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Ejewett87
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February 19, 2019
Question

Bridge creating hidden keyword information, only visible in PhotoMechanic.

  • February 19, 2019
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When keywording photos in Bridge using it's hierarchy system, Bridge writes excess text into my keywords text box that is only visible in Photomechanic. I cannot see these duplicate keywords in Windows nor Bridge. They seem to only be there for Bridge to reference and understand their hierarchy. Are these ACTUALLY keywords? Is there a way to remove them? I have scoured the internet for an answer. Thank you for any help you can give.

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Lumigraphics
Legend
February 20, 2019

What extra metadata? Its writing exactly what you told it to. using hierarchical keywords. If you want flat keywording, turn that option off.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 21, 2019

So if one turns off hierarchical keywords that is fine for future keyword tagging… but what to do with all of the images that already have the hierarchical keywords in them? Nobody would wish to clean this up manually. Good news is that I have a Bridge script or ExifTool solution for that!

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Lumigraphics
Legend
February 21, 2019

Cleaning up bad data is always a problem.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 20, 2019

You have hierarchical keywords on in your prefs. Do you understand the differences between a flat keyword structure and hierarchical? If not Google it for more, there are pros/cons for each method:

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