Keywords WITH image export

[victorm9279221]

I am not able to find the information / the possiblity to have an export or found the file on my computer (XML/CSV) that links the images in Bridge that have been tagged with keywords, and what are these keywords.

For example : 

blabla.jpg;keywords 1;keywords2

hello.jph;keywords 3

etc...

thank you

[Lumigraphics · Accepted solution]

There isn't one. However, you can use my Folder List Export script to generate a tab-delimited list of files and metadata.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mg817g9a9ymbasi/AADTmXUVxmFfM58bcyYE7yiwa?dl=0

[victorm9279221]

sounds really interesting, I will investigate and let you know. thanks a lot for answering

[Stephen Marsh]

Keywords are stored in the file and displayed in Bridge dynamically on the view/selected file.

It is possible to export/import keywords with ExifTool or a custom script:

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2016/08/extracting-metadata-to-csv.html?m=1

[Imp69]

I tested also ExifTool however I only see "subkeywords" (from a Bridge perspective), not the parent one. Or am I missing something? thanks a lot.

[Stephen Marsh]

What was the ExifTool code used?

[Imp69]

exiftool -r -filename -keywords -csv -CSVDelim ";" "C:\xPictures\PHOTOLIBRARY" > "C:\test.csv"

[Stephen Marsh]

The legacy IPTC -keywords tag is depreciated, I'd suggest that you try the XMP DC:Subject tag -subject instead.

This may or may not resove the issue, depending how the keyword metadata was written.

P.S. Screenshots or sample files are always useful/helpful.

[Lumigraphics]

Keywords are sometimes written by cameras into the IPTC tag. And be aware that there are three current namespaces that store keywords:

Microsoft, dc, and lr

[Imp69]

I tested it and it looks really good thank you !

However it seems the tool will not go into subfolders, which means that the task can be quite long if I have to export all keywords from all subfolders of my photolibrary. Do you see an alternative or an improvement to the script to do so?

thanks a lot.

[Lumigraphics]

You would need to modify a script to recursively search folders. This could take FOREVER so its not going to be a default option for a script writer.

[Stephen Marsh]

Perhaps by using the Bridge feature to show content from sub folders and to hide folders and using filters or smart collection the files can be isolated and selected as a single group, in effect manually making a recursive view and selection that a standard script can work on.

[Stephen Marsh]

It is really easy to drill into all subfolders with ExifTool by adding the following argument:

-r

or

-recurse

However, you may need to add further parameters to isolate specific file types and to ignore specific named directories under the top-level directory.