CS Metadata Templates to LR Metadata Presets?

[evonzz]

I have loads of metadata templates that i use in Bridge when editing folders and importing onto the computer.  Now that i am starting to use LR2, the metadata interface does not appear to have any mechanism to be able to import the existing xmp metadata templates.

I do not understand why Adobe has created a conflicting nomenclature for metadata here.

Are there any scripts available to import old Bridge metadata templates into LR? any suggestions?
Or is this going to be a laborious process of selecting images that are based on all my metadata templates and then saving them as metadata presets?

[john beardsworth]

No automatic way. Apply your template to an image in Bridge/PS, then import that image to LR, and save a new metadata preset. In LR2 metadata presets now include keywords so it's less of a thankless task than in LR1.

John

[evonzz]

No automatic way. Apply your template to an image in Bridge/PS, then import that image to LR, and save a new metadata preset. In LR2 metadata presets now include keywords so it's less of a thankless task than in LR1.

John
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OK, tedious, but no so painful. But why oh why did Adobe not maintain a little consistency across these apps?

[john beardsworth]

OK, tedious, but no so painful. But why oh why did Adobe not maintain a little consistency across these apps?
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I was pressing them to do so, but there was also a need to take a ground-up approach and not be restrained by what was done in the past. Only a small elite used metadata templates to any great extent.

John