Keywords and EXIF data

papipoissonpapipoisson Registered Users Posts: 43 Big grins
edited August 21, 2013 in SmugMug Support
I have all my picts in Lightroom, and try to fill all my EXIF tags when I import pictures.

In EXIF tags whe have some important information like country, city, location..
In Lightroom, it is possible to sort picts based on thoose tags, and so it is unusefull to set up keywords for thoose tags.

Then in SM, keywords come from the keywords field (and from the file name if the option is checked), and it seems not possible to choose an EXIF tag to sort the pictures.

So, would it be possible to populate the keywords field (in SM, not in LR) with few EXIF tags?

I'll add that I have more than 60 000 picts recorded in LR, and hundreds in SM. I'd like to find the easiest way do do that!

Thanks for any advice.

Jerome.

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  • MacLoyalMacLoyal Registered Users Posts: 71 Big grins
    edited August 20, 2013
    How do I eradicate unwanted keywords?
    papipoisson wrote: »
    keywords come from the keywords field (and from the file name if the option is checked)

    Jerome.

    I was searching for guidance on keywords when I came across this thread. Jerome, I can't answer your question but perhaps my question can be answered off the comment I quoted from you.

    Where is this option you mention which extracts keywords from the file name? I want to uncheck it! It's created a lot of fragmented and redundant keywords in my galleries. I don't expect it to help on removing keywords from photos I've already imported but I want it to quit doing that to new imports across the board

    I also need to know if it's possible to remove these unwanted keywords in bulk. Some are simply numbers. I do not ever need to search for a photo listed as "19." My carefully selected keywords are descriptive, rich and plentiful upon import. Stupid keywords need to be killed.

    Your thread title is broad enough to support this issue to. Hopefully the answers will help people searching for similar dilemmas down the road.
    macloyal.smugmug.com
  • papipoissonpapipoisson Registered Users Posts: 43 Big grins
    edited August 20, 2013
    I remember that you can cancel the automatic keywords extraction from files names in your acount setting, discovery tab.

    For bulk keywords deleting, go to organize, organize site, then cjick on teh galery you want to update the picts keywords.
    Use the tools button (on the menu bar) and click in captions and keywords.
    You have here the right tool for you. I had the same problem and I used this way to remove all numeric false keywords (there is an option for that in the menus).
    This can be made for each galery. I don't think you can do that for multiple galeries selected together.

    Anyway, don't forget that indexing keywords is quite a hard thing at that time, so be patient after removing the bad ones!

    Hope that helps.

    Jerome
  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited August 20, 2013
    papipoisson wrote: »
    ...ywords deleting, go to organize, organize site, then cjick on teh galery you want to update the picts keywords.
    Use the tools button (on the menu bar) and click in captions and keywords....
    That will work for each individual gallery. But what you need/want is to bring up the /keyword page.
    Clicking a keyword on that page or under any photo would open a photo gallery for all photos with that
    one keyword. And that's were bulk worked great on the legacy site removing/editing one KW everywhere .

    Because they moved to bulk edit to organize this can no longer be done on the NewSite for a keyword
    gallery. Last I looked they busted this bulk method on legacy. In a legacy keyword gallery clicking
    bulk edit captions/keywords opens "edit" page showing all photos from the gallery location of the first photo.
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  • papipoissonpapipoisson Registered Users Posts: 43 Big grins
    edited August 21, 2013
    I did not use keywords in my legacy, so I can't say much about that.

    Then, I tried something this morning (French time...) to delete a keyword from all the galeries at a time:

    Create a smart galery. rule is based on the keyword you are looking for (to delete it..) Include all photos. So you'll have a single (smart) galery filled with photos from all the galleries, all with the keyword you selected.

    Then use, within this smart galery, the tool "caption and keywords", and ask for remove the keyword.
    Select all, make a preview...

    Click save (tales a while) , then done (exit "Organize"), and back to the smart galery: it should be empty.
    Check on the keyword page: even if the deleted keyword apear, clicking on it show an empty galery.
    Remember that kyword indexing needs time..
    Hope that helps?
  • papipoissonpapipoisson Registered Users Posts: 43 Big grins
    edited August 21, 2013
    Just be carefull!
    To complete my previous post, be carefull with the process I described before as it uses indexing and smart galeries.

    1. it deletes a keyword from all the galeries.

    2. As the indexing process is quite long at that time, things can take a while.
    The results are not "in the minute". I tried first with 59 picts and took just few minutes to go.
    I tried then with 1000 picts and seems to take time (still working.:D)!

    3. So be precautionous with it.


    If anybody find this is to dangerous, or if there is any problem with data mamangement, just let us know!

    Jerome
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