Can I keep filename strings from keywords?

agallia

In addition to assigned keywords, uploaded files have filenames or parts of filename like "-" suffixes also added as keywords. Can this be prevented? Thanks.

devbobo

can you please show me an example of what you mean.

Thanks,

David

agallia

devbobo wrote:

can you please show me an example of what you mean.

Thanks,

David

Hi, David. Here is an example. Uploaded filename is ag091006-603-01. For some reason, "603" and "ag091006" were added as keywords in Smugmug. Lightroom only shows other 3 keywords before upload. Used Star*Explorer for upload. This is a common problem.

rolette

They just added a new option that disables generating keywords from the filename.

Go into your Control Panel, Settings tab and set Filename Keywording to "Disabled".

Once you change that setting, SM won't dork up your keywords anymore.

Configuring that option seems to be a little buggy, so you might want to close the window and go back into SM after setting it to verify the setting "took". I couldn't get mine to stick and SM had to fix it behind the scenes for me.

Jay

agallia

rolette wrote:

They just added a new option that disables generating keywords from the filename.

Go into your Control Panel, Settings tab and set Filename Keywording to "Disabled".

Once you change that setting, SM won't dork up your keywords anymore.

Configuring that option seems to be a little buggy, so you might want to close the window and go back into SM after setting it to verify the setting "took". I couldn't get mine to stick and SM had to fix it behind the scenes for me.

Jay

Thanks! That new option simply slipped by. Will give it a try. Wish it was retroactive.