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After editing a folder of photos it can look a bit messy having the original photos and saved edited photos side by side. Please consider adding an option which moves original photos inside a hidden folder after editing and Saving.

xnview wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:41 pm ok, thanks, i can reproduce with 'Save as' & 'Save copy'. 'Save' will overwrite the file and keep overlay.

You're welcome. Thank you for confirming I was not doing something wrong.

I have to do Metadata > Update catalogue from files to make the Category become selected in the Categories panel and the Has Category Overlay icon appear on the thumbnail. Should I have to do Metadata > Update catalogue from files?

you don't need to do that, overlay will be added ...

Thank you Pierre. Sorry I made a mistake. The metadata is in IPTC and XMP but the saved image does not have the Category selected in the Categories panel and the thumbnail of the saved image does not have the Has Category Overlay icon on it.
I have to do Metadata > Update catalogue from files to ...

Thank you Pierre. I have sent the xnview.ini file in a PM to you.
Sorry I have just noticed that if I look at the Info panel the metadata is in XMP and IPTC.
My default view has the Categories panel open. The Category is not selected for the saved image. Also the saved image does not have the little ...

When I edit and Save a jpg image that has Categories written into the original file's metadata the Categories are not in the saved image.

Steps to reproduce
1. Add Categories to images.
2. Edit image (crop, auto contrast, saturation, etc).
3. Click Save (to save a copy) or Save As.

Result ...

I have not tested this but try renaming the photo in the top folder so that it comes before the folder names alphabetically.

You're welcome. Thank you for responding

I add keywords(Ctrl + i) after importing and sorting my photos. A little label appears on the thumbnail in the Browser to indicated that I have added keywords. But if I edit a photo and then save it the little label is not on the edited photo but when I check, the keywords are still saved in IPTC ...

Is there a way to add custom buttons to the toolbar? I would like to add a button to toggle on and off the Setting "Show companion files" in the Browser view.

Thank you. Sorry, I should have noticed that.

When I select multiple images and do Metadata > Edit IPTC, XnView MP displays the message "Field values are not loaded because 'Do not load field values' is checked". What does it mean, is there a problem?


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I found this thread relating to XnView Classic but it doesn't help, the ...

Hi everyone, please help me by telling me how you import photos and videos into XnView MP from your cameras and phones with Import and Sort. I am coming from Picasa. I import photos and videos into date taken folders, usually I add a short description to the folder name. In Picasa the import window ...

UPDATE: Removing the {raw} jpg line fixed it. It is working great now. Thank you very much, Franky.

Thank you, that top line was already there by default. I will try removing it. I only added the last two raw extensions to the bottom line.