Variations of Diptera FLIES can be sorted out in Excel using sorting, filtering and formulas. I can work with you on that. We could work on the Excel clean up privately because that's outside the Bridge community. Sorry I missed your private message, but I finally responded to it. ... View more

I think expand all subfolders only exists for the content panel right now.   The request is to expand subfolders in the folder panel in order to browse the folders before one is selected to open in the content panel.    From this:   To this:   Is this correct @jhgfuoipdfg8oi35njker8 ?   ... View more

If you are asking about Bridge Tools > Photoshop > Image Processor, try this: https://community.adobe.com/t5/bridge-discussions/bridge-14-0-0-102-disappeared-quot-tools-gt-photoshop-quot-menu-item/m-p/14079616   There are many other recent posts about this problem in Bridge. Try searching the Bridge forum for "Photoshop tools" and sort by date.     ... View more

You can change the label values in LrC to match Bridge.   Metadata > Color Label Set       Of course, there is still the language barrier, e.g. Rejected vs. Abgelehnt.   This will not give you any comfort, but the XMP specification has a very ambiguous definition for xmp:Label which does not assure interoperability: "A word or short phrase that identifies a resource as a member of a user-defined collection."   This is odd because it specifies xmp:Rating precisely: "A user-assigned rating for this file. The value shall be -1 or in the range [0..5], where -1 indicates “rejected” and 0 indicates “unrated”."       ... View more

Yeah, it's weird that you can see them in the "Get Info" Panel in the Finder. I was wondering where Finder is reading them from and if the keywords are in the embedded metadata at all.   Hopefully some one in the Capture One community will have an answer. ... View more

The first thing to do is to confirm that the keywords are in the JPG file. In Bridge: select D2-24_GROUP.jpg Open the File Info panel by going to File > File Info… or cmd + i On the list of panels (left side), click on "Raw Data"   Use the search box at the top and look for "dc:subject". These are the keywords. Are the keywords there? You can do this same test on the RAW file to see if the keywords are the same. ... View more

Thanks for figuring that out and for sharing! ... View more

By default, the metadata panels in Bridge only display XMP properties for defined standards like IPTC, etc.   I'm not familiar with XN View XMP import, but it looks like you are using a custom namespace ('abc') and properties ('valstring', 'valfloat', 'valint' is that right? You can get this to display in Bridge by creating a custom metadata panel for that namespace and any properties you have defined.   This would be the best way to do that: https://exchange.adobe.com/apps/cc/103752/custom-metadata-panel https://github.com/adobe-dmeservices/custom-metadata/wiki    If you want to see the metadata in the default IPTC panel, you have to write to the their specified namespaces and properties.  https://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata I can help you apply the spec, if you are going that route. ... View more

I think in Bridge 2023 you need to copy the XML files in App Data > Adobe > Bridge 2023 > SavedWorkspaces I can't confirm that this works, but it's worth a try. ... View more

You can paste a folder path directly. Click the folder path and it becomes a text entry box.     @gary_sc drag method works on Windows if you drag on to a desktop shortcut, but not the taskbar icon ... View more

Bridge embeds metadata into the file itself using the XMP format which is widely supported by most apps. Photo apps generally support a range of metadata standards with IPTC being the most widely used.   Beware: some social media apps strip embedded metadata, for whatever reason. You need to know which fields your social media apps support before you begin.   In Bridge, the embedded metadata is included when you make derivatives, even when you change format. When you set up export workflows, be sure to use the Apply Metadata step and include all original metadata:   Do some tests with Bridge and Photos to be sure it's working as expected.   ... View more

You're welcome.   Another good resource is the IPTC metadata spec. https://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata It will give you the XMP Spec for each field. For example: https://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata#title ... View more

That's right. Arrays are 0-indexed, so you would just figure out which item you want to use and count from 0. There are other was to work with text, like regular expressions. It just depends on how consistent your source is and what you want to do with.   If you want to write to a different field, you need to set the namespace, property name, and type correctly. Title is localized text, but there are also plain text, bag, and seq properties. If you saving to a date field, there is a specific format you have follow.   There's a lot good information and example scripts in the Bridge ExtendScript SDK: https://developer.adobe.com/console/servicesandapis Scroll down the page to the Bridge downloads.   I'm happy to help if you want to add another field. ... View more

One possibility is to set Bridge to write hierarchical keywords. This will write the entire hierarchy as a single value, like this: "800 Accesoinos|802 Wood Toys|Duck" You change the separators in the preferences. After writing some new keywords in this way, your filter panel will look like this:   This is not as easy to read as the nested hierarchical display in the keywords panel, but it does give you some context for a single word like "Duck".   I don't know ACDSee very well, but it might be possible to write your categories to embedded metadata IPTC Keywords using separators. If so, these would show up in Bridge too. ... View more

I'm glad you found a working solution in Nuke but yes, the Bridge batch rename should just work. ... View more

This definelty could be related to the AdobeBridgeBatchRenameTemp issue.    Using @Mikkel29816245c33v rename settings I experienced a slightly different problem. The order was retained, but the second file image became a duplicate of the first file. So there is definitely a bug there.   I then ran a test using an underscore instead of a dot ("example_v02_") and there were no problems. @Mikkel29816245c33v could try testing the rename "example_v02_" to see if the dot is causing the problem? It might not be possible to change your filename format, but it would running that test would help to narrow down the cause. ... View more

@Mikkel29816245c33v the curious thing is that the problem does not happen on your colleague's PC. I'm not able to reproduce the problem, but I wonder if has something to do with the dot in your filename.  Can you send a screenshot of your batch rename settings? ... View more

So the file info panel is more picky, which should be fixed. Which section in file info were you using, Basic or IPTC Core?   I'm using Windows so I can't track down the cause, but I'm sure that there is some hidden character in the text you copied from Adobe Stock. ... View more

My guess it there is a hidden character in the text you are copying. This happens a lot if you copy from a web page.   Try pasting the text in a plain text notepad app and it might be obvious (gap at the end of the line or blank line above/below).   Can you paste the text here? I might be able to see what the issue is. ... View more

I haven't seen just the title not saving before. How how you are entering the title, File Info panel, side metadata panel? Which section, IPTC Core, IPTC (IIM, legacy)? Is there anything different about the title you are entering in Bridge (special characters, tbs, line breaks)? Are you directly entering the title or using copy-paste? ... View more

Did you try the solution in this post? Bridge tif thumbnails will not display ... View more

As far as I know, there is no way sort by duplicate file names, but there was a very similar question for copying lables between JPEG and PSD files in this post: Copy labels from jpeg proxies to hi res PSDs   I have changed the script in that reply to work with ARW files. For any matching filenames, it copies the JPEG rating to the ARW file.   The script works on all visible files in the current folder, so navigate to the folder you want in Bridge, then run the script by selecting Tools > Copy Rating (JPEG to ARW). It works for .jpg and .jpeg and is not case sensitive.   You should test this before running it on your archive files. Create a test folder and copy a couple of your ARW and JPEG files, then run the script.   To save the script file on your drive: Copy and paste the code below into a text editor, not a word processor. - Save as using the file extension .jsx   - If this is not possible, Save as .txt   - Rename the saved file extension from .txt to .jsx   To install it: Go to Bridge Preferences     Windows       - Go to Edit --> Preferences --> Startup Scripts     Mac:       - Go to Adobe Bridge --> Preferences --> Startup Scripts Click "Reveal My Startup Scripts".  This will open the correct folder Copy the the .jsx file in this folder Quit Bridge Start Bridge When prompted, confirm the installation of the script   #target bridge /* Terms and Conditions of Use: MIT License Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ // This script will find JPEG and ARW files with the same (exact) name and copy the Rating, if there is one, from the JPEG to the ARW. The file extension is not case sensitive. To change which files are processed., change the values of search1 and search2. // create menu item in Tools if (BridgeTalk.appName == 'bridge') { var copyLabels_Label = "Copy Rating (JPEG to ARW)"; // use unique variable names at this level to avoid conflicts with other StartupScripts var copyLabels_Version = "2023-08-30"; copyLabels_MenuItem = MenuElement.create("command", copyLabels_Label, "at the end of tools"); } // when the menu item is clicked, run the script copyLabels_MenuItem.onSelect = function () { copyLabels(); } function copyLabels(){ var filePass = 0; // variable to count files successfully updated so it can be reported at the end var items = app.document.visibleThumbnails // array of all visible thumbnails in the active content panel var itemsCopyFrom = []; var itemsCopyTo = []; var search1 = ".jpg|.jpeg"; // primary file - label will be copied to search2 file (case insensitive) var search2 = ".arw"; // copy label to this file (case insensitive) // UI window var mainWindow = new Window ('dialog', copyLabels_Label); mainWindow.alignChildren = ['center','top']; mainWindow.preferredSize = [300,200]; mainWindow.spacing = 10; var statictext1 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "For all "+items.length+" selected files..."); statictext1.alignment = 'fill'; statictext1.justify = 'center'; var statictext2 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "when file names match exactly:"); statictext2.preferredSize.height = 40; statictext2.alignment = 'fill'; statictext2.justify = 'center'; var statictext3 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "copy Rating from JPEG to ARW"); statictext3.alignment = 'fill'; statictext3.justify = 'center'; var statictext4 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "(file extensions are not case senstive)"); statictext4.alignment = 'fill'; statictext4.justify = 'center'; var spacer1 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, ""); var group3 = mainWindow.add('group', undefined); group3.orientation = 'row'; group3.spacing = 20; var group3button1 = group3.add('button', undefined, "Run"); group3button1.preferredSize = [80,30]; group3button1.onClick = editXMP var group3button2 = group3.add('button', undefined, "Cancel"); group3button2.preferredSize = [70,25]; group3button2.onClick = function(){mainWindow.close();} mainWindow.show(); // Functions function editXMP(){ // Load the XMP Script library if ( ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined ) { ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject( "lib:AdobeXMPScript" ); } for (var L1 = 0; L1 < items.length; L1++){ // loop through each thumbnail if(items[L1].name.match(new RegExp( search1, "i" )) != null){ // get just the jpg files itemsCopyFrom.push(items[L1]); } if(items[L1].name.match(new RegExp( search2, "i" )) != null){ // get just the arw files itemsCopyTo.push(items[L1]); } } // CLOSE for (var L1 = 0; L1 < items.length; L1++) // Since it is much faster to search for an element in an array by its key rather than its value, we create an index array, 'lookup', and copy all of the values from list2 as keys in lookup var lookup = {}; for (var j in itemsCopyTo) { var noExt = itemsCopyTo[j].spec.fsName.substring(0, itemsCopyTo[j].spec.fsName.lastIndexOf (".")); // remove extension from file path/name for matching lookup[noExt] = itemsCopyTo[j]; } for (var i in itemsCopyFrom) { // find items in itemsCopyFrom in itemsCopyTo var noExt2 = itemsCopyFrom[i].spec.fsName.substring(0, itemsCopyFrom[i].spec.fsName.lastIndexOf (".")); // remove extension from file path/name for matching if (typeof lookup[noExt2] != 'undefined') { // if there is a matching file name // set same label in itemsCopyTo var label = itemsCopyFrom[i].synchronousMetadata.read("http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/", "Rating") // read itemsCopyFrom[i] label var label2 = lookup[noExt2].synchronousMetadata.read("http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/", "Rating") // read itemsCopyTo label if (label.length > 0 && label != label2){ // if the jpeg has a label. if the png has a label, only write if it is different from the jpeg // TODO add options to only copy if JPG has a label or only copy if PNG doe not already have a label? // TODO if JPEG does not have a label and PNG does, should PNG label be deleted? if(lookup[noExt2].hasMetadata){ // Get the metadata object - wait for valid values var md = lookup[noExt2].synchronousMetadata; // Get the XMP packet as a string and create the XMPMeta object var xmp = new XMPMeta(md.serialize()); xmp.setProperty (XMPConst.NS_XMP, "Rating", label); // Write the packet back to the selected file var updatedPacket = xmp.serialize(XMPConst.SERIALIZE_OMIT_PACKET_WRAPPER | XMPConst.SERIALIZE_USE_COMPACT_FORMAT); lookup[noExt2].metadata = new Metadata(updatedPacket); filePass++ } // CLOSE if(thumb[L1].hasMetadata) } // CLOSE if (label != label2) } // CLOSE if (typeof lookup[noExt2] != 'undefined') } // CLOSE for (var i in itemsCopyFrom) mainWindow.close(); Window.alert(filePass+" files updated") } // CLOSE function editXMP() } // ClOSE function copyLabels()   ... 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Seems like there is definatly a connection. Too bad you workaraound stopped working. You might try navigating to another folder, then back. That might break the connection. Also try View > Refresh (F5) ... View more

I can only test on Windows 10. I was able to reproduce the problem with an m4v file. I think the original poster @MarkyMarkM is right that it has sometihng to do with the audio/video preview playing. When I turned off play automatically when previewed, I did not get the renaming error.      ... View more

You have to open the exported .txt file in Excel. - Open your .txt file in a spreadsheet using tab delimiters - Because the .txt file is created as UTF-8, it is best to use the Excel import text wizard to retain proper character encoding, e.g. ©, 작, ü - Use import option and select a .txt file to import - Text Import Wizard - File origin = 65001- Unicode (UTF-8) or (UTF-16) - Delimited = Tab - Finish - The first row will contain the field names - Each row below that will contain metadata for a single exported file   You can also find instruction b clicking the"?" button.   You might be able copy and paste columns from Excel and Access tables. Your Keywords columns are probably going to be quite complex and will need to splitting, filtering, sorting, etc. to clean up. Have you ever tried OpenRefine? it's an amazing tool for cleaning and transforming data. The Cluster and Edit feature would very useful for your work. You can accomplish a lot in Excel too. I can help with that, if you need it.   Also remember that you'll want to purge and reload your keyword panel list. You might want to start with creating your optimized hierarchical keyword list, then fix your file keywords based on that and then import everything back in.   One last thing...you mentioned using standard commas instead of parentheses (). I would avoid commas, if possible. They are allowed in keywords but, because some photo applications treat commas as separators, they are dangerous. Even in Bridge, you'll see that any keyword phrase containg a comma will be surrounded by quotes which can be confusing. ... View more

It looks like Google converted the file to a Word document on download. That's annoying. Delete that file. Let's try using Dropbox. When you open this link, clode the login box and you should be able to click download. Dropbox will try very hard to get you to log in or create an account, but don't have to.   https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5hpxi9xw14nrxh6dtq1dn/export_import_2023-08-16.jsx?rlkey=jubfoup625ixtcp202crfd5bh&dl=0   If this doesn't work, we'll try another method.   As for selecting which files to export to a spreadsheet, if your files are nested in subfolders (if you have a parent folder for this project) you can use the export from subfolders option in the script. You'll get metadata from all your files, which you can then sort through.  ... View more

@robirdman1 For the export to a spreadsheet approach, download this script and README file file: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fb2Vob7KHEZWt5ZXLYpoJaLvbmFLCVuo?usp=sharing I'm trying Google drive for sharing this file for the first time. Let me know if you have trouble downloading it and I will find another method.   See the README file for instructions. Start by installing the script in the Bridge Startup scripts (see README ## Installation) Then: ## Open the plugin in Adobe Bridge ### Export Follow the instructions to open your .txt file in a spreadsheet (Excel, Google Sheets, or any other spreadsheet app) using tab delimiters. Look for the "Keywords" and "Lightroom Keywords" columns for the current values. They will look messy, but we can use spreadsheet functions to break them apart and clean them. Send me a private message and we can collaborate to accomplish this.   Finally, save your spreadsheet as a tab-delimited .txt file and use the script to import the clean keywords back into the files. We'll also reset your keyword list based on your clean keywords list to make new keywording easier.     ... View more