How do I insert line breaks in the IPTC caption field?
Dear experts
I've started adding IPTC metadata to all my pictures taken with my DSLR camera. I use the caption field to add a description about the picture and then use Photoshop to adjust the color/contrast etc.
The problem is that all line breaks are ignored, which makes the captions/comments difficult to read when viewed on Picasa, Flickr or on mobile phones.
I use Geosetter, which is a fantastic program for adding data to a picture, but also Breeze Browser Pro, but to no avail.
What I can't understand is that I was able to add line breaks on one picture, but I can't remember how I managed to do that.
Please have a look at my attached pictures:
hk.jpg has no line breaks
petronas.jpg has line breaks.
Any ideas on how to add text in the caption field with line breaks?
Thanks for your help.
Massimo
hk.jpg
petronas.jpg
I've started adding IPTC metadata to all my pictures taken with my DSLR camera. I use the caption field to add a description about the picture and then use Photoshop to adjust the color/contrast etc.
The problem is that all line breaks are ignored, which makes the captions/comments difficult to read when viewed on Picasa, Flickr or on mobile phones.
I use Geosetter, which is a fantastic program for adding data to a picture, but also Breeze Browser Pro, but to no avail.
What I can't understand is that I was able to add line breaks on one picture, but I can't remember how I managed to do that.
Please have a look at my attached pictures:
hk.jpg has no line breaks
petronas.jpg has line breaks.
Any ideas on how to add text in the caption field with line breaks?
Thanks for your help.
Massimo
hk.jpg
petronas.jpg
I see line breaks in both. I'm using IrfanView to view the IPTC info. Here are a few screenshots showing it in <hk.jpg>:
As you can see, line breaks (pointed to by the red arrows) are showing up fine. Same is true in <petronas.jpg>. Regards, Joe
As you can see, line breaks (pointed to by the red arrows) are showing up fine. Same is true in <petronas.jpg>. Regards, Joe
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Hi Chris
I had a closer look with ExifTool and I noticed that the title is stored in the sidecard, the caption is saved in the NEF file. Is that a problem? I don't use Lightroom. At least, not yet ..
I had a closer look with ExifTool and I noticed that the title is stored in the sidecard, the caption is saved in the NEF file. Is that a problem? I don't use Lightroom. At least, not yet ..
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Hi Joe
Yes they look fine but. But Picasa/Flickr etc ignore the line break in hk.jpg
Yes they look fine but. But Picasa/Flickr etc ignore the line break in hk.jpg
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Hello everyone
Sorry for my late reply.
Joe: tried IrfanView (with the Exif plugin) , which is a great program. I used the CTRL + Enter to create a line break, but they don't show up in Picasa/Flickr.
Chris: The sidecards don't shop up when accessing the camera/SD card content with Windows Explorer. They are generated as soon as they're imported with Adobe Bridge (or Nikon's own program). Although my camera is very new (Nikon D7100) I do not think that the data is saved any different than with previous versions of Nikon's cameras.
The text is saved correctly as the line breaks do show up in other programs (I tried ACDSEE), so it has to be Picasa. I will continue to add the IPTC data to all my pictures. Hopefully, one day, Picasa will format/display the data the way it is supposed to be: with line breaks.
I'm not a pro photographer like some of you (I assume). I have fun taking pictures, retouch them and add/correct the other data (gps/caption).
Thanks a lot for your help and for the compliments. They were taken during my last holiday to Asia. :-)
Massimo
Sorry for my late reply.
Joe: tried IrfanView (with the Exif plugin) , which is a great program. I used the CTRL + Enter to create a line break, but they don't show up in Picasa/Flickr.
Chris: The sidecards don't shop up when accessing the camera/SD card content with Windows Explorer. They are generated as soon as they're imported with Adobe Bridge (or Nikon's own program). Although my camera is very new (Nikon D7100) I do not think that the data is saved any different than with previous versions of Nikon's cameras.
The text is saved correctly as the line breaks do show up in other programs (I tried ACDSEE), so it has to be Picasa. I will continue to add the IPTC data to all my pictures. Hopefully, one day, Picasa will format/display the data the way it is supposed to be: with line breaks.
I'm not a pro photographer like some of you (I assume). I have fun taking pictures, retouch them and add/correct the other data (gps/caption).
Thanks a lot for your help and for the compliments. They were taken during my last holiday to Asia. :-)
Massimo
Massimo,
Thanks for the follow-up. Good to know that it's a Picasa/Flickr problem and not a problem with the actual IPTC text.
I'm a big fan of skyscrapers and am very impressed with your photo of the Petronas Towers. It's better than any photo I've seen anywhere on the web. Congratulations on a fantastic shot! Regards, Joe
Thanks for the follow-up. Good to know that it's a Picasa/Flickr problem and not a problem with the actual IPTC text.
I'm a big fan of skyscrapers and am very impressed with your photo of the Petronas Towers. It's better than any photo I've seen anywhere on the web. Congratulations on a fantastic shot! Regards, Joe
Could it be that you did it in Photoshop Lightroom as described here under Large Caption...
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WSFB9BFF22-9A60-4dfc-8CC0-F2A09B515BE7.html
This is another description of how to add line breaks using Lightroom for multi-line captions. Option+Enter for Mac, and Cntl+Return for PC. The post is small, about 3 sentences, dated October 11, 2011, about 3/4s of the way down the page here...
http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/tag/metadata
And here is a really nice animated slideshow covering xmp editing in general for Adobe...
http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/vector/xmp.html
The opening paragraphs here, help understand editing metadata with different file formats.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS638E3AC9-A04C-4445-A0D3-F7D8BA5CDE37.html
I hear Adobe is working with industry players to get XMP approved by ISO as standard.
Please let us know if any of this helped.