XnView Software

I can confirm the rating is now saved to both the jpeg and xmp files if both "Create or update XMP Sidecar" and "Update master file" are checked.


Thank you!

1) What are Lr-Hierarchical keywords?

I understand your example, but where does Lr stand for? Is this also an option in some panel somewhere?

2) In order for the "Categories" tool to write the keywords in IPTC or XMP format, you must have previously validated the corresponding export options in the "Settings, Metadata" screen,

--> can you give me a screenshot?

I see several options in my settings.
a) Metadata --> sidecar --> checkbox for XMP-sidecar make or update --> should this box be checked?

b) Metadata general:
I have now checked
all boxes in categories and keywords, except 'write categories as hierarchical keywords in images'.

is this ok?

when using sidecar, metadatas are not merged between sidecar and embedded


Could you add option to toggle merge metadata or just merge them always?

this fix is for images+xmp companions

Hello Pierre,

as far as I am concerned, the function is not yet available in XnView MP v1.9.1:

My workflow:
1: the camera creates a RAW and a JPG for each shot
2: RAW and JPG are linked as companion files in XnView MP
3: after the import into XnView MP, I view and evaluate (stars and colors) the images based on the JPG.
4: the RAWs have to be manually adjusted to the rating of the JPGs.

Step 4: is very time consuming and it would be nice if XnView MP could do this automatically, just as it does when renaming, deleting or moving.

Thank you very much for your support and of course for the great XnView MP!

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.9.0 . Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

You can download XnView MP 1.9.0 here:

Windows x64 ZIP version SHA256: C76630A61D090D9AEDD78B8961ACBA9C1236419220D1889EFF736CBD03258806
Windows x64 SETUP version SHA256: 42FA88644A8BE6141FBD6201532A23CD4C9208441C43D7E3F0AA1EA4CEB8D1B9

Mac x64 DMG version SHA256: 7D0417CEC442F3E46A7FE4E87CEA95AAACA71AFEEA0B7B59FF069E3DD85EC525
Linux x64 TGZ version SHA256: 0751E57813641903D0B99E9FC06FC7CAECD9F62424B3D1DB742E5B42983DCAE7
Linux x64 DEB version SHA256: 92A85F8C147D38C0380D66F1C157859C065CB30E944AF6A9626AF3BD77C3901E

ARM version: https://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux-arm.tgz https://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux_0.92_armhf.deb

Linux x64 AppImages version: https://download.xnview.com/XnView_MP.glibc2.17-x86_64.AppImage
Linux Flatpak version: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.xnview.XnViewMP


Changelog 1.9.0:

3646: [New] Print all opened images
3642: [New] LibHeif 1.19.8
3641: [New] Thumbnails - split overlay icons - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=46432
3640: [New] Print as grayscale
3601: [New] Thumbnails toolbar - split into 2 toolbars - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48717
3587: [New] Windows - Settings - Integration - ProgramData - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=31574
3650: [Bug] Items renaming - Shift+Tab - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49051
3649: [Bug] Remove unused caterogies - categories set not cleaned
3648: [Bug] Saving rating label into sidecar and main file - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47238
3647: [Bug] Thumbnails - problems to select with keys - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=41636
3645: [Bug] Linux - PDF with GS 9.x - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49052
3644: [Bug] Browser - Category Sets - Assigned, Suggested - improve update trigger - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48478
3643: [Bug] Print - windows scale affects text - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=44206
3639: [Bug] Wrong open first image - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49030
3638: [Bug] Cannot write GPS coordinates to JPEG XL - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49022
3637: [Bug] Theme - switching - background of active tab remains unchanged - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49032
3636: [Bug] Resize dialog - 99999 limit - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49012
3635: [Bug] Browser - statusbar/filelist - heic - incorrect BPP info - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49020
3634: [Bug] AI format - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49016
3633: [Bug] Viewer - statusbar - cursor XY coordinates not updating - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47634
3632: [Bug] Rating icon covered by scroll bar - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49007
3631: [Bug] Search - IPTC all fields - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49015
3630: [Bug] Open With - path editable, but has no effect - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49010
3629: [Bug] Titlebar does not remember View setting - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48988
3628: [Bug] Export - focus - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49028
3627: [Bug] Cadsofttools CS_CGM - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=49000
3626: [Bug] General - image scaling - improve consistency - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47986
3625: [Bug] Typo in registry setting - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48999
3624: [Bug] Multi-image AVIF - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=46613
3623: [Bug] Browser/viewer - shortcut to raw renders differently - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48227
3622: [Bug] Category - category sets - hide assigned categories
3621: [Bug] Browser - thumbnails - shadow threshold - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48367
3620: [Bug] DICOM - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48759
3619: [Bug] Settings - catalog - get thumbnail size issue - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48879
3618: [Bug] Browser - views - thumbnails+details - few issues - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48842
3617: [Bug] Filelist - shortcut - cannot load file shown in subfolder - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48500
3616: [Bug] Browser - categories - 'Hide assigned categories' has no effect - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48479
3615: [Bug] Fullscreen on browser with second screen - some issues - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47899
3614: [Bug] SubSecTime place holder
3613: [Bug] JXL - bad thumbnail - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47723
3612: [Bug] Browser - filelist - details view - pasted file opens in new instance - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47877
3611: [Bug] Archive - not opened in default app - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=45759
3610: [Bug] Tabs not hidden after restart - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47965
3609: [Bug] Folder view - rename long name - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=46758
3608: [Bug] Rotate - 'Auto crop' crops too much - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=46843
3607: [Bug] Edit XMP - IPTC must not be writtent if empty - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=42361
3606: [Bug] Face tag - crash on image shortcut - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47205
3605: [Bug] Drag drop issue - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47153
3604: [Bug] MacOS - toolbar command - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48930
3603: [Bug] Info - blinking on file change - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48705
3602: [Bug] Export - file formats - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48832
3600: [Bug] Change timestamp - show files when error - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48771
3599: [Bug] Browser - Categories - clean up menu - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48867
3598: [Bug] Metadata - edit xmp - update rating appearance - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48401
3597: [Bug] Linux - folder tree - many folders shown in root
3596: [Bug] Screenshot - save - titlebar not changed - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48936
3595: [Bug] OpenSSL 3.0.16
3594: [Bug] Edit XMP - save template - keywords not saved
3593: [Bug] Import fails - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48798
3592: [Bug] Linux - open with - extra blank parameter - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48955
3591: [Bug] Edit XMP - Subjectcode not correclty written
3590: [Bug] User theme
3589: [Bug] OpenRaster plugin - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48858
3588: [Bug] App UI - menu structure - View - improve channel commands - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=47439
3586: [Bug] Settings - paths - improve grouping - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=47234
3585: [New] Setting to show info treeview header
3584: [Bug] Search similar - https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48850

when using sidecar, metadatas are not merged between sidecar and embedded

See issue for current status and some details.

Sorry about the delay. So the problem is only when saving rating? categories are saved in xmp and file itself, right?

XML:Instructions tag does not show for .cr2 or ARW files when sidecar .xmp present.

XnviewMP reads the contents of .xmp sidecar file only for XMP tab and all custom XMP tags inside RAW file get ignored.

.xmp sidecar not present
arw.jpg

.xmp sidecar is present (but missing custom XMP tag)
cr2.jpg


In this instance XMP:Instructions tag is not in .xmp sidecar and its ignored by XnViewMP

Files attached: https://www.upload.ee/files/18096201/files.zip.html

When i press I on keyboard it opens the info window overlay Settings > View > Info is for setting it up.

When i use {EXIF:White Balance} in that overlay it shows Manual: 1 however in exiftool it shows for
Canon [MakerNotes:Image] White Balance: Fluorescent
Sony [MakerNotes:Camera] White Balance: Shade and [EXIF:Camera] Light Source: Shade

Its very important for me to know white balance without running Exiftool every time, is there way to show in white balance as words in that overlay window?


So far i am using this workaround as command i run on bunch of files: exiftool -overwrite_original "-XMP:Instructions<MakerNotes:WhiteBalance" then display in info overlay {XMP:Instructions} , but it takes a while to do it as need to overwrite all files, ideally need another more direct solution.

And there's a problem with that workaround XML:Instructions is ignored if its only inside RAW file, but not in .xmp sidecar file.

Pierre, you said a year ago you would add this as an option.

Can you tell us when this will happen, please?

Saving ratings in file metadata and also sidecar files simultaneously is still not possible. This capability is needed for compatibility with other software.

Thank you!

hi xnview team,

I have the following problem when importing RAW and JPG files into XnViewMP 1.8.8:

Starting point:
Files were rated, tagged and commented with a separate tool (F-Stoppapp for Android)
The information was stored by the tool both in the JPG file and in an XMP file (for RAW and JPG).

Problem:
The categories assigned by me are not processed as desired in XnViewMP

Case 1: The category is already known in XnViewMP and created hierarchically (Photography|Plants|Tree). The category was stored exactly in the tool and assigned to the RAW/JPG file. Although the corresponding settings were made in the XnViewMP setup (automatic parent category), only the category “Tree” is imported, but not the parent structure.

Case 2: The category is not known in XnViewMP. The category was created in the tool (Photography|Plants|Flower) and assigned to the RAW/JPG file. During import, a new category “Flower” is created in XnViewMP, but not under the existing structure Photography|Plants| but under a new structure Plants|. The topmost structure “Photography” was not taken into account.

When I look at the file info, I see the category I entered under xmp, dc, subject[1].

In the RAW/JPG files associated sidecar files (.xmp) my categories are entered as follows:
...
<dc:subject>
<rdf:Bag>
<rdf:li>Photographs|Plants|Tree
</rdf:Bag>
</dc:subject>
...

What do I have to do so that the categories assigned to the photos, including the default parent category, are correctly adopted by XnViewMP?

Regards, Otrag

XnViewMP 1.8.3 64bit
Windows11 (24H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%

Metadata - Edit XMP
Rating control still uses old appearance (6 stars)

Suggestion
metadata_edit_xmp_rating.png

update Rating appearance to match Preview and Labels
- rework to 5 stars
- use grey stars / dots appearance

fix Rating control in Batch convert
- no visible dots, stars do not appear on click






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