Add keyword tags to HEIC as an XMP sidecar from google takeout json

[filip]

Hi!
I'm going crazy.
I have a json file with tags, jpg and heic files.

This script works for getting the keywords into the keywords section (which I use in Adobe Lightroom) for the JPEG.

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exiftool -tagsfromfile %d%f.%e.json -file1 %d%f.%e '-Keywords<PeopleName' -r .
I understand this cannot work with heic files as the legacy IPTC is not supported
(even though keywords are in IPTC core as well I think so I'm still confused.)

Can I just create sidecars for the heic files and write all the data into them?!

I tried something like

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'-XMP-xmp:Keywords<PeopleName', but in general it's not working for me.

Thanks for any help!
I'm going crazy here at a brink of converting everything to jpeg and losing the heic benefits...

[Phil Harvey]

You should be writing XMP:Subject -- this is the XMP equivalent of the old IPTC:Keywords

- Phil

[filip]

Done. It works. Easy. Thanks!!!