P: Before after comparison of metadata conflicts

[bryn_f]

It['d be great to be able to use the before after split screen mode to look at metadata conflicts visually. You could see which version of the metadata is the one to keep. Although you still need to see differences like keywords and so on. I like rob cole's SQLLiteroom's ability to find the files with metadata conflicts, but now I need to figure out which one to keep. Even if it wasn't a visual comparison, that'd be ok. I just feel like I'm blind choosing between the catalog and the xmp file that are out of sync.

[johnrellis]

I filed a new bug report with a (hopefully) easily reproduced recipe for triggering spurious metadata conflicts:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom-scan-for-metadata-updates-causes-sp...

The problem in the past is that Adobe hasn't been able to reproduce the problem. If they can reproduce the problem with my recipe, perhaps they'll finally fix it.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

For me, it's because I don't know what I'm changing when I overwrite.  The fear is that I would be over-writing deliberate changes I made in the past, such as new keywords, and lose the work I did.

[johnrellis]

If you don't use other programs to modify photo's metadata (e.g. Bridge), then it is always safe to to overwrite the file metadata with that from the catalog. Most instances of LR's "conflict" notifications are spurious.

[grits5]

When LrC gives me a message that the photo has been changed in an external app, then it knows what has changed or it can't give me the message. So why not show me? Why not tell me what has changed? It's pretty useless to try to make a decision about whether to overwrite or not if I don't have any idea. And guessing games really aren't that much fun. If I could see the values that are different, then I could make a decision. This is probably my most frustrating thing about LrC. Please consider this going forward. Thanks.

Merged with this thread by Moderator

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this existing Idea:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-before-after-comparison-of-metadata-conflic...