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Will Aron
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October 19, 2021
Question

Read Metadata from Files has removed my editing

  • October 19, 2021
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I clicked Read Metadata from files on a batch of photos and all the editing is gone. Is there any way to undo this and get them back?

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    DdeGannes
    Community Expert
    DdeGannesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 19, 2021

    Just as a matter of interest why did you consider it necessary to apply the “Read metadata from the file option “.

     

    Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    October 19, 2021

    @DdeGannes I can't speak for the original poster, but for me, I use GeoSetter to Geotag my photos, as it has a nicer interface than the Map Module in Lightroom Classic. So, when I use Read Metadata from Files, it reads the GPS coordinates, and since I have automatically write metadat to xmp turned on, I don't lose my edits or user-provided metadata (like keywords)

    DdeGannes
    Community Expert
    DdeGannesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 19, 2021

    Understood.

    Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
    J
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    Jao vdLCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 19, 2021

    You should be able to command-Z or control-Z right after to undo the last action. If that's not available try going into develop on one of the images and see if you can stepo back in history to before the metadata read.

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    Will AronAuthor
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    October 19, 2021

    I can't undo the Read Metadata action. I can only undo to the previous edit of my last photo I edited. I've been editing several photos over the course of a few days.

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    October 19, 2021
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    I can't undo the Read Metadata action. I can only undo to the previous edit of my last photo I edited. I've been editing several photos over the course of a few days.


    By @Will Aron

     

    You will likely need a recent backup of your catalog file, before you did this Read Metadata action.

     

    By the way, if you turn on the option to automatically write metadata to xmp, then this problem with Read Metdata doesn't happen, because all of your edits are in the xmp.

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