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Phil5F94
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August 24, 2023
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Export metadata from catalog

  • August 24, 2023
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I have lost a large number of files (entirely my fault) and am trying to recover what I can.

I have extracted the previews from the catalog entries using the script supplied in Adobe's help documentation. These will supply many of my needs of the images if not all - cosiderably better than nothing!

However, the extraction does not include the metadata in the extracted files - is there any way of extracting the metadata from the catalog entries?  I am particularly keen to transfer keywording. Camera and lens details would also be useful. 

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Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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August 25, 2023

I think a Plugin such as Syncomatic might do the job.

It apparently ( I have not used) syncs metadata  [File > File],  but I do not know if it will sync metadata ['Missing Preview' > Recovered file]. Worth a try! 

http://lightroomsolutions.com/plug-ins/syncomatic/

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    August 25, 2023

    I think the Extract Cached Image Previews plugin also extracts catalog metadata and stores it in the extracted images.

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      Phil5F94Author
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      August 25, 2023

      Spot on - quite slow, but does the job nicely - I have my keywodring back.  

      Many thanks.

        Suzanne Mathia
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        Suzanne MathiaCommunity Expert
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        August 24, 2023

        The extracted previews don't contain any metadata from the original image.They also don't contain an ICC profile. So, if you import the extracted previews back into Lightroom, the images are imported with the sRGB profile.

        .....Suzanne Mathia
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        Phil5F94Author
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        August 24, 2023

        I know they don't - which is the problem.  Is there a way of exporting the metadata from a catalog?  It's in there, can I get it out?

        The only way I can see at present is to cut and paste the keywords from the lost file entry to the new entry for the extracted preview - 7,000 times.

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