Datasheet

Creating and locating metadata
9Bridge Lesson 1, Using Adobe Bridge
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7 Scroll down until you can see Description Writer, and click on the pencil next to it. All
editable  elds are highlighted, and a cursor appears in the Description Writer  eld.
8 Type your name, or type student.
Reveal the IPTC contents and enter
metadata information.
9 Scroll up to locate Creator: City. Click on the pencil icon to the right of the Creator
City text box, type the name of your city, and then press the Tab key. The cursor is now
in the State text  eld. Enter your state information.
10 Check the Apply checkbox ( ), located in the bottom-right corner of the Metadata
panel, to apply your changes. You have now edited metadata that is attached to the image,
information that will appear whenever someone opens your image in Bridge or views
the image information in Adobe Photoshop, using File > File Info.
Using keywords
Keywords can reduce the amount of time it takes to  nd an image on a computer, by using
logical words to help users locate images more quickly.
1 Click on the Keywords tab, which appears behind the Metadata panel. A list of
commonly used keywords appears.
2 Click on the New Keyword button ( ) at the bottom of the Keywords panel. Type
guitar into the active text box, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
3 Check the empty checkbox to the left of the guitar keyword. This adds the guitar
keyword to the selected image.
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