Use keywords in Adobe Bridge

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When I add three keywords, the file is 5 kb bigger, I think, thats normal, isn't?
Hi Gudrun,
This sounds indeed normal, if this are also the figures (a few kb) that your husband suspects as less instead of more for his old back up this might be caused by writing from one disk to an other disk, that also can cause a bit difference in size.
But if the files are really different he should compare the pixel amount of both files and make also sure the files are not resaved or resized during time between the old back up and the newer files. Resaving in lower quality and reducing size is something Bridge can only achieve using the tools menu for PhotoShop (batch or image processor) or the export module. Keywords panel only can add or delete metadata (keywords, info etc) in the fields that have a pencil so you can alter it.

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