User Guide

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ADOBE GOLIVE CS2
User Guide
Metadata that is stored in other formats, such as EXIF, IPTC (IIM), GPS, and TIFF, is synchronized and described
with XMP so that it can be more easily viewed and managed. Other applications and features (for example, Adobe
Version Cue) also use XMP to communicate and store information such as version comments. For instance, when
yousaveafile in VersionCue,you mightadd thecomment that yourotated thefilewhenyou worked on it.Later on,
you could use Bridge to navigate to that Version Cue project and search for the term “rotate” to locate that file.
In most cases the metadata remains with the file even when the file format changes, for example, from PSD to JPG.
Metadata is also retained when those files are placed in an Adobe InDesign layout.
You can use the XMP Software Development Kit to customize the creation, processing, and interchange of metadata.
Forexample,you canuse theXMP SDKtoadd fields to theFileInfodialogbox.MoreinformationonXMP andthe
XMP SDK is available from the Adobe Solutions Network (
www.adobe.com/xmp
).
About the Metadata panel in Bridge
From the Metadata panel, you can view and edit the metadata for selected files, use metadata to search for files, and
use templates to append and replace metadata. Metadata preserves information about the contents, copyright status,
origin, and history of documents. Version Cue uses metadata to manage files.
You can specify the types of metadata displayed in the Metadata panel.
Note: If you have applied metadata to an Adobe Acrobat® PDF file, some keywords may not appear; however, these
keywords are still attached to the PDF file.
Depending on the selected file, the following types of metadata appear in the Bridge Metadata panel:
File Properties Describes the characteristics of the file, including the size, creation date, and modification date.
IPTC Core Displays editable metadata. You can add captions to your files as well as copyright information. IPTC
Core is a new specification that was approved by IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) in
October 2004. It differs from the older IPTC (IIM, legacy) in that new properties have been added, some property
names have changed, and some properties have been deleted. You can display the older IPTC (IIM, legacy) metadata
by selecting it from the Metadata options in the Preferences dialog box.
IPTC (IIM, legacy) Displays editable metadata. As with IPTC Core, you can add captions to your files as well as
copyright information.This set of metadata is hidden by default, because it has been superseded by IPTC Core.
However, you can choose it by selecting it from the Metadata options in the Preferences dialog box.
Fonts Lists the fonts used in Adobe InDesign files.
Swatches List the swatches used in Adobe InDesign files.
Camera Data (Exif) Displays information assigned by digital cameras. EXIF information includes the camera
settings used when the image was taken.
GPS Displays navigational information from a global positioning system (GPS) available in some digital cameras.
Photos without GPS information don’t have GPS metadata.
Camera Raw Displays settings applied by the Camera Raw plug-in.
Edit History Keeps a log of changes made to images with Photoshop.
Adobe Stock Photos Lists information about images obtained from Adobe Stock Photos.
Version Cue Lists any Version Cue version information about the file.
Note: Depending on the applications you are using, custom panels for various properties may appear here as well.