Hi Rui, I was referring to ExifTool as a means to diagnose and repair the problem images, rather than as a keywording or other metadata tool. Yes, the file is messed up, ExifTool reports the following when reading the metadata: exiftool -a -G1 -s A354_01.jpg [ExifTool] Warning : [minor] Fixed incorrect URI for xmlns:MicrosoftPhoto [ExifTool] Warning : Bad IPTC data tag (marker 0x0) The line in red would appear to be the issue as ExifTool can correct the minor error. I then tried to write metadata to the file, and an error was returned: exiftool -IPTC:CopyrightNotice='Museu de Portimão' A354.jpg Warning: [Minor] Unrecognized data in IPTC padding - A354.jpg 0 image files updated 1 image files unchanged Even ExifTool has problems writing metadata to the file, it is not just Adobe Bridge. Next, I rebuilt the metadata in the file with the following command (the actual image data remains unchanged): exiftool -all= -tagsfromfile @ -all:all -unsafe -icc_profile A354.jpg Warning: [minor] Fixed incorrect URI for xmlns:MicrosoftPhoto - A354_01.jpg 1 image files updated The image will now allow metadata to be written to it! As I have only seen one image, I don't know if this is an ongoing issue with files that have been handled by Microsoft Pro Photo Tools or not. If you do see a pattern here, then you may be able to find these files and action them or stop using the software etc. So, I see two ways forward: 1) Keep going as you are, when you find an image with this error, move it to a folder which you will then use the ExifTool commands to rebuild the metadata for the entire folder of problem images. Or just rebuild the metadata one image at a time when you come over it, depending on what is best for your workflow. 2) Run the ExifTool commands to rebuild the metadata over your entire image collection (which is why I asked if you have a backup). Please feel free to ask further questions if required.
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