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Adobe Bridge
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Add metadata using the File Info dialog box
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Work with metadata templates
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Import metadata into a document
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About the Metadata panel
A file’s metadata contains information about the contents, copyright status, origin, and history of the file. In the
Metadata panel, you can view and edit the metadata for selected files, use metadata to search for files, and use templates
to append and replace metadata.
Depending on the selected file, the following types of metadata may appear:
File Properties
Describes the characteristics of the file, including the size, creation date, and modification date.
IPTC (IIM, Legacy)
Displays editable metadata. As with IPTC Core, you can add captions to your files, as well as
copyright information. This set of metadata is hidden by default, because IPTC Core supersedes it. However, you can
display IPTC (IIM, legacy) metadata by selecting it from the Metadata options in the Preferences dialog box.
IPTC Core
Displays editable metadata. You can add captions to your files, as well as copyright information. IPTC Core
is a specification that was approved by the IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) in October
2004.
It differs from the older IPTC (IIM, legacy) in that new properties were added, some property names were changed,
and some properties were deleted.
Fonts
Lists the fonts used in Adobe InDesign files.
Plates
Lists CMYK plates specified for printing in Adobe Illustrator files.
Document Swatches
List the swatches used in Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator files.
Camera Data (Exif)
Displays information assigned by digital cameras, including the camera settings used when the
image was taken.
GPS
Displays navigational information from a global positioning system (GPS) available in some digital cameras.
Photos without GPS information don’t have GPS metadata.
Camera Raw
Displays settings applied by the Camera Raw plug-in.
Audio
Displays metadata for audio files, including artist, album, track number, and genre.
Video
Displays metadata for video files, including pixel aspect ratio, scene, and shot.
Edit History
Keeps a log of changes made to images with Photoshop.
Note:
The History Log preference must be turned on in Photoshop for the log to be saved with the file’s metadata.
Version Cue
Lists any Version
Cue file-version information.
DICOM
Displays information about images saved in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
format.
Mobile SWF
Lists information about SWF files, including title, author, description, and copyright.
Set metadata preferences
You can specify the types of metadata that display in the Metadata panel. You can also choose to show or hide the
metadata placard, an abbreviated summary of important metadata that appears at the top of the Metadata panel.
Updated 15 July 2009