Writing to XMP not ignored by Lightroom, Bridge etc.

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[Originally posted by jeetsukumaran on 2007-12-21 14:05:42-08]

I want to use Exiftool to update a set of XMP keywords and captions from a database.

I used the following command:

exiftool -overwrite_original_in_place -P -XMP-dc:Subject="subject keywords" -XMP-dc:Description="description" 000001-001.xmp

But Lightroom does not seem to recognize it. I tried removing the photograph and re-importing it, as well as re-reading the metadata from file. Same goes for Adobe Bridge.

Any ideas?

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-12-21 17:23:09-08]

Re-importing should flush any cache, so this shouldn't
be the problem.  Try writing the information in Lightroom
or bridge to see where they put it, then use "exiftool -a -G1"
to view the information.  Change it with exiftool.  Verify that
it was changed with -a -G1.  Then re-import into Lightroom
to see what it gets.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by jeetsukumaran on 2007-12-22 00:17:23-08]

Phil:

Thanks for the reply. I tried as you said. The fields written are indeed the same as indicated earlier (xmp-dc:Subject and xmp-dc:Description). And it checks out on re-reading. But still seem to be ignored  by Lightroom when written to the XMP files. However, if I write directly to the raw files (cr2 and nef), then this works, and they get picked up OK. I guess this is the strategy I'll adopt for now.

Thanks again, and thanks for ExifTool!

-- jeet

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-12-22 01:26:12-08]

It looks like maybe Lightroom isn't reading the sidecar file?  There
should be some way to get this working, but it sounds like it may
be a question for the Adobe people.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by jeetsukumaran on 2007-12-22 12:50:17-08]

I'll try that. Thanks again!