I just installed the latest version and am having a problem writing any IPTC data to my files.
Am I missing a trick?
Command lines are:
E:\Test>exiftool.pl -Caption="Purchase 3M Waste Pipe from www.discountedheating.co.uk" -m -o updated/ 3m-Waste-Pipe-4994.jpg
1 image files created
E:\Test>exiftool.pl -IPTC:Caption="Purchase 3M Waste Pipe from www.discountedheating.co.uk" -m -o updated/ 3m-Waste-Pipe-4994.jpg
Warning: Tag 'IPTC:Caption' does not exist
1 image files copied
E:\Test>exiftool.pl -XMP:Caption="Purchase 3M Waste Pipe from www.discountedheating.co.uk" -m -o updated/ 3m-Waste-Pipe-4994.jpg
1 image files created
The first and last create the Caption in XMP
e.g
<?xpacket begin='' id='W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d'?>
<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x='adobe:ns:meta/' x:xmptk='Image::ExifTool 8.47'>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf='http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#'>
<rdf:Description rdf:about=''
xmlns:acdsee='http://ns.acdsee.com/iptc/1.0/'>
<acdsee:caption>Purchase 3M Waste Pipe from www.discountedheating.co.uk</acdsee:caption>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>
The second one makes no change at all.
Start Image attached
Thanks in advance
The problem is simple: The IPTC tag is named "Caption-Abstract", not "Caption".
When in doubt, check the IPTC Tag Name documentation (https://exiftool.org/TagNames/IPTC.html).
- Phil
!! Doh !!
Thanks Phil, had tried that earlier when i had other errors using the windows .exe version, but didnt go back to it once i installed the perl version.
Best regards
Graeme
Hi Graeme,
One more point: I should have maybe asked if you really want to be writing XMP-acdsee:Caption. The XMP analogue to IPTC:Caption-Abstract is XMP-dc:Description.
- Phil