Mastering Metadata
This article appeared in Issue 5 of CreativePro Magazine.Metadata. Data about data. It’s useful, and it’s everywhere.
In files created with the Adobe Creative Cloud applications, metadata can be the dimensions of your Photoshop image, the copyright status of your Illustrator artwork, and the keywords of your InDesign document—all kept within those files themselves.
Much of the metadata in your file describes the technical underpinnings of your file and is automatically generated and updated behind the scenes—your apps take care of that for you. But you can and should add other descriptive info yourself, as it makes finding, sorting, and working with files easier.
So, let’s look at a couple different ways to view, add, and edit metadata.
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Thanks for the great article, Jamie! So, is there a way to create custom XMP fields that, say, a fashion brand could use to ingest into an image before uploading to a DAM? Like “Season” “Class” “Gender”? Thanks!
Thanks Bret! Actually, there is something along those lines. Have a look here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/custom-metadata-cc-apps-made-easier-james-lockman
I have not used this and only learned about it after I had written my article. Looks like it could be what you’re after, but unfortunately, it doesn’t work with InDesign…yet.
Thanks, Jamie!