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Organizing photos
Last updated 11/30/2015
IPTC Extension Writes metadata for five categories of supplemental information about the content of the image:
Administrative, Artwork, Description, Models, and Rights.
Keywords Writes metadata for the listed keywords, appending them to any existing keywords applied to the photo.
3 Select the metadata to include in the preset by doing any of the following:
• To include all the metadata, click Check All.
• To include none of the metadata, click Check None. You’ll probably use this button when you want to start over
selecting which metadata to include.
• To include only the metadata for which you entered information, click Check Filled.
Note: If you manually entered metadata in the Metadata panel before choosing Edit Presets, the fields you edited are
checked in the Edit Metadata Presets dialog box.
• To specify individual metadata, click the boxes next to a metadata box.
• To include an entire metadata group, click the boxes next to the name (for example, IPTC Content, IPTC
Copyright, and so on).
4 Choose Preset > Save Current Settings As New Preset, type a name for the preset, and click Create.
5 In the Edit Metadata Presets dialog box, click Done.
Apply a metadata preset
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With photos selected in the Grid view or in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, choose a preset from
the Preset menu in the Metadata panel.
Apply a metadata preset using the Painter tool
1 In the Grid view, select the Painter tool in the toolbar, and then choose Metadata from the Paint menu in the toolbar.
Note: If the Painter tool does not appear in the toolbar, choose Painter from the toolbar menu.
2 Choose the preset in the toolbar, and then click or drag across photos to apply the preset.
3 To disable the Painter, click the circular well in the toolbar. When disabled, the Painter icon is visible in the toolbar.
Edit a metadata preset
1 From the Presets menu in the Metadata panel, choose Edit Presets.
2 Choose the preset you want to edit from the Preset pop-up menu.
3 Edit the metadata fields and change settings.
4 Click the Preset pop-up menu again and choose Update Preset [preset name]. Then, click Done.
Rename or delete a metadata preset
1 Choose Metadata > Edit Metadata Presets.
2 Click the Preset pop-up menu and choose the preset you want to rename or delete.
3 Click the Preset pop-up menu again and choose Reneme Preset [preset name]or Delete Preset [preset name].
Alternatively, you can delete metadata presets in the OS by dragging them from one of the following locations to the
Recycle Bin (Windows) or the Trash (Mac OS):
Mac OS /Users/[user name]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Metadata Presets/
Windows 7 and 8 \Users\[user name]\App Data\Roaming\Adobe\Lightoom\Metadata Presets