Sort by metadata fields

Is there a way to extend Lightroom to sort by additional metadata fields in Library module? I really would like to sort by Title or Caption most of the time.

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Custom metadata fields?

I'm trying to find a way to create custom metadata fields so I can better organize my footage. For example, say I'm filming a bunch of old cars, and I want to sort them by make and model, obviously there's no make and model field by default. I've read articles that say this is possible, but I can't seem to find a way to do it. Thanks!
Edit: And related to that, is there a way to delete any of the metadata fields? Since I'm doing video, I'd rather not have to scroll through things like Album and Artist, etc. Thanks.

In the Metadata panel open the flyout menu in the upper right and choose "Metadata Display..."
Now you can turn off the metadata schemas you're not interested in seeing.
Now click the New Schema button.
Give your new Schema a name.
Now click the Add Property button next to your new custom schema.
Give it a name, like "Make", of type "Text".
Then do the same again for "Model".
Now you can select a set of clips all of the same make then enter what you'd like into the "Make" field and that metadata will be applied to the selected clips.
This is searchable, so in the Project panel you can search for the text you've entered into one of these fields and only clips containing that metadata will appear in the list (next to the search box Prelude reports "(filtered)" to let you know you're not currently seeing all of your clips.
I hope this helps!

Forbid a user group to modify an specific metadata field??

Is it possible to forbid a user group to MODIFY an specific metadata field or group of fields?
I know you can create a new metadata SET and forbid the user group to modify the entire set, but what about groups or fields??
Any help is welcome

it is not possible. I had a sort of work around, when I enabled the metadata group only on the production creation, but then it is not visible in Metadata tab.

Can I sort on metadata?

I just posted a message asking about filtering on metadata, but I didn't want to confuse that thread with this second question:
Can I sort on metadata? For example, can I sort on "Date Time Original"?
I know I can sort on "Date Created," but that's not the same thing as the metadata's "Date Time Original" field. E.g., I have jpg files where the "Date Time Original" is in 1990 but the Date Created is in 2012. Sorting on Date Created doesn't order the files chronologically based on when the photo was taken.
Thanks.

I have jpg files where the "Date Time Original" is in 1990 but the Date Created is in 2012. Sorting on Date Created doesn't order the files chronologically based on when the photo was taken.
To me it seems Date Time Original in Exif data from camera equals the Date Created from IPTC. This makes also some sense because exif is created using the Camera software and when you have set the date and time correctly this reflects the moment the file was created.
When using images that don't have its origin in a camera able to provide exif (analog camera or scanner etc.) you have to provide this data yourself and fill in the right places. I don't know if you were able to add this in the filed Date Time Created in an earlier version of PS file info using CS6 I can't find an editable field in the file info that is called 'Data Time Original', only date created is available.
Hence Bridge (although the options for filter and sort could be somewhat expanded) will not likely provide this option in future versions but you can always put a Feature Request for this, but if only 1 or a few people have the need for this it is not very likely to get realized I'm afraid.
So your only chance might be a script that reads your metadata and for example replaces the 'date created' data with the 'Date Time Original' data if this is in the metadata written.
You could try the dedicated Adobe Bridge Scripting Forum for this, their are some very helpful people in there:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/bridge/bridge_scripting
And make sure backing up the files before trying to alter them, if it screws things up you always have the originals to refer to.
Also a small tip that won't help you now but can do in the future. Think of a proper naming convention of your files and stick to it. Personal I rename all my files with first "YYYYMMDD" and then a short subject description followed by a sequence number for series of that same subject.
This will place your files always in a natural sort order for date. And when scanning pre digital files create a template for the metadata in Bridge with your common copyright info and use the IPTC core fields to immediately fill in the important fields like description, keywords, place and date created. You can select multiple files and use this template to ad the info in one go.

Adobe Bridge CC: Batch Rename using any metadata field

How can I add certain Metadata fields to the pull down menu in the batch rename function?
I need to do a batch rename of files, but using metadata fields that are not available as an option on the pull down menu.
Hoping to use any or all of these:
Audio : Artist, Album, Genre
IPTC Core : Description, Keywords, etc..

I don't think there is any way in which you can add to the built-in functions…
Unless this is actually provided by one of the Adobe start-up scripts… ( I've not see it when digging about )
You would probably need a scripted solution that can give you drop down menu of the extra options you want.

To plugin developers: can I have access to any metadata field of the catalog in Print Module?

Dear LR plugin developers,
Maybe one of you has already implemented such a feature, maybe I can entice you to do so, if several people find this useful?
Is there a forum for plugin feature requests? If so, forgive me for using this general user-to-user for this. Or would you look on the Adobe feature request forum for such input?
I would like to have access to any metadata field of the catalog in Print module, ok if for all LR standard catalog fields, preferable if also for custom fields created by other plugins.
I would want to add such a field underneath each image on a print page, e.g. something like complete exposure info.
Doing so in export in a "Mogrify-like" way would also be ok, if metadata accessible. Fixed custom text obviously would be cumbersome, as limiting to 1 image to export at a time. Creating jpgs in export is ok,
Print module would be preferable as I was hoping for more than one image per page=jpg.
Now if such text could even be placed anywhere on a print template, possibly containing also free text, and formatable - you would have corrected the basic design flaw of the Book module imo...
Cornelia

Cornelia
The problem one faces is that the SDK does not access Print or Book. You'll need to (ab)use the fields that are available, and I'd suggest you look at my Search and Replace plugin which can transfer values between fields. So you could move info from an inaccessible field to one that can be printed. Maybe use virtual copies which you can just discard afterwards?
John

How to add a new metadata field to iPhoto where new field is calculated as age in years and month based on a specific date and the date photo was taken ? I want to calculate and display the age of my two kids on every photo.

Hi
How can I add 2 new metadata-fields to every photo in iPhoto ?
The new fields should state the age of my kids in years and months based on the date that they were born and the date that photo is taken.
Exampel:
My son is born 01.01.2010
My daughter is born 01.01.2012
Photo taken by data
Aage of son
Aage of daughter
01.07.2011
1 year 6 month
not born yet
01.01.2014
4 year 0 month
2 year 0 month
I would like to be able to search by kids age and get the info displayed when doing slideshows.
How to do this in iPhoto ?
Any alternatives to accomplish the same ?
Kind regards

It can't be done with iPhoto. There are some DAM (digital asset management) applications that can write to other IPTC fields that iPhoto can't read. One such app is Media Pro 1.
However you would have to calculate the age for each date and add it to one of the fields. There are online age calculators that can do that for you: Age Calculators
If you go thru that much trouble then use iPhoto, make the calculations and add the age to the Description field. Then you can use Smart Albums to search for 1year 6 month text.
OT

How can we sort up currency field in alv grid??

Hi GUrus,
Can any one suggest me how to sort the currency field in alv grid...Please help me out of this issue..
Thanks in advance!!!
regards,
Kranthi.

hii,
SAP provides a set of ALV (ABAP List Viewer) & function modules, which can be used to enhance the readability and functionality of any report output.
ALV is a flexible tool used for displaying lists.The tool provides common list functions & can be enhanced by self-defined options.
so u will get the option for sorting in your alv report.
Thanks

How to make metadata fields required when creating folders

Hello all....
Related issue with SR 3-6472229431 and SR 3-6471130611.
We're using DIS 11.1.6 64-bits (2011_11_29 (rev 9756) 11.1.6.97) in a Windows 7 64-bits workstation (with UCM 11.1.1.5 in a Linux machine). The check-in of images to UCM goes fine.
I'm trying to make some metadata fields required when creating a folder. These fields are required when making a check-in, but not when creating folders.
Folders_g is enabled. DesktopTag too.
EDIT: Patch: 14695303 - WCC 11.1.1.5.0 BUNDLE ( MLR 16 ) NOV 6 2012 applied.
Is it possible?
Thanks for all.
Edited by: fgomes on 22/11/2012 03:24

After reading your response and rereading the original question a bit closer, the metadata prompting feature does not apply to creating new folders, only content.
Again, though, I think the focus here is in the wrong place. The metadata applied to a folder is intended to be ultimately applied to the content. You can build global rules that fire on submission of content to check if a field has a value, and throw an error if the value is empty.
If you expect users to create folders (and actually apply any metadata to the actual folder itself), you will be disappointed. Experience shows that users are not interested in that level of detail when creating content, let alone folders. Letting typical users create folders is a bad idea anyway, as they tend to create the same inefficient folder structures they previously created in file shares within Content Server.
If you need to tightly control folder attributes, you'll be better served by locking down the ability to create new folders. Otherwise you're looking at some type of customization. Keep in mind that you won't be able to customize the right click behavior of DIS. Any changes to DIS would have to be an enhancement request.

What does all does metadata fields mean?

So far, I haven't yet created a personalized Metadata Preset for all my photos because I don't understand most of the fields, what they exactly mean and where is that value going to be displayed/read by.
Can anyone help me on that or point to me to an article or guide about each metadata field editable in Lightroom?
For instance, Basic Info has fields like "Caption", "Rating", "Label" and Copy Name". Well, I believe Caption is the photo name (if we decide to give it one), Rating is self explanatory but Label and Copy Name I have no clue what are they for and where are they going to be used, etc...
IPTC Content, IPTC Copyright, IPTC Creator, IPTC Image and IPTC Status, what are all these for and what about each of their fields, I don't know what they mean and what are they for, where they will be read/used, all that...
After understanding what all those fields mean, which ones do you recommend to fill for a preset or how do you do it with your photos? I mean, I believe IPTC Image is something to do with a respective image, so, if I have a bunch of images from different countries, places and whatever, it makes no sense to have a preset for that unless I'm importing a bunch of photos from a specific place. But I'm talking about a more general preset that you use for all or most of your photos. What should I fill?
But more importantly, I need/want to understand all those fields, what are they for and how they will be used, etc, but the most important thing in all of this is to know what each field means, otherwise, I won't be able to know if I want to provide that information or not and if I know what to write there.
P.S: Try not to confuse me a lot ;)

See: http://www.iptc.org/IPTC4XMP/
Download: http://www.iptc.org/download/public/IPTCCore-CSPanelsOnly.zip

Managed Metadata Fields not showing up in preview mode

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In our SharePoint 2013 Publishing page, managed metadata fields doesn't show in preview, they show up only in edit mode or after we publish page.
Is this bug?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that the managed metadata fields not display in preview.
I tried to reproduce the issue, the managed metadata fields worked well in my environment.
I create a publishing page, add a library web part which contained managed metadata columns.
Then click the preview option in the ribbon, the managed metadata columns worked well.
Did the issue occur in other publishing pages? You can create a new publishing page to check whether it works.
Did you use the compatibility mode or add the site into trusted sites?
You can use compatibility mode to check whether it works.
Open IE->Tools->Compatibility View Settings
You can also add the site into Trusted sites.
Open the IE->Internet Options->Security->Sites->add the site into the Websites, then check whether it works.
What's more, you can use other browsers to check whether it works, such as Firefox, Chrome.
Thanks & Regards,
Jason
Jason Guo
TechNet Community Support

Is it possible to sort by multiple fields?

Is it possible to sort the music library by multiple fields in a prioritised order? For example, I would like to sort by the following columns, in the following order:
Album Artist
Album
Track Number
for some reason I can't seem to do this, sorting by Album artist alone is not working for me, as some CD's I've imported have featured artists and this breaksup the listing order.
Thanks

Thanks Thomas
Unfortunately, this solution did not work for me, cover flow still shows multiple instances of the same artwork for various groups of tracks from the same album.
The thing I don't understand is why sorting by the "sort album artist" field does not group all the tracks from an album together.
My specific example (I still can't get a screenshot posted):
I have two Gwen Stefani albums, both ripped from CD (not imported from the itunes store). both albums have a majority of track where Gwen is the only artist and two or three track with featured artists. I have filled the "album artist" and "sort album artist" tags to all read Gwen Stefani, however, if I sort by either of these columns (in cover flow mode), what I get is this:
all the tracks from one ablum where Gwen Stefani is the artist
then all the tracks from the other album where Gwen Stefani is the artist
then (in alphabetical order by featured artist) the remaining tracks from both albums - ie, the albums are mixed up
for each group of track I see an cover flow art work.
I should say that I have turned off the compilation tag on all of my albums because this ends up saving the file in a compilation folder, not in the artist folder on my hard drive - but it doesn't make a difference either way to the way I see the files sorted in itunes.
It's really frustrating!

In adobe camera raw, what metadata field needs to be filled in so that if an image is uploaded to facebook by a customer, your copyright/info shows up?

In adobe camera raw, what metadata field needs to be filled in so that if an image is uploaded to facebook by a customer, your copyright/info shows up?

Facebook used to but now I believe it includes it. I also read that possible facebook adds metadata to images uploaded to albums but not wall posts. Regardless, what metadata field has to be filled in?

Get value based on column names for custom metadata field of Webcenter Content

In UCM, I created a custom metadata field of type Text. I then enabled optlist in that field. I populate values to the optList, I am using a View. The View has three columns. Let us call them ID, Key, Value. OptList displays the Keys in its list. I then create a Content (Content ID: MyContent) in Webcenter Content and choose values from OptList for my new metadata field (MyField).
From Webcenter Portal, I am populating a selectOneChoice with values of MyField in the Content ID: MyContent. Remember from previous step, the values populated in selectOneChoice is the list of values selected from optList field MyField. This optList is in-turn populated from View. After the user selects a value in selectOneChoice, in Javascript, I need to alert a message in this format "value chosen - corresponding value from View of optList that populates MyField"
I think an example will be useful:
Here is a View that I created in Configuration Manager applet in Admin Applets of Webcenter Content:
ID | State | Capital
1 | North Carolina | Raleigh
2 | California | Sacramento
3 | Illinois | Chicago
Then, I create a Custom Field (Name: MyField). MyField is an optList the values are populated from View created above. The internal value and display value are both State. Then I Check-In a new content with Content Id: MyContent. For MyContent, I select these values from OptList for MyField: {North Carolina, Illinois}.
In my Webcenter Portal application, I create a Content Presenter Taskflow. I configure it as a single item content presenter. I assign MyContent as Content Id. Then, in templateView, I get all values of MyField in MyContent and display them as selectOneChoice. I created a javascript function that would get the value that user selected in selectOneChoice. In the View created in Webcenter Content's Configuration Manager (above), there is a value corresponding to each value displayed. So, for the selected value, I need to get the corresponding Capital and display it in my alert message.
From Javascript, how can I get the value of Capital, given I have the value of State.

Hi.
The idea to achieve your requirement is next:
Create a helper manage bean that will be call as Map access: #{stateUtil['Calofironia']} (it will return Raleigh). This value will be get calling GET_SCHEMA_VIEW_VALUES IDC service using RIDC in your manage bean.
Pass the result of #{stateUtil['statename']} to your JavaScript function using <af:clientAttribute.../>
I hope this information help you.
Regards,

Custom metadata fields in ISCSSearchResponse

Hi all,
we are search UCM with CIS using the ISCSSearchAPI. The returned ISCSSearchResponse object contains most of our metadata fields as properties, but some are missing. Of course, we need one of the missing ones.
When I call the GET_SEARCH_RESULTS service from UCM, the missing metadata field is returned.
Does anybody know how I can configure the search to return my specific field as well?
thanks,
Harold

Hi Ronen,
you can
If you have defined the properties working now, you know this path: System Administration - System Configuration - KM - Configuration - CM - Global Services - Property Structures.
There you have the property structure DefaultPropertiesStructure using the property group all_groups.
all_groups consists of system, custom ... etc. in the order the tab strips come up when using details for a resource. Within each group, under group items the property or the property group to be rendered appears (in the order they get rendered). This holds recursively for all groups.
If you have defined your properties within group "custom", just arrange them in Group Items in the order you like.
Hope it helps
Detlev

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