

I'm going batty looking at the photo metadata in LR, opening the photo in Finder, then Preview, and looking at the metadata in the Inspector, and trying to see if I can spot the difference or see patterns between different photos. As I'm having other issues which I suspect could be linked to this "out of sync" metadata, I'm trying to get to the bottom of which metadata is being changed so I can figure out what is creating these conflicts and a) resolve them without losing data and b) stop generating them. So, something I've been doing is messing with metadata.

The Catalog also logs all the edits and changes you make to each image. It records keywords, ratings and collections, which are three essential tools for organising our image library. I used photosweeper to eliminate duplicates, and then either synced folders to remove the deleted photos from the catalog, or looked for missing photos to remove. In Lightroom, metadata about your images is accessed and edited through the Catalog. I've had messages when quitting Lightroom that LR was still writing metadata to files but that it would continue next time I opened (so I didn't wait to quit). Whether it makes its way into the Android version is in Adobe’s hands, so don’t shoot the messenger.My catalog is sprouting metadata conflicts left, right, and centre. How do you do long exposure in Lightroom? View > View options (ctrl + J) > tab Grid view “compact cell extras’ > check ‘Top label’ > choose copy name of file base name. How do I see filename in Lightroom CC?įortunately, there’s an option to show the filename in the grid view. “Screenshots typically don’t include the same kind of sensitive metadata as a camera.” For many users, the only Exif information that will feel especially personal is where their photos are taken. “One technique is to just take a screenshot of the photo and share that instead,” CR’s Richter says. This data can tell you the device used to take the picture, the camera’s shutter speed and lens type, the date and time the picture was taken and, sometimes, even its location in the form of GPS coordinates. Most modern smartphones store the exif data from an image file. Click the Metadata File Needs To Be Updated icon in a thumbnail in the Grid view of the Library module, and then click Save. 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). In the Loupe View tab of the Library View Options dialog box, select Show Info Overlay to display information with your photos. In the Library module, choose View > View Options. Click on the “Details” tab and scroll down-you’ll see all kinds of information about the camera used, and the settings the photo was taken with. Just right-click on the photo in question and select “Properties”. If you’re in Lightroom, then you’ll see this in the Library under the Metadata panel. If you’re looking at an image in Photoshop, simply navigate to “File > File Info…” and you’ll be able to see and edit all of the EXIF data there.
