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Anonymous
October 6, 2012
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XMP Files

  • October 6, 2012
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Does any one know how to open XMP files? Fine for saving Meta data but what if you want to go back to a file later to recal what you entered? Just a refresh I suppose but certainly handy to know how if any one out there knows, I'd appreciate it!!

Thanks.

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    Paul Riggott
    Paul Riggott
    Inspiring
    October 6, 2012

    One easy way is to use Bridge, select the Raw file then File - Info and select either Advanced or Raw Data tab.

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    Anonymous
    October 8, 2012

    Thank you so much for your help, much appreciated.

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    Robert Shomler
    Participating Frequently
    October 6, 2012

    xmp files are text files that can be viewed in ascii editors and programs that will open text files.  WordPad that comes with windows will do this.  Here's a example - first few lines of xmp file content for an image file:

    <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 5.5-c002 1.148022, 2012/07/15-18:06:45    ">

    <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">

      <rdf:Description rdf:about=""

    xmlns:tiff="http://ns.adobe.com/tiff/1.0/"
    xmlns:exif="http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/"
    xmlns:aux="http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/aux/"
    xmlns:xmp="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/"
    xmlns:photoshop="http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/"
    xmlns:xmpMM="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/"
    xmlns:stEvt="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:xmpRights="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/"
    xmlns:Iptc4xmpCore="http://iptc.org/std/Iptc4xmpCore/1.0/xmlns/"
    xmlns:crs="http://ns.adobe.com/camera-raw-settings/1.0/"

       tiff:Make="Canon"

       tiff:Model="Canon EOS 40D"

       tiff:Orientation="1"

       tiff:ImageWidth="3888"

       tiff:ImageLength="2592"

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 6, 2012

    I’m not sure I understand.

    If you open the RAW in Camera Raw it should use the XMP-file.

    Otherwise have you tried simply opening it with a text editor (on a Mac TextEdit for example)?

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    Anonymous
    October 8, 2012

    Thank you so much for your help, much appreciated.

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