ExifTool and PhotoMechanic keywords vs. Adobe PS/LR/Bridge keywords

[ericconn]

Hope this is the right place to ask this. I have a set of images (TIF) that I changed the keywords of in Camera Bits' PhotoMechanic. The changes show up when I do an exiftool -a command for an image, however they are not appearing in any Adobe programs, I see the old keywords.

Any ideas what is going on here? I can't find any of the old keywords in the updated file's metadata, but it will show back up if I open a file in PS. Never had this problem before. Thanks.

[Phil Harvey]

Try this to see exactly where the information is stored:

exiftool -a -G5 image.tif

For a TIFF image, the standard IPTC location is "TIFF-IFD0-IPTC".  If it is stored anywhere else, other software may not see it.  You can use ExifTool to copy the information from wherever it is to this location.  To do this, use the -G1 option to find the family 1 group name for the IPTC you want to copy, then use this command:

exiftool "-iptc:all<1iptcX:all" image.tif

where "X" is the number of the family 1 IPTC group you wan to copy (or "" for the first IPTC group).

- Phil