Ratings - Bridge -

Hi All,
I am in the process of copying my old pictures to my new computer, and it seems like the ratings info I assigned in Bridge didn't go with them. Where are the files that has this information as well as all of the non-destructive editing in Camera Raw (or is the editing part saved in the raw file?)

There is a couple of invisible files that holds that info, both in the directory where the images are stored as well as your user directories. Adjust your Explorer view options and you should see those files and be able to move them to new locations.
Mylenium

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Remember, these are pre-editing features only, which is basically organization. Do not include editing and/or finishing options in comments. If anyone is interested why I am asking this, Its for two reasons:
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Frankly I think you'd be throwing out all of the good parts of aperture.
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Can't find this in any previous posts - so has anybody else seen this?
The last two imports using the new feature of "catalogs" in LR 1.1 to transfer files from laptop MacBook Pro to desktop G-5 seemed to go ok until I went to Bridge. One was a catalog export to the desktop of laptop, then the catalog was imported via ethernet. The other was a catalog export to a DVD then imported to the desktop. All the tweaks and ratings made it into LR but when I went to find the rated photos in Bridge, the pix were there but no ratings.
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Hi there. This is my first post here, so please forgive me if I make any errors of normal posting procedure. I'm hoping someone might be able to identify this problem please.
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I've noticed recently the following behaviour. If I label and/or rate some photos in Bridge, and then open those photos via Camera RAW, and then make adjustments to those photos in Camera RAW and open them directly from there into Photoshop, then the original file in Bridge looses all it's rating and label info, and shows a new modified date and time as of that moment.
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Welcome to the froum. Your submittal was great.
I don't know if this will fix your problems, but you need to update to the current versions and see where that takes you. Click on Downloads/updates at top of page.
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eatfirst wrote:
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Curt Y ....saw your response to another person with the same problem.....video, printer, or scanner drivers could be the problem???? Really? My computer never crashes until I installed Bridge.
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Import Bridge ratings to Aperture?

Is there any reasonably simple way to import Bridge ratings (embedded in DNG files) into Aperture? I'd like to take my existing image library and work on importing it a project at a time so I can add keywords, which I've neglected in the past, but it would be rather nice to not have to go through and re-rate each file.
I've tried some searching (both here and via Google) without coming up with a particularly good way to do this. If I missed something, a pointer would be appreciated.
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I solved this problem through a simple method which might work for you. I created a bunch of folders on my hard disk like this:
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Message was edited by: paullopez

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_management#Color_profiles
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Welcome to the froum. Your submittal was great.
I don't know if this will fix your problems, but you need to update to the current versions and see where that takes you. Click on Downloads/updates at top of page.
You have Bridge CS4 v.3.0.0.464 and Photoshop CS4 v.11.0 and Camera RAW 5.0.0.178. Don't know what current version of Bridge is, but you need PS v. 11.0.1 which fixed a number of mistakes. Also, the current RAW is 5.6 I believe. I am still on CS3.
eatfirst wrote:
This only seems to happen if I actually edit the photo in Camera RAW, I do not ask to save it (and remember these are JPG files so as I understand it any changes in Camera RAW would not be saved unless I ask to resave the file itself) but to open it directly into Photoshop (and I then save the finished work as a copy to a different place from Photoshop) but the act of making an edit in Camera RAW seems to affect the original file settings in some way, and that looses the labelling etc.
Edits, keywords, and rating can be stored in the XMP file. This has the same name as the file and needs to move with the file or you will loose info. If you move or rename the file, and don't use Bridge, this file could be left behind. You can see this file in Bridge, if you have show hidden files clicked in View. You can look at it in Windows Explorer if you have "show hidden files".
Check to see if you have an XMP file in the new location. If not then do you workflow in stages and see if you have an XMP file after edits before you save it to another location.
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