Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 140)

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Organizing photos
Last updated 4/20/2015
Metadata that is stored in other formats, such as EXIF, IPTC (IIM), and TIFF, is synchronized and described with XMP
so that it can be more easily viewed and managed.
Specify where to write metadata changes
Lightroom automatically writes adjustments and settings metadata to the catalog. You can also instruct Lightroom to
write the changes to XMP. In order for changes made in Lightroom to be recognized by other applications, metadata
must be written to XMP.
1 Choose Edit > Catalog Settings (Windows) or Lightroom > Catalog Settings (Mac OS).
2 Click the Metadata tab, and then do either of the following:
• To write adjustments and settings metadata to XMP, select Automatically Write Changes Into XMP.
• To write adjustments and settings metadata only to the catalog, deselect Automatically Write Changes Into XMP.
If you don’t write adjustments and settings metadata to XMP automatically, you can select a file and choose Metadata
> Save Metadata To File.
Save metadata changes to a file manually
To manually save metadata changes to a photo in Lightroom, do one of the following:
• Select one or more photos in the Grid view of the Library module and choose Metadata > Save Metadata To File(s),
or press Ctrl+S (Windows) or Command+S (Mac OS).
• Click the Metadata File Needs To Be Updated icon in a thumbnail in the Grid view of the Library module, and
then click Save.
• If you’re working with a DNG file, choose Metadata > Update DNG Previews & Metadata to save metadata changes
to the file and also generate a preview based on the current raw processing settings.
View photo metadata
In the Library module, the Metadata panel displays the filename, file path, rating, text label, and EXIF and IPTC
metadata of selected photos. Use the pop-up menu to choose a set of metadata fields. Lightroom has premade sets that
display different combinations of metadata.
❖ With one or more photos selected in the Grid view, or with a single photo selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe,
Compare, or Survey view, choose any of the following from the pop-up menu at the top of the Metadata panel:
Default Shows the filename, copy name, folder, rating, text label, and a subset of IPTC and EXIF metadata.
All Plug-In Metadata Displays custom metadata created by third-party plug-ins. If you don’t have any plug-ins
installed, filename, copy name, and folder are displayed.
EXIF Shows the filename, file path, dimensions, and EXIF camera metadata such as Exposure, Focal Length, ISO
Speed Rating, and Flash. If your camera records GPS metadata, the information appears as EXIF metadata.
EXIF and IPTC Shows the filename, size, type, location, metadata status, as well as all EXIF and basic IPTC metadata.
IPTC Shows the filename and basic IPTC metadata: Contact, Content, Image, Status, and Copyright metadata.
IPTC Extension Shows the filename and IPTC metadata for model and artwork releases and other types of licensing
rights.
Large Caption Shows a large caption edit box and the copyright box.
Location Shows the filename, copy name, folder, title, caption, and location fields, including GPS coordinates.
Minimal Shows the filename, rating, plus Caption and Copyright metadata.