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December 21, 2018
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Organizing imported tags intp PSE's tag structure

  • December 21, 2018
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Hello, everybody, I guess I need your help!

I've just imported my photo collection into PSE15 - 16,000 files. I also imported the many tags which had been accumulated into those photos overthe last years. The process went well - everything seems to look fine. But...

Yes, I've set up some 5 new tag categories with a total of some 30 subcategories as a basic framework for organizing my tags in PSE - easy job. But now,  from here I understand I'm supposed to drag & drop each individual imported tag into one of my newly created (sub)categories.  These 250+ tags contained in my photo files have been imported and packed into one gigantic 'flat folder' named "Imported tags", sorted by alphabet. The task of identifying individual tags that should belong to a newly created subcategory named 'xyz' , then to push this entry with the mouse to the proper new  space (category), and then to move on to the next imported tag, a.s.o a.s.o.... seems to be an awful job.

Isn't there an easyier way of doing this? Maybe a sort of  offline process, allowing me to pre-select and pre-sort the imported tags for the big move? Does anyone of you have any helpful hints for me to make the easier???

Thanks a lot,

Peter 

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    MichelBParis
    MichelBParis
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    December 21, 2018

    Peter,

    Just to be sure, you mean the imported files already had the keywords in your hierarchy? In this case, if you create your own hierarchy of keywords BEFORE importing, the hierarchy will be recognized and there will be no need to move the 'imported keywords' into their correct hierarchy location. Maybe worth reimporting again?

    On the other hand, you can select a small batch of imported keywords and move them in a single step where you want in your own hierarchy. This is better than moving 250+ individual keywords.

    The organizer also has a way to save a hierarchy (the container, not the linked items) in a text file and to import it in another catalog.

    See the title bar of 'keywords' and click on the triangle next to the + sign on the right.

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      InselhopperAuthor
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      December 21, 2018

      Thnks, Michel, for your reply!

      - you mean the imported files already had the keywords in your hierarchy?

      No - the imported files have keywords embedded, but no hierarchy. A hierarchy was created by me in PSE Organizer after import of my files. Next step neccessary: Move keywords from flat file "Imported keywords" to my newly created hierarchy.

      - On the other hand, you can select a small batch of imported keywords and move them in a single step

      Guess, that's it! Next thing tomorrow morning I'll it out...

      Thanks again.

      Peter

      MichelBParis
      MichelBParis
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      December 21, 2018

      Inselhopper  wrote

      Thnks, Michel, for your reply!

      - you mean the imported files already had the keywords in your hierarchy?

      No - the imported files have keywords embedded, but no hierarchy. A hierarchy was created by me in PSE Organizer after import of my files. Next step neccessary: Move keywords from flat file "Imported keywords" to my newly created hierarchy.

      Peter

      I had perfectly understood. If you create the hierarchy in an empty catalog BEFORE importing, you'll have nothing to do.

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