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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: kirmo on February 22, 2011, 08:35:27 am

Title: Keywording
Post by: kirmo on February 22, 2011, 08:35:27 am

Any advice how to handle this.

I'm using keywords this way:

1) have an external file with the keywords (> 1  000)

2) Import in LR the file and start using the Keywords

3) so no problem here; all goes well and plenty of keywords in the raw photos and others ( > 40 000 files)

4) then I update the external file with new keywords (outside LR)

5) How to get the new keywords in use and not delete all keywords from the used files??

Kirmo
   

Title: Re: Keywording
Post by: Yaïr Melamed on February 22, 2011, 10:17:31 am

Quote from: kirmo on February 22, 2011, 08:35:27 am

Any advice how to handle this.

I'm using keywords this way:

1) have an external file with the keywords (> 1  000)

2) Import in LR the file and start using the Keywords

3) so no problem here; all goes well and plenty of keywords in the raw photos and others ( > 40 000 files)

4) then I update the external file with new keywords (outside LR)

5) How to get the new keywords in use and not delete all keywords from the used files??

Kirmo
   

Title: Re: Keywording
Post by: Yaïr Melamed on February 22, 2011, 10:18:56 am

How can I generate keywords in note or txt and then apply or import to LR? Yair

Title: Re: Keywording
Post by: kirmo on February 22, 2011, 10:46:37 am

Yair,

just make a short list of keywords in LR. Make different types and
the export it:  METADATA  -> EXPORT KEYWORDS

now you have a text file which you edit. The syntax in the text file is
very simple and should be clear when comparing to what you have in LR.

Make some changes in the text file and import it back to LR. You'll see
what works. METADATA  -> IMPRT KEYWORDS


BUT, how not to loose the old keywords?

Kirmo