed it through the info panel in Photoshop but I don't want to have to open every image just to add this stuff, why can't I access it through Bridge?
As a note, I have also downloaded the panel update from IPTC for earlier versions, but I don't have access to those versions at work, just CS 5, so that won't work as a workaround. The site says CS 5 is ready to go out of the box.
Can I access the extended metadata panel in Lightroom? Am I just missing something? Please help.
Thanks.
Miles

Miles:
As Rich Wagner pointed out, the IPTC Extended is not accessible via the Metadata panel within Adobe Bridge for CS5. I would hope that this is only a temporary situation, but have no inside knowledge as to when this might occur.
Use of the Metadata Templates is one way to add "batch" metadata that is only available in the IPTC Extended metadata schema.
Another option you might want to check is the IPTC-PLUS toolkit.
http://www.iptc.org/goto/?iptcplustoolkitadobecs
This is a java driven separate dialogue that can be applied to one or more images from within Bridge and includes all of the fields within the IPTC Core, IPTC Extension and PLUS metadata schemas. You can download the IPTC-PLUS toolkit from the link above. A users guide with full instructions on how to use the various fields as well as how to install are included in the download package.
BTW, John Nack blogged about this option back in July. http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/07/iptc-plus-toolkit-extends-bridge-guides-photographers .html
Hope that helps.
David

Do search engines make use of IPTC Core metadata?

I'm using Bridge to organise a large group of maps (the maps are JPEG images), which will be published on my organisation's website. These maps are about niche topics and very specific areas of the UK.
I'm wondering if there are any SEO benefits from adding IPTC Core metadata to these map images using Bridge? Does anyone know if search engines use the meta?
Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Thanks for the replies. Yes, I'm talking about whether Google etc. pay any attention to the meta in the images.
My map images are exported from the source map application as JPEGs.
I'm not using a batch 'Save for web' in Photoshop, as the map images aren't designed for viewing in web pages - I'm just putting the maps up on the web to quickly share them for re-use by other people.
In Bridge, I can quickly add the basic meta (copyright notice, addresses, rights usage terms, etc.) by selecting all the JPEGs and then do the title and description individually. Just wondering if it's worth the effort?

How do I make images of text searchable on a Mac?

I am downloading a lot of PDFs from the New York Times archives (c. 1855) for some historical research I'm doing.
I assume the Times has OCR'd their images of these old articles because the text is word-searchable online.
Here are my questions, in descending order of the elation they might evoke. (BTW, I'm on a Mac, running Leopard.)
1. Is the OCR text somehow embedded in the downloaded PDFs and how would I discover and retrieve it, using Acrobat Pro 9?
2. Would it be worth trying Acrobat's built-in OCR tools to make these images word-searchable? (Mid-19th century Times type is pretty wavy and clunky.)
3. Given that Macs can now word-search closed documents' body text, can I at least put key words in text box notes or stickies on these PDFs, to help me find important passages? (I've tried both text boxes and stickies but neither worked.)
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For #1 — A PDF supports three OCR outputs. Searchable Image, Searchabel Image (Exact), or ClearScan. If an OCR output is with the NYT's PDFs I'd guess they are the first or the second. Either leaves a "layer" of hidden text.
To retrieve the hidden text you could use Acrobat's File > Export. Choose the output from the choices available.
For #2 — Sure, why not? Using a copy of a PDF give Searchable Image (Exact) a try.
For #3 — You could use Acrobat Pro's Commenting tools. For a "commented" PDF you can use the Comments List for viewing/sorting.
Be well...

How to make use of metadata in OA Framework?

Hi,
I have requirement to create a table structure dynamically and i need to create a view object dynamically with tablename and column name passed dynamically . I have heard of metadata concept.
My question is How can we make use of metadata in OA framework?
Any code scriplet of making use of metadata in OA framework will be of great help.
-Mithun

I am assuming that by metadata you meant MDS. Now coming to your scenario, unless you provide the detailed scenario, we can't suggest the proper approach. Is the number of columns, column name etc fixed or even that will vary in your scenario?
--Shiv

IPTC Core metadata fields lost with PNGs

Hi there,
I have a TIF file which contains data in the IPTC core fields. Converting the TIF to a JPEG will retain most of the fields and can be viewed still in Adobe Bridge.
However, converting to a PNG will lose all of the data. The only way it seems to retain metadata is to set options on the Save to Web options in Photoshop, which doesn't really work too good with a 100mb TIF being converted.
Resampling to PNG in ImageMagick and then reading in Bridge has the same issue, even though 8BIN and IPTC profiles are actually embedded into the file.
Does Bridge support IPTC core metadata for PNG files?
Many thanks!

They've confirmed the same thing i've found, that Save For Web actually preserves a chunk of the IPTC core data, but this isn't really any good for the quality of image I need to save.
It's strange how the XMP preserve option isn't available for a standard PNG save.

[svn:fx-trunk] 5223: Introduce ButtonBase and ToggleButtonBase classes and make FxButton extend ButtonBase , ToggleButtonBase extend ButtonBase, FxToggleButton, FxCheckBox, FxRadioButton extend ToggleButtonBase.as.

Revision: 5223
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2009-03-10 13:10:07 -0700 (Tue, 10 Mar 2009)
Log Message:
Introduce ButtonBase and ToggleButtonBase classes and make FxButton extend ButtonBase, ToggleButtonBase extend ButtonBase, FxToggleButton, FxCheckBox, FxRadioButton extend ToggleButtonBase.as.
The emphasized property and IButton are pushed down to the FxButton, so the rest of the buttons don't have them.
QE Notes: None
Doc Notes:
Bugs: SDK-19671, SDK-19670
Reviewer: Glenn
tests: checkintests, mustella (gumbo/components)
Ticket Links:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-19671
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-19670
Modified Paths:
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/mxml-2009-manifest.xml
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/defaults.css
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/manifest.xml
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/components/ButtonBarButton.as
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/components/FxButton.as
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/components/FxCheckBox.as
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/components/FxRadioButton.as
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/components/FxToggleButton.as
Added Paths:
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/components/baseClasses/ButtonBase.as
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/components/baseClasses/ToggleButtonBase.a s

Adobe xmp metadata searchable on osx 10.5 server?

i'm not sure if this is the right category for this. we have 5 mac pro's that are connected to a NAS via Xserver running Mac OS X 10.5.x server. we've started using the xmp funtionality in adobe photoshop. on the 5 local clients, searching via spotlight, we can find files using the info typed in the xmp metadata portion of photoshop. however, when we store that same file on our NAS, searching the nas via the finder search box doesn't recognize the xmp metadata (i'm told we can't use spotlight because it only works on the local machine...even if that's not true, i tried it and it doesn't find the files). all of the local macs are on the same os version (the latest one) and spotlight indexing is enabled on the Xserve. is there a way for the xmp metadata to be searchable when searching the NAS from the local clients?
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How can I synchronize IPTC Extension metadata in LR 5?

All - The Copy and Synchronize Metada interfaces to LR 5 shows IPTC Extension (IPTC Image fields and others) metadata, however when I use these functions this information is not included. Is this a limitation or a bug? How can I get this to work?
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JimHess wrote:
CaptureNX has access to Nikon proprietary data that Lightroom doesn't have access to.
Despite what many people will have you believe, it's not an access problem, it's an interpretation issue - Lr doesn't speak NX2.
It is ENTIRELY POSSIBLE to write a partial converter which converts (some) NX2 (or Aperture, or CaptureOne, or camera, or..) settings to Lightroom "equivalents".
I say partial and "some" because a perfect conversion would be impossible, and a near-perfect conversion would be a LOT of work - there are no real "equivalents" for any settings, more less all settings.
Currently, there is (plugin-powered) support for translating camera profile, but not cropping/rotation, not basic settings, and certainly not the more esoteric adjustments, locals, ...
Maybe some day there will be better support for adjustment translation, but that day is not today...
If you just want to see what was done in NX2 for comparison etc.., I recommend using a plugin like 'RawPlusJpeg' which has embedded preview extraction features, or save a jpeg in NX2 and import it. And as has already been mentioned by Jim Hess, if you want to continue editing in Lr where you left off in NX2, then you have to import an NX2-saved tiff (or jpeg) file, and edit that instead of the raw.
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IPTC field codes -- Bridge IPTC Core metadata

Is there a reference somewhere as to which IPTC codes match up with the IPTC Core fields in Bridge metadata?
A list of the codes is here, so you know what I'm talking about. For example, the Description field in Bridge metadata corresponds to the Caption / #120 code in this list:
http://www.fotoware.com/binaries/fsp50/userguide/28.htm
I'm using a plug-in that writes image info from a database into the corresponding file's IPTC fields based on the IPTC code, but the names of the fields on the list of codes don't match up with what they're called in Bridge, so it's taking a lot of trial and error to figure out where things go.

Never mind, found one. It doesn't mention Bridge specifically, but it has Photoshop and Lightroom (along with several other image-browsing apps) and both seem similar to Bridge:
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/iptc_core_mapped.pdf

Display the filed instructions (that´s under IPTC Core metadata).

Hi all
I´m new on programing scripts in Photoshop..and tried everything but was not able to change the script below. Let´s explain this script is found at Adobe Photoshop default folder and works to show the Camera Model used to the current image.
Now..the challenge...I want to change the scripts so when you run the it shows a field called Instructions (that´s located in the IPTC Core XMP metadata Tab. (In Photoshop > open an Image > go to File menu > File Info option and see the IPTC Core Tab > Instruction field).
Can anyone please help me to change this lines. It could look very simple for you but it´s actually very difficult to me; This base-script is what I have and works fine to display the camera model:
try {
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     var tiffModelStr = xmpString.substr( tiffModel + tiffModelLength, tiffModelEnd - tiffModel - tiffModelLength );
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          alert( tiffModelStr + localize ( '$$$' ) );
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catch( e ) {
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// remove comments below to see error for debugging
// alert( e );
Thank you a lot for any help.
Gustavo.

Here is one of X's functions that should give you the information..
#target photoshop
var xmp = activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData;
var Instructions = parseMetadata(xmp,"photoshop:Instructions");
alert(Instructions);
function parseMetadata(xmp, tag) {
var re = new RegExp('<' + tag + '>(.+)</' + tag + '>');
var m = xmp.match(re);
if (!m) {
    re = new RegExp("<[^:]+:" + tag + ">(.+)</[^:]+:" + tag + '>');
    m = this.xmp.match(re);
return (m ? m[1] : '');

IPTC location metadata import.

Since Aperture 3 doesn't write the GPS EXIF info into the master even when selecting write metadata to master (see post http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2335593&tstart=0) I am using houdageo instead of A3 places feature to geotag referenced pictures. There's however a bug with Aperture 3. After I modify the GPS data and IPTC location fields in Houdageo I select "update metadata from master" in Aperture 3, the GPS info gets updated but not the IPTC location fields.

Same problem here:
- geotagging within Aperture 3 won't write any data into IPTC location tags
- tagging with Maperture Pro with running reverse geocode there gives me the same result: latitude, longitude and altitude are filled in, but neither city nor country and that stuff
Seems to be a but I suppose - these things did work with A2 and Maperture Pro.
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IPTC Caption Metadata lost in referenced photos, Aperture 2.1.4

I have a mid sized library of personal photos. The older photos were imported to Aperture from iPhoto. My wife had added Captions to the photos in iPhoto and in Aperture. The photos are stored as referenced files, the more recent ones on the MacBook hard drive, the older ones are now on an external FAT32 formatted hard drive. Some time in the last year or so the Captions to the photos on the external drive have got lost, possibly when I upgraded the OS to Snow Leopard. The strange thing is that other IPTC metadata is still there. When importing the photos from iPhoto a Keyword was added, either "iPhoto Original" for the original photo or "iPhoto Edited" for the edited version, both photos now originals in Aperture.
I moved the photos to the external drive using Aperture Relocate Masters and the Captions have been visible since that move. I tried relocating a photo back to the original folder on the MacBook but the caption is still missing.
Has anyone had a similar problem?
Any help would be much appreciated. Hundreds of hours of work went into adding all the captions.

I have seen this kind of thing in Aperture 2 for what appears to be no reason on FAT32 drives - never really got to the bottom of it but it seems to be related to Ap2 re-reading the IPTC metadata from the master and replacing the IPTC that is in Aperture's database because Ap thinks the file changed.
Even without a FAT32 drive in the mix if you change ANYTHING about the master file Aperture will re-read the IPTC from the referenced master and replace the IPTC in Aperture's database. Ap3 is much more intelligent in the way that it handles this in most cases but can still do some unpredictable things which manifest as "disappearing" metadata within Aperture. I have sorted out my Ap3 work-flow so this doesn't happen to me any more but... there are some things that you cannot do that I would like or there will be blood.
Long story short - if Aperture thinks the file changed in anyway for any reason it can screw your metadata in Aperture.The infamous issue was using external software with Ap2 to add GPS data to masters which would wipe out IPTC data within aperture's database.
RB
Ps. Note to self - write post on what works and what doesn't with Ap3 and metadata synchronization

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