Hi!
How do I copy everything from IPTC field "SupplementalCategories", and append it to the IPTC "Keywords" field?
For example, i have Supplemental Categories:
category_1
category_2
and Keywords:
keyword_1
keyword_2
keyword_3
and I'd like the new Keywords look like this (order is not important):
keyword_1
keyword_2
keyword_3
category_1
category_2
I've tried this:
exiftool "-iptc:Keywords+<iptc:SupplementalCategories" C:\temp
but after this the first keywords are replaced with categories:
category_1
category_2
keyword_3
Thank you in advance!
> exiftool a.jpg -iptc:supplementalcategories -iptc:keywords
Supplemental Categories : category_1, category_2
Keywords : keyword_1, keyword_2, keyword_3
> exiftool a.jpg "-iptc:Keywords+<iptc:SupplementalCategories"
1 image files updated
> exiftool a.jpg -iptc:supplementalcategories -iptc:keywords
Supplemental Categories : category_1, category_2
Keywords : keyword_1, keyword_2, keyword_3, category_1, category_2
- Phil
Indeed... I tested keywords with an old app ThumbsPlus, which for some reason was not able to display all the keywords. Probably, it is just too old :-\
Thank you!
You might check to make sure that the keywords have been separated properly. The above command will copy them correctly, but something else might not have.
Add the -sep option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#sep-STR--separator) to see where the keywords are actually separated.
For example, with -sep ## you would get this
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -sep ## -keywords y:\!temp\Test4.jpg
[IPTC] Keywords : keyword_1##keyword_2##keyword_3##category_1##category_2
If instead you get this
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -sep ## -keywords y:\!temp\Test4.jpg
[IPTC] Keywords : keyword_1, keyword_2, keyword_3, category_1, category_2then they aren't separated properly. See FAQ #17 (https://exiftool.org/faq.html#Q17) for command to fix in this case.
Also, if the individual keywords are long, over 64 characters, then you're running into the IPTC character limit. The -m (-ignoreMinorErrors) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#m--ignoreMinorErrors) is needed to write keywords longer than that.