XnView Software

xnview wrote: Tue Nov 25, 2025 7:27 am

dave80 wrote: Sun Nov 23, 2025 11:27 pm Where is the information for the contents of Albums stored? Can it be backed up?

saved in xnview.db

Excellent. Thank you.

Where is the information for the contents of Albums stored? Can it be backed up?

if you use a copy of some files with categories, and you add your Temporary category, how is XMP metadatas?


Hi Pierre, thank you for helping. I have done as you suggested and it worked, XMP metadata was fine. I cannot reproduce the problem. I will keep an eye on it and let you know if it ...

Your catalog (xnview.db) was created and updated (add categories etc ..) with a unique version of XnViewMP ?
I think I read that xnviewMP last version cannot use a previous version of catalog ...

Thank you for your reply michel038. A recent update of XnView MP informed me that I needed to ...

[*]I added a new Category named "Temporary" to some of the photos.
[*]Days later when I came to remove the "Temporary" Category I noticed that all of the original Categories and Subcategories had been lost.

you have only "Temporary" Category in XMP metadatas?


Yes, that is correct.

Something happened to the Categories in some of my photos but I am not sure how it happened.

I have a folder of photos. All of the photos had Categories and Subcategories assigned.
I added a new Category named "Temporary" to some of the photos.
Days later when I came to remove the "Temporary ...

I use the Header to quickly change the sort order. To enable the Header click View > Sort By > Show Header. Once enabled you should see a bar containing lots of different attributes across the top of the thumbnails in the Browser. Click one of the options on the Header to sort by that attribute ...

I too would like to thank you Pierre for all your hard work on the excellent XnViewMP software. Thank you for fixing this in the new release, it works perfectly now

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.