XnView Software

And Please, can the name of the current layout be identified somewhere?

Scenario
I open XNView for a task. I pick the appropriate layout. I work. During the work I make some changes. I decide I want to keep the changes, i.e. update the 'current layout'. But, dummy that I am, I have forgotten which ...

Ah ...
Merci pour votre reponse. Ce serait bein.
Et maintenant, c'est tout de ma francais que je remember!

I have seen at least one YouTube video in which a person is using XNView, selects a thumbnail, a large preview appears, and next to it is an Info Pane (with Properties, exif, xmp, exiftool tabs). In the video the user clicks/double clicks/does something in a field in the Info Pane which makes that ...

Metadata | Transfer - XMP Subject put into wrong field

XnView MP Windows
Version 0.97.1 64bits (Oct 13 2020)

If a value is put into the XMP Subject field, it appears in the Windows 'tags' field.
Note - IPTC Keywords also is mapped to the Windows 'tags' field.

Effect: Data not where it is expected ...

Metadata | Transfer - EXIF XP Title field mis labeled

XnView MP Windows
Version 0.97.1 64bits (Oct 13 2020)

If you select EXIF XP Title, the label for the entry box is XP Author

Effect: Confusing for the user; not sure if what is wanted will be done (is it).

To reproduce:
1. select photo
2 ...

You can use transfer metadata feature of Xnviewmp ( tools,, metadata, ... )
Select files,
Choose target field , then source field... etc


Michael,
I just saw the links to your tutorial and used Chrome to see it in English (my French is far too old to follow more than 10%!).
I found your ...

Hmm.. That is useful to know, thanks.
However, (in this particular need) I want to get the filename of each photo into the metadata (Caption is OK; pretty much anywhere is OK).
And I'd like the process to work in batch - that is, a selection of multiple photos.
Transfer seems to move a metadata ...

I have exactly the same need and problem.
I want to use a file characteristic (e.g. filename) and place it into a metadata field.
But I want to do this for many files, not just one at a time.
The Ctl-I edit metadata feature lets me write static data to a selection of files.
But if I use the feature ...