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Chapter 11

Working with Metadata

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To display badge overlays on images in the Browser in grid view:

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Choose View > View Options (or press Command-J).

The View Options window appears.

2

Select the Grid View checkbox.

3

From the Grid View Set 1 pop-up menu, choose a metadata view that includes badge
overlays. Some examples are General and Ratings, as well as Grid View–Basic and Grid
View–Expanded.

4

Click Done.

Badge overlays are now visible in the Browser in grid view.

You can turn off the display of badge overlays in the Browser by turning off the display
of metadata. For more information, see “

Turning the Display of Metadata On or Off

” on

page 231.

To display badge overlays on images in the Light Table, do one of the following:

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Choose View > View Options (or press Command-J), select the “Show decorations”
checkbox in the Light Table section, then click Done.

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Choose View > Metadata Overlays > Light Table (or press Shift-G).

Badges and metadata are now visible in the Light Table.

To turn off badge overlays in the Light Table, do one of the following:

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Choose View > Metadata Overlays > Light Table (to remove the checkmark).

m

Choose View > View Options (or press Command-J), deselect the “Show decorations”
checkbox in the Light Table section, then click Done.

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Press Shift-G.

Badge overlays are now turned off in the Light Table.