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April 28, 2021
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Keywords WITH image export

  • April 28, 2021
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I am not able to find the information / the possiblity to have an export or found the file on my computer (XML/CSV) that links the images in Bridge that have been tagged with keywords, and what are these keywords.

For example : 

blabla.jpg;keywords 1;keywords2

hello.jph;keywords 3

etc...

thank you

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Correct answer Lumigraphics

There isn't one. However, you can use my Folder List Export script to generate a tab-delimited list of files and metadata.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mg817g9a9ymbasi/AADTmXUVxmFfM58bcyYE7yiwa?dl=0

4 replies

Participating Frequently
May 26, 2021

I tested it and it looks really good thank you !

However it seems the tool will not go into subfolders, which means that the task can be quite long if I have to export all keywords from all subfolders of my photolibrary. Do you see an alternative or an improvement to the script to do so?

thanks a lot.

Legend
May 26, 2021

You would need to modify a script to recursively search folders. This could take FOREVER so its not going to be a default option for a script writer.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 26, 2021

Perhaps by using the Bridge feature to show content from sub folders and to hide folders and using filters or smart collection the files can be isolated and selected as a single group, in effect manually making a recursive view and selection that a standard script can work on.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 30, 2021

Keywords are stored in the file and displayed in Bridge dynamically on the view/selected file.

 

It is possible to export/import keywords with ExifTool or a custom script:

 

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2016/08/extracting-metadata-to-csv.html?m=1

 

Participating Frequently
May 26, 2021

I tested also ExifTool however I only see "subkeywords" (from a Bridge perspective), not the parent one. Or am I missing something? thanks a lot.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 26, 2021

What was the ExifTool code used?

Participant
April 28, 2021

sounds really interesting, I will investigate and let you know. thanks a lot for answering

LumigraphicsCorrect answer
Legend
April 28, 2021

There isn't one. However, you can use my Folder List Export script to generate a tab-delimited list of files and metadata.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mg817g9a9ymbasi/AADTmXUVxmFfM58bcyYE7yiwa?dl=0