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P: Person info not removed during export since 11.0

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July 1, 2022
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Possible regression bug starting with LR Classic 11.0 (and still present in 11.4.1): during export, with "Remove person info" is selected, exported JPEG files still contain person information. This was not happeing in versions up to 10.4.

This may cause some trouble, as personal info could be shared unexpectedly.

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johnrellis

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Did you rename the associated keyword or change its Person attribute at some point?

I'm not able to reproduce the problem in general. But one time, through a combination of renaming keywords (either in the label above the face or in the Keywords panel) and adding/removing the Person attribute from the keyword, I saw an old version of the keyword name appear in the Region Name field in the exported photo. Unfortunately, I can't reproduce that behavior.

Unless we can get a precise list of steps for reproducing the problem on a new photo with a new keyword in a new catalog, my long experience in dealing with Adobe suggests they won't pay much attention.

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RomasBudrasAuthor

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Hi, I was able to reproduce scenario on a new catalog.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create New Catalog.

2. Import a photo.

3. Go to People View (Enable face detection for entire catalog).

4. Give name to one of detected persons.

5. Export the photo: Metadata - All except Camera Raw Info, "Remove Person Info" checked.

5a. Check the exported file, XMP tag <mwg-rs> - it contains face regions, but not face names.

6. Save metadata to disk (Ctrl-S) - XMP sidecars will be saved next to raw photos.

7. Export the photo: Metadata - All except Camera Raw Info, "Remove Person Info" checked.

7a. Check the exported file, XMP tag <mwg-rs> - it contains face regions, and also face names.

johnrellis

Legend

Excellent, I can reproduce the problem with those steps. And I also tested in LR 10.4 and didn't see the problem.

Metadata > Save Metadata To File is a key differentiator in lots and lots of bug reports. I should have remembered to check for that.

johnrellis

Legend

@RomasBudras, please provide details about how you're checking the exported JPEGs for person information. In particular, which app or web service are you using to examine the files, and which fields are you looking at?

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RomasBudrasAuthor

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@johnrellis , I am checking with Exiftool (and other applications e.g. Irfanview, Synology Photos).

Export settings I use: - Metadata Include: All except Camera Raw Info.

I am comparing images exported with LR 10.4 and LR 11.4.1, with selected / deselected "Remove Person Info".

When set to "Remove Person Info", these XMP tag groups are correctly removed:

<dc:subject>

<lr:weightedFlatSubject> [New tag for LRC11]

<Iptc4xmpExt:PersonInImage>

(as well as IPCT Keywords).

However, starting with LRC 11.0, the <mwg-rs:Regions> XMP tags containing face regions and person names are still included, even with "Remove Person Info" checked:

<mwg-rs:Regions rdf:parseType="Resource">

<mwg-rs:AppliedToDimensions

stDim:w="3552"

stDim:h="2368"

stDim:unit="pixel"/>

<mwg-rs:RegionList>

<rdf:Bag>

<rdf:li>

<rdf:Description

mwg-rs:Rotation="0.00000"

mwg-rs:Name="Firstname Lastname"

mwg-rs:Type="Face">

<mwg-rs:Area

stArea:h="0.10102"

stArea:w="0.06738"

stArea:x="0.33545"

stArea:y="0.29941"/>

</rdf:Description>

</rdf:li>

</rdf:Bag>

</mwg-rs:RegionList>

</mwg-rs:Regions>

Additional weird observation - values of mwg-rs:Rotation and mwg-rs:Area slightly differ depending on whether "Remove Person Info" is checked or not.