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February 5, 2020

P: Save To File doesn't clear IPTC fields

  • February 5, 2020
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If you set Title, Caption, and Copyright to be non-blank strings and then later clear those fields and do Metadata > Save Metadata To File, the corresponding IPTC fields in the file will contain the previous strings rather than be empty.

1. Select a JPEG and in the Metadata > Default panel set Title, Caption, and Copyright to be "XXX". 

2. Do Metadata > Save Metadata To File.

3. In the Metadata > Default panel, delete the contents of the Title, Caption, and Copyright fields.

4. Do Metadata > Save Metadata To File.

5. Do "exiftool -iptc:objectname -iptc:caption-abstract -iptc:copyrightnotice file.jpg" and see that IPTC:Caption-Abstract those fields still contains "XXX".

6. In LR, do Edit In > Edit In Adobe Photoshop > Edit Original. 

7. In Photoshop, do File > File Info and observe those three IPTC fields still contain "XXX".

See here for the original report:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/caption-description-metadata-fields.39512/#post-1261040

Tested in LR 9.1 / Mac OS 10.14.6

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    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    September 18, 2020

    Paul wrote, "I'm still seeing this in LrC9.4 on windows 10"

     

    I tested the bug recipe on my LR 9.4 / Windows 10 configuration, and the bug no longer occurred for me.

     

    Can you provide the exact steps you are doing, the type of file you're using, and the first ten lines from Help > System Info?  A screen recording uploaded to Youtube or Dropbox would be even better.

    F
    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    September 3, 2020
    I;m still seeing this in LrC9.4 on windows 10
    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    August 20, 2020
    I just tested the bug recipe, and the bug no longer occurs in LR 9.4.  Thanks.
    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    August 18, 2020
    Updates to Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic, and the Lightroom Ecosystem were released yesterday evening and contain a fix for this issue.  Please install the appropriate update and see if it solves this problem. 

    Thank you for your patience.
    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
    Smit K
    Smit K
    Participating Frequently
    February 6, 2020
    Hi John,

    Thanks for reporting this. We have been able to reproduce the issue and have logged a bug for the same.

    Thanks,
    Smit
    Lightroom Classic Team
    Smit | Lightroom Team
    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    February 5, 2020
    The bug is present in LR 8.2.1 but not in LR 5. (It's too painful to try to test intervening versions.)
    L
    Lumigraphics
    Legend
    February 5, 2020
    Maybe as a workaround use a dash character?
    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    February 5, 2020
    "try putting a space and resave"

    Unfortunately, that doesn't work. LR always trims leading and trailing spaces from metadata fields, so when you enter one or more spaces, that has the same effect as simply clearing the field.
    T
    TangCanada
    Participating Frequently
    February 5, 2020
    Insted of clearing the fields only, try putting a space and resave.
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