07-07-2010, 03:00 PM
[quote name='larsrc' date='07 July 2010 - 04:46 PM' timestamp='1278514009' post='877']
One problem with this is that you don't get EXIF metadata for the images that don't already have them. This means that a) you'll need to pollute your regular keywords with things that properly belong in EXIF (but you'll have your other metadata as well), and <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> you can't use LR's builtin EXIF searches on all the images.
Can't your scanning program put info into the EXIF?
Also, metadata like film roll cannot be added as its own field, you'd have to add keywords like "Filmroll 1", "Filmroll 2", ... Unless, that is, I missed a sneaky feature for this.
-Lars
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Thanks for your input Lars. Well... is there like a GENERAL COMMENTS field where I can insert missing data that I don't want as part of the keyword tags? (A field that is still still included in searches). Since I don't have Lightroom and haven't tried it yet, I don't know if what I'm saying makes sense at all. But If I think of mp3 files, for example, and how their embedded data and tags are worked with in applications such as WinAmp - then I'm looking for a similar option also for images.
One problem with this is that you don't get EXIF metadata for the images that don't already have them. This means that a) you'll need to pollute your regular keywords with things that properly belong in EXIF (but you'll have your other metadata as well), and <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> you can't use LR's builtin EXIF searches on all the images.Can't your scanning program put info into the EXIF?
Also, metadata like film roll cannot be added as its own field, you'd have to add keywords like "Filmroll 1", "Filmroll 2", ... Unless, that is, I missed a sneaky feature for this.
-Lars
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Thanks for your input Lars. Well... is there like a GENERAL COMMENTS field where I can insert missing data that I don't want as part of the keyword tags? (A field that is still still included in searches). Since I don't have Lightroom and haven't tried it yet, I don't know if what I'm saying makes sense at all. But If I think of mp3 files, for example, and how their embedded data and tags are worked with in applications such as WinAmp - then I'm looking for a similar option also for images.