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Gutsy4
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July 11, 2022
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Export Keywords

  • July 11, 2022
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My workflow is to edit my photos in LR Classic and then export the edited photo to an external hard drive.  I have wondered about this issue for years, but have never been able to resolve it.  I add keywords to my photos in LR but they do not follow the photo to the external drive.  I think I have followed instructions for "checking the right boxes" to include the keywords, but to no avail.  My computer is a MAC using Big Sur 11.6.7. LR Classic is ver. 11.0.1.  I appreciate any assistance that can be provided here!

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Correct answer F. McLion

Sent too soon ... I can confirm (just verified) that the keywords are written to the jpg's and shown in properties (Windows).

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F. McLion
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F. McLionCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 11, 2022

Sent too soon ... I can confirm (just verified) that the keywords are written to the jpg's and shown in properties (Windows).

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    Gutsy4Author
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    July 11, 2022

    Found them. If I right click on a photo and choose "Get Info" they are there. Thank you!

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      richardplondonCommunity Expert
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      July 13, 2022

      Richard, can you share your Lightroom export settings. There must be something that I need to check or uncheck in order for my keywords to show up in the Tags column like yours do. Thank you!


      If keywords are showing up when you do "Get Info" then you have successfully exported them.

       

      These are my export settings, nothing unusual:

      I did need to set the file browser to display the "tags" column, that column is not normally visible. But the Details pane does show these same tags in any case, per image.

       

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      F. McLionCommunity Expert
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      July 11, 2022

      How do you check if the photos have the keywords?

      Please post a screenshot of your export metadata settings.

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