syncing iptc to xmp

[Sulawesi_Girl]

If images contain iptc information, is that automatically synced to the corresponding xmp fields upon import? For example, I had tagged some pictures with location, categories, etc. in the iptc fields. When those pictures are imported into a catalog, is that information then synced to xmp as well?

[Murat]

Daminion extracts metadata from IPTC fields during importing and save them to Tags which are database(catalog) records.

 

To write those tags to XMP you need:

1. To launch the Sync process. Or it can be started automatically after some tag assignment.

2. To choose "Write Metadata to File" option from thumbnail context menu

[Sulawesi_Girl]

Right...so if I were to add a new keyword, would the resulting sync be just the keyword? Or would it go through and make sure the photo's other tags were written to the file as well?

 

Sorry for all the questions :P I'm just trying to understand better exactly how this works...

[Murat]

Don't worry - any questions are welcome.

 

It depends from:

1. Daminion will sync all the tags if you choose "Write Metadata to File" option

2. If you, for example, drag an image to a certain keyword - the only keywords will be synced. The same is valid for changes from the Properties panel.

 

You can use ExifTool (located on ImageProcessor folder) to migrate your IPTC keywords to XMP before importing them to Daminion:

 

To copy your IPTC:Keywords to XMP:Keywords:

exiftool "-xmp-dc:Subject<iptc:Keywords" dir 

 

Copy all IPTC tags to XMP:

exiftool "-xmp:all<iptc:all" dir