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General Discussion / What puts which metadata where?
« on: 2014-08-11 22:30:18 »
A big problem with recent versions of Thumbs Plus has been that the metadata handling is completely changed, and not well explained. I've been trying to come to terms with some of it, and my latest abomination is this:
If I use the File / Edit Metadata dialog to append keywords to a jpg image, they're stored just in the Thumbs Plus database, not in the .jpg file. However, if I use the same File / Edit Metadata dialog and tell it to append to the Supplemental Categories field, *that* goes into the jpg file (as tested by using Irfan View to examine what's in the file after making the change).
It's this kind of thing that drives users bonkers. I've seen a really large number of comments, even whole threads, here where people are confused and unhappy with this new metadata handling mechanism. I agree, the old one worked a LOT better; this new scheme doesn't actually work at all -- there's no way I can find to put keywords into a file with Thumbs Plus any more.
If I use the File / Edit Metadata dialog to append keywords to a jpg image, they're stored just in the Thumbs Plus database, not in the .jpg file. However, if I use the same File / Edit Metadata dialog and tell it to append to the Supplemental Categories field, *that* goes into the jpg file (as tested by using Irfan View to examine what's in the file after making the change).
It's this kind of thing that drives users bonkers. I've seen a really large number of comments, even whole threads, here where people are confused and unhappy with this new metadata handling mechanism. I agree, the old one worked a LOT better; this new scheme doesn't actually work at all -- there's no way I can find to put keywords into a file with Thumbs Plus any more.