XnView Software

Dear Michel
thanks a lot!

First, add (+) the target field = iptc:keywords (IPTC > Stichwörter)
Then choose source field = iptc:category (IPTC > Stichwörter&Kategorien > Kategorie
Apply > it is working.

I tried again and it worked. What I had to change was not to use "Kategorien", instead of that ...

To sum it up:

- Future: I just will use keywords. They are transferable to Adobe PE, there I can work with them
- Past: Since 2013 I used "categories". To make it possible to use this information I would have
possibility 1) to transfer the "categories" to keywords (in XN View) for all that ...

Sorry mistake:

Select a test photo
Tools>Metadata>Transfer...
choose a target field, "iptc:title" for example (or any other field ?)
select iptc category as source
Apply

And here is my problem: IPTC Category I can NOT choose as source but keywords. Even then I have to fill in which keyword - this ...

e: Categories and tags

by michel038 » Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:51 pm

2) Category
- An old iptc metadata is called category.. Almost nobody uses them anymore. (just me maybe :-( :( )
From 2013 on I just worked with XN View and there with categories in IPTC, and all are written in the IPTC. But Adobe ...

Dear Michel - Thank you so much / Merci Beaucoup :-)

1) Tags
- in most softwares, "tag" means "keyword"
tagging = adding keywords
many kinds of metadata keywords are possible (exif kw, iptc kw, xmp kw, xmp sidecar kw, xmp hierarchical kw)

- in XnViewMP "tag" is a marking feature, no metadata ...

Hallo
My Question is concerning Tags and categories in IPTC Data
What is the difference?
Background: I World like to work with that files e.g. In Adobe Elements. And there the categories from XN View are interpreted as Tags.
Is there a necessity or Even a possibility to Transfer all the Categories ...