Aperture not exporting metadata with masters and tiffs
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Posted by Wayne Nicholas on November 29, 2006 at 9:13 PM
I do most of my editing in Aperture, add keywords, pertinent IPTC data, etc. Once ready, I export the masters to a new folder for my stock agent and then export the versions as tiffs (with metadata selected in prefs). I reopen the folder in Bridge to make a small IPTC change only to find that the metadata I input in Aperture isn't there. Any help on this would be appreciated. I refuse to do double duty because my $200 program doesn't play nice with Adobe products.
Hi Wayne,
If you want Bridge to read the IPTC in the master RAWs you need to select the box "create IPTC4XMP sidear file" situated a the bottom of the export master dialog window as this is what Bridge will use to read and resave the IPTC data.
If you want Bridge to read the IPTC in the exported TIFFs you need to select "edit" in the "export preset" and make sure you selec the "include metadata" box when you use the "export version" dialog window.
I use a slightly different aproach. I create albums for agency selections so I don't need to export the masters to a new folder (I like to keep track of my submissions so I add a keyword with the agency name to the image and I have a smart album that includes all images with that keyword, it automaticaly creates an album with all the pics I have sent to that agency). Then I adjust and export as TIFF with metadata, fine tune (the image or the IPTC) in PS with no loss of metadata.
I appreciate the feedback, Enrique. However, I've got all the parameters setup the way they should be. It just wasn't doing the job. There was apparently a corrupted file in my PSCS install that was killing the IPTC / Metadata. After I dug everything Photoshop out of my system, deleted the files, emptied the trash, and reinstalled it appears to be working fine. Thanks anyway.
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2 repliesMac Pro & OS 10.4.8
Aperture 1.5.1
PSCS2
If you want Bridge to read the IPTC in the master RAWs you need to select the box "create IPTC4XMP sidear file" situated a the bottom of the export master dialog window as this is what Bridge will use to read and resave the IPTC data.
If you want Bridge to read the IPTC in the exported TIFFs you need to select "edit" in the "export preset" and make sure you selec the "include metadata" box when you use the "export version" dialog window.
I use a slightly different aproach. I create albums for agency selections so I don't need to export the masters to a new folder (I like to keep track of my submissions so I add a keyword with the agency name to the image and I have a smart album that includes all images with that keyword, it automaticaly creates an album with all the pics I have sent to that agency). Then I adjust and export as TIFF with metadata, fine tune (the image or the IPTC) in PS with no loss of metadata.