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davida31228700
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November 24, 2016
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Keywords & Tags

  • November 24, 2016
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Hi

I'm running Lightroom CC on Windows 10.

I'm a little confused regarding Lightroom keywords & their relationship to Windows 10 File Explorer file tags.

Many of my photos, when viewed in File Explorer, show tags. These tags contain the same information as the photo's Keywords when viewed in Lightroom.

However, some of the photos in File Explorer show no tags even though they show Keywords in Lightroom.

Is there any relationship between LR Keywords & File Explorer tags?

If not, is it possible to add File Explorer tags from within Lightroom, and how?

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Correct answer davida31228700

OK, solved (I think).

Adding a keyword via Lightroom does nothing outside of Lightroom whereas adding keywords with Bridge writes tags to the file which are viewable with File Explorer.

Mmm... I'm not convinced I have the full picture but it works for now.

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davida31228700Author
Inspiring
November 24, 2016

Further to the above: If I view a photo (that has keywords assigned in Lightroom) in Bridge it shows that there are no keywords assigned!

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davida31228700AuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
November 24, 2016

OK, solved (I think).

Adding a keyword via Lightroom does nothing outside of Lightroom whereas adding keywords with Bridge writes tags to the file which are viewable with File Explorer.

Mmm... I'm not convinced I have the full picture but it works for now.

ManiacJoe
ManiacJoe
Inspiring
November 24, 2016

You are going in the right direction.

Lightroom calls them keywords, Explorer calls them tags.

Lightroom never writes to the original files.

When you add keywords to an image, those keywords are associated to the image from inside the catalog (database).

When you export your edits into a new image file, the keywords will be added to that new file so that Explorer and other apps can see the keywords/tags in that new file.

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