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Inspiring
October 8, 2019
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Is there a way to find images and/or videos having an empty metadata field?

  • October 8, 2019
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Using advanced Find (Ctrl-F) in Bridge, is there a way to find all images with a particular meta field that's empty?

For instance, a query something like "Headline / Title does not contain *" (where * might be a wildcard meaning "anything".

For that matter, I don't see that wildcards exist either.  Is that true?

Hope this is just my ignorance and not a lack of program capability.

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

It can only be done for the "hard coded" metadata entries, not "All metadata", using "exists" or "does not exist":

 

 

I just tested with a couple of images and it works as expected.

 

Metadata support for video is very limited.

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Legend
October 9, 2019

This functionality would require scripting.

Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
October 9, 2019

It can only be done for the "hard coded" metadata entries, not "All metadata", using "exists" or "does not exist":

 

 

I just tested with a couple of images and it works as expected.

 

Metadata support for video is very limited.

AM_DaveAuthor
Inspiring
October 9, 2019
"Does not exist". Of course. Thank you. Now I have a related question I've posted here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/Bridge/Search-for-Headline-meta-tag/m-p/10658622#M14907
Chuck Uebele
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 9, 2019

I don't think there is a search function for that, but it's a good idea. It could be done with scripting, but it would be slower than a normal search.