Something I learned in following a currently ongoing thread about syncing Metadata prompted me to investigate and play around with the XMP/IPTC fields in digiKam. _
Not wanting to muddy up and confuse the other thread, I created this one. _
I have been using three separate programs to accomplish all of my Metadata editing. _
FastStone handles both single and batch editing anything in the “Properties” with accurate ease, including altering and correcting timestamps. _
XnView handles batch editing embedded jpeg comments, and adding/editing XMP/IPTC data. _
digiKam (along with Google Earth) applies the GPS data; and, digiKam applies the keyword tags. _
My system keeps me jumping back and forth between these three programs, but if I follow the correct order of procedure, I get the end result that I want. _
My main hurdle in all of this is NOBODY seems to have the same meaning/use for each field; and, something performed out of order in one program will alter, overwrite, or erase things already applied in another program. _
That being said, I decided to check out how digiKam handles editing the XMP/IPTC fields. _
I am using 64-bit WINDOWS 7 - digiKam 5.9 _
The geolocation data and keyword tags that digiKam applies are always visible in all of my other programs. _
However, concerning the “Description” tab found in the “Captions” tab, although digiKam will display any XMP/IPTC data that has been applied in any other program, nothing I do in digiKam in those fields, no matter what I do, write Metadata to file, whatever, will display outside of digiKam. _
Concerning the “Information” tab in the same "Captions tab, it will not allow me to enter any information directly in the provided fields. _
When I click the little pencil box in the upper right corner, I get a box with fields to create a template; I enter the pertinent information in the spaces provided, click Okay, and I have no idea where the template I just created has gone to; it sure doesn’t show up in the template drop-down menu. _
For what it is worth, I find digiKam quite handy for reading XMP/IPTC information created in other programs, but quite useless in creating the information itself - at least in Windows 7. _
Like I already said, the keyword tags and GPS info applied in digiKam locks itself into the file and is readable in every program I have tried; however, the XMP/IPTC editing capabilities appear to be non-functional in Windows. _
Am I missing something obvious in trying to get this to work ? _
Thanks for reading and all help is appreciated.