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rogerc90131118
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February 22, 2018
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Labels in Br CC 2018 different from CS5/LR Classic 7.2

  • February 22, 2018
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On the latest Adobe Bridge CC2018 8.01.282, when I label an image with, say, Select (red) the label that gets entered into the XMP file at XMP:Label is different to that of Bridge CS5!

AS a result the new XMP:Label cannot be read by Lightroom (even with Bridge defaults).  Details as follows:

Bridge CS5 adding a select (or red) label (option 6) results in XMP:Label=Select"

Using Bridge CC2018 adding a select or red label (option 6) results in XMP:Label "$$$/Bridge/Preferences/Label/"Red=Select"

It is still visible as "select" and gives a "red" label in Bridge 2018 but is unreadable by Lightroom CC Classic 7.2.

What am I doing wrong or is this a bug?

I'm running on a MacBook Pro with Sierra 10.12.6

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    dbl730
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    May 21, 2018

    I am having the same problem.  Using Bridge 8.0.1.282 x64 on Windows 10 to set the label to "select" (i.e. color = red) but when I look at the EXIF and IPTC metadata Label field in LightRoom 6.14 it shows up as "$$$/Bridge/Preferences/Label/Red=Select" when it expects to see just "select".

    If I then use LightRoom to set the color label to "select" (I have LightRoom set to use the Bridge Default color label set), LightRoom changes the metadata Label field to "Select".  After choosing Update DNG Preview and Metadata from Lightroom, Bridge shows the correct label color.

    So the problem looks like it is only when setting color labels in Bridge.

      Stephen Marsh
      Community Expert
      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 21, 2018

      It appears that the latest Bridge CC2018 (8.0.1.282) is more messed up than before and writing buggy label metadata.

      See this thread:

      Bridge: XMP Label is wrong | Photoshop Family Customer Community

      Kukurykus provided a script to “patch” Bridge, which I edited to match the most common label setup:

      for(i = 0; i < (arr = ['Select', 'Second', 'Approved', 'Review', 'To Do']).length; i++) {  eval("app.preferences.Label" + (i + 1) + " = arr")
      }

      Check under the Adobe Bridge section linked below for installation instructions:

      Prepression: Downloading and Installing Adobe Scripts

      The script mentioned above will patch/fix Bridge CC2018 to write out correct label metadata on all files after installation. You may need to remove and reapply the incorrect label metadata to files labelled before installing the script.

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        dbl730
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        May 21, 2018

        Thank you for the help.  It works now!

          Stephen Marsh
          Community Expert
          Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          February 26, 2018

          I can’t reproduce this behaviour.

          Can you share a labelled file via a file sharing site so that the metadata is preserved?

          rogerc90131118
          rogerc90131118Author
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          February 26, 2018

          Hi Stephen,

          I have reproduced the issue as follows:

          gave a raw file a "select" label in Bridge CS5 (links to a dropbox file of the XMP) where XMP:Label="Select".

          I then shut down bridge CS5 and loaded Bridge CC2018 and gave the next available image in the set a color label of second (yellow) but the XMP:Label now shows  xmp:Label="$$$/Bridge/Preferences/Label/Yellow=Second". This is a completely different format!

          It behaves in the same way on two different (Mac) systems one running Sierra and one El Capitan

          Your observations would be appreciated.

          Kind regards

          Roger

            Stephen Marsh
            Community Expert
            Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            February 26, 2018

            I’m on Mac OS Sierra, I have both CS6 and CC18 installed.

            I labelled an image in CS6 as red/select.

            Opened into both Bridge CC18 and Lightroom Classic CC (7.2) and the label is red/select in both cases.

            Comparing the metadata for both the CS6 and CC18 label, the data is reported as the same:

            <xmp:Label>Select</xmp:Label>

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