XnView Software

For reference of anyone else with this question, it appears to me that if Tools / Settings / Metadata / "Write categories into images as hierarchical keywords" is deselected, then only the selected keywords are written to the selected files, and not the keywords corresponding to the parent ...

Thank you for the reply, and explanation. I will try using Edit XMP instead as you suggest.

Fwiw, since there is no indication in the XnView UI (that I saw at least) that IPTC Categories & Subcategories were not fully functional in XnView MP, I was not aware that they are deprecated and therefore ...

Thank you for the reply.

The issue (in my mind at least) is that the parent category /keyword - which was NOT selected to be applied to the selected image(s), is in fact assigned to the image and written to the file along with the keywords for the categories that were selected.

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I have created a couple of user defined subcategories under a predefined category, using the XnView MP / Category set pane which appears by default at the bottom of the XnView window. I have noticed that these user defined subcategories don't appear in the Categories tab of the XnView MP ...

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I have created a couple of nested categories under the category of Photographs - for example, Animals and Birds.

When I assign sub-categories (but not the parent category) to image(s) using XnView MP, and then update selected files based on the catalog, the keyword corresponding to the ...

Thanks much for the reply. At the risk of pointing out the obvious, but some form of up to date documentation (wiki, help text, or otherwise) would be very helpful and welcome. I imagine that it might be a challenge with a small team and other efforts may need to take priority at times, but we would ...

Great, thank you for the reply, and update.

Greetings, thanks all contributing to this software & documentation.

Fyi appears that some of the UI description info & screenshots in the Cataloging Features page on the XnView MP Wiki (for example the description of the Category & Category Sets UI) don't match the current program behavior (v1.8.6 ...

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, if there is a better place to ask these questions, please let me know.


- For keywords only (and star ratings and color labels)
XnViewMP provides a tool called "categories" which allows to manage the keywords (iptc or xmp, embedded or sidecar) and a "catalog ...

Thanks for the reply, sorry for the delay. Unfortunately notification e-mails are not arriving (yes I check the spam folder), so I just saw your message.

Yes, usually drag and drop as I recall.

1) Does the date behave depend on which method is used? If so, can you pls explain or point me to an ...

Is it possible with XnView MP to preserve the image file create date when copying files? (I realize that the date taken is included in image metadata)

I tried the Keep original date/time option under Tools / Settings/ General / File Operations, but that doesn't seem to apply to copying files (based ...

When using XnView MP when I select multiple raw image files, the select Metadata / Edit IPTC the following dialog is presented (unable to attach the image of the dialog for some reason):
"Field values are not loaded because 'Do not load field values' is checked"

Can someone please explain:
1) What ...