Bridge Metadata

mercphoto

I figured out how to do this last year but cannot figure out what I did, and how to change it. In the Bridge Tools menu is "Append Metatdata". I have one choice defined, "copyright 2005". Obviously I need to change this (or rather, add a 2006 option). But I cannot figure out how to do this.

DavidTO

Searching for "append metadata" in the Bridge help file found this:

You can modify the metadata in the File Info dialog box and save it as a template for use with other files.
Create a new file using an Adobe Creative Suite application. This creates a file without metadata from any other source.
Select the file.
Choose File > Info.
Enter the desired information in the File Info dialog box.
Choose any of the following from the menu at the upper right of the File Info dialog box:
To save the metadata in the File Info dialog box as a template for use with other files, choose Save Metadata Template. Enter a name for the template and click Save.
To delete an existing metadata template, choose Delete Metadata Template. Choose the template you want to delete from the menu in the dialog box and click Delete.
To open the folder containing metadata templates, choose Show Templates.
Click OK. You can now also apply metadata templates to files with the Append Metadata and Replace Metadata commands in the Tools menu and in the Metadata panel menu.

digismile

And to add to David's reply, when you choose Save Metadata Template, you can type the same name as before and it will ask you whether you want to overwrite/replace the old version.

I update my Copyright template each year this way:

1. Apply the old template to a new photo.
2. Open the metadata info window (Ctrl-Alt-Shft-I on the PC)
3. Change the year in the copyright line
4. Save Metadata Template

Done!