Metadata templates overwrite 'Date created'

I've experienced this frustrating problem for years but now need to do something about it.
I have a metadata template which I apply to my pictures but everytime this action is performed I'm left with the creation date of the images changed to the date that I created the template (3 years ago)
This problem has been present through all versions of Photoshop that I've used from CS2 to CS5.
Does anyone know why this happens and if there is a way around it?

Have you checked your template for Date Created?

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Please help with my first post...
Unable to change Date Created field in Metadata.
I am a newspaper photographer sending .jpg pics with captions to my office from my iMac. They are viewed at the office on Windows PCs using SCC MediaGrid.
When changing Date Created in Metadata Invalid Format warning appears "Format should be ISO 8601 XML compliant, that is YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm[:ss][tz] (eg 2006-07-11T13:14:30-07:00)"
If 2009-09-26, for example, is entered then exported pictures opened up in Photoshop or shown on SCC MediaGrid do not display the date.
To get dates to show up I first have to open a pic in Photoshop, go to File Info, enter 26/9/09 in Date Created and Save As.
Next I have to Import this into Aperture where the Date Created shows as "20090926".
Using Lift Metadata and Stamp Metadata the date can be transferred to other pics.
Now when I export these pics the date does show up in Photoshop and SCC MediaGrid.
Can Date Created be typed straight into field in Aperture?...Very important when pics go into archive on a server.
Also if I hit Return key in a Metadata Caption, to type on the next line, both lines will appear as one with a small square in-between them when viewed on SCC MediaGrid on a Windows PC.
Thanks in anticipation.

Nick I don't generallt use the IPTC metadata, so I'm not sure I will be too much help.
What version of Aperture are you using? I tried both things and I didn't have any problems with the latest version of Aperture on my Mac.
I was able to enter a date into "Date Created" both with and without the time-zone adjustment. Can you tell us the exact string you tried to enter into the "Date Created" and exactly when you get the error? I tried to enter my time zone (eastern US) as "-5:00", but Aperture wouldn't let me enter the 5 and popped up the error message when I typed that key. I had to use "-05:00".
As for the caption, when I hit return, Aperture ends my edit. I cannot reproduce your described behavior of actually getting a new-line into the field. I suspect your problem (although I don't know how you get to your problem) is one of the following:
1) The IPTC standard doesn't tell if the software should use a Unix-style end-of-line (which is a line-feed), or a DOS/Windows style end-of-line (which is carriage-return followed by line-feed). Aperture may put in the Unix-style and your Windows programs don't know what to do with it.
2) The IPTC standard does indicate the end-of-line style, but either Aperture or your other programs don't follow it.
or
3) IPTC Metadata doesn't actually support end-of-line, so Aperture should not allow you to enter multiple lines, but it has a bug so it does allow you to do that.
Can you tell us where exactly you are editing the caption? I tried it in the inspector pane (on the left) in the "Metadata" tab, and then I hit the "IPTC" button at the bottom of the tab.
nathan

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Hi everyone.
I am currently working on an electronic photo library for our organization. Part of my mandate is to add a Date Created metadata on all the photos since it is very important to know when the photo was taken. Some photos were dated since 1980s. Since we do not have the digital version of the old photos, we end up scanning these and, in effect the date specified on the "Date Created" was the date it was scanned.
I have the date of some of the old photos when it was taken, but for some, I only have the month and the year (sometimes, just the year). Inventing a day and a month is not an option.
Is it possible to enter a month-year or just the year on the Date Created field under Metadata?
I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
.m.u.r.d.o.c.h.

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You can edit the original capture date in various programs, which should cause both the Exif and the XMP Date Created fields to be updated. Two that come to mind are Lightroom and BreezeBrowser Pro (for Windows). I've found that with certain images it is necessary to use both programs to get all the dates to line up.

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I've completely ignored metadata templates over the 5 years I have been using Bridge. After reading an article on protecting IP, I decided that I should take an interest, and at least apply personal metadata on image import.
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{smacks forehead}
Try this a little longer because it took you 4 years to start using this very useful option... :-) :-)
Here is an example of my template that I have selected to be added on import using Photodownloader. When the 'keepers' are ready I only need to add additional info in the Description field, the city and keywords. Sometimes I need to change the province or even country but these filled template settings are most common for my work area so I decided it is easier to fill them in already and when needed change them.
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Hello, we're trying to standarize all of the media for our systems. Part of this includes ingesting P2 footage using Prelude and encoding it as DVCHDPro quicktime files. I know that the recommended method that adobe gives for ingesting P2 footage is to keep the file structure in tact and use the media browser function of Premiere; this, however, doesn't suit our company's needs of maintaining a relativaly NLE-agnostic media library and having quicktime compatiable discrete video clips of all our media. We're using Mac OSX operating systems, by the way.
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Metadata panel create metadata template I get an old template

I did click on create metadata template so I should get a new, empy template and not an old one, already filled.

I can get a clean template (with an old title) only if I start Bridge and
press the option key, together, otherwise I won't get a clean template, so I
sort of have to do that all the time, which is not normal.
I agree that this is not normal, meanwhile try to use clear all values and
save as an other name for a safe workaround in stead of refreshing prefs
every time.
Also, the appearance of the metadata content has changed, probably due to
resetting default preferences. All of those
items of course do not reflect the items in the metadata preferences, where
everything, really everything stayed checked, and it's tons, really tons of
them, right?
Resetting Preferences does set the IPTC to show all in Bridge prefs. The
fastest way to correct this is to again to Bridge preferences metadata
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the Metadata panel. Also remember, changing checkmarks in Bridge prefs only
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thumbs.
However useless, like you rightly said, I used to use it to type in individual
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together with the copyright notice and maybe the author, from the template,
did show in the metadata workspace with the larger thumbnails.
As I already stated never to use the Metadata workspace I would advice you
to play around with a workspace for your own workflow. Drag the panels to
left or right (grab the tab with the name of the panel) and move it until
you see a blue line. A single blue line means it fits between the other
panels, a surrounding blue line means it nests as a tab to the same panel.
You have 3 columns to work with and you can also resize the columns and
panels until you are satisfied. After this go to the triangle top right next
to workspace names and choose new workspace. Save it with a proper name and
you can always use this workspace again.
If you have to add info in metadata use the metadata panel for it. Having
same info for multiple files just select all those files and type in this
info only once to apply it to all those files. You can fine tune description
afterwards if you need so for one or more other files by selecting them
again.
Also Batch rename is a very useful feature (shiftcmdR or tools/batch
rename). You can rename all the selected files in one go with different
sequence number or other options, explore the fields and add or delete a
field with the plus and minus sign.
Is there an attach button in the post so I can send you a screenshot
Use the camera button icon that shows in the reply field of the forum to add
a file

Create metadata template

Does the metadata template contain info that is common to all the pictures in a folder, that is my impression, and for idividual captions I should go
to the metadata panel, right?
It was a relief to see the window asking Do you want to apply this metadata to this image, when did it come out?

Does the metadata template contain info that is common to all the pictures in a folder, that is my impression, and for idividual captions I should go
to the metadata panel, right?
A metadata template contains info you can add yourself and can be applied to one or multiple files (even automatically on importing files when having this option selected in Adobe Photodownloader). You can create several metadata templates and save them with a proper name. When needed select the files you want to add the info to and from the metadata panel choose the pop up (very small menu icon top right in the metadata panel) menu add template to add the info to the selected files.
It was a relief to see the window asking Do you want to apply this metadata to this image, when did it come out?
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In a nutshell: "Copyright Status" should be a field available when choosing what IPTC Core metadata to include in a new metadata template. And it's also not an editable field when looking at the metadata for an image! The whole point of metadata templates is to make it unnecessary to edit a single field (like "Copyright Status") one image at a time. Yet even with the new Bridge CS4, the Copyright Status field is not an option you can include in a new metadata template. Surely it wouldn't be that big a deal to make the 3-item pick list of "Unknown," "Copyrighted" and "Public Domain" available on the Create Metadata Template checklist. Or if having a pick list is too tricky to code on that form and it must be just a checkbox item, do that, and let us populate the text in the field ourselves.
Currently, it's necessary to tweak the metadata on a single image to include the "Copyrighted" status, then Export it and save it as a new metadata template, just to have that one field populated by default. Supplying copyright status as part of a template is a fundamental need for anyone creating or dealing with large numbers of images, and it shouldn't require a workaround to create a properly inclusive metadata template.
Thanks!

In Bridge CS4, highlight your thumbnail, go to the File Menu and select File and then File Info. There you will be able to choose your Copyright Status under the Description tab. What a pain in the butt! Mine kept coming up "Public Domain!"

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Ok, half way there. I downloaded an app called Pref Setter to edit the preferences by deleting the array strings that I no longer needed.
Also you can adjust the hierarchy of the auto completion data. I found that helpful with the copyright field since they all start off the same.
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