IPTC variables not working

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Musty
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IPTC variables not working

Post by Musty »

Hey,

I'm new to XnViewMP and trying to put Metadata on my Pictures. I Preferably wouldn't always write all the information everywhere. I noticed that for example next to caption there is a little black triangle where you have the option "insert from". This I assume lets you insert a value from a different field. However all the options are grey when I try to do it.

Has someone any advise on how to do it properly or did I misunderstood the function?

Just so you know, "insert" and "Copy into" work perfectly fine. Just not the other way around (which would be much more important to me).

I thank everyone for a piece of advise :D
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Re: IPTC variables not working

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'insert from' is to copy from another iptc field, if all your fields are blank, all meny entries will are greyed
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