To write the information to a sidecar file if the format does not support embedding inside the file, select the Write sidecar files for formats that do not support embedded XMP checkbox. You can move the file all you like and the metadata will go with it. However, once you embed the metadata in the file, it won’t matter.
ACDSEE WINDOWS
If the file is moved outside of ACDSee, say with Windows Explorer, for example, then the link will be broken. Once you have assigned ACDSee Metadata to a file, it is linked to the database. Next time you close ACDSee, the Embed ACDSee Metadata in Files dialog box opens and offers to embed the new data into the changed file itself.Įmbedding ACDSee Metadata in the files as well is a safe way to back up this data and make it easier to retrieve if you should need to. Now, if you have the Display embed ACDSee metadata reminder checkbox selected in the Options dialog box, (click Tools | Options | Database), (The icon could be gray if you have the color on your overlay icons turned off.) You will now see a blue database icon on the thumbnail(s): This icon lets you know that the file has ACDSee Metadata that is stored in the database but has not yet been written to the file. So, let’s say you added a rating to one or more photos. It’s basically a way of making sure your metadata goes with your files, no matter what disasters, changes, or updates may happen around them. Also, your metadata will travel with your photos when you send them or share them with friends, family, or clients. So why do you want to bother also embedding it in the files themselves? One reason is that it protects it while your assets are being moved from an old computer to a new one. The metadata is stored in your ACDSee database. AND, you can create multiple databases, but that’s its own topic altogether. You can also backup, restore, and share database information. The database increases the speed with which you can browse your computer, and you can use the information stored in the database to sort, organize, search, and filter your images and media files. The ACDSee database stores image and media file information automatically when you browse your folders. What is ACDSee metadata? This is additional information you can add to an image to help you find and categorize/compartmentalize/organize it, such as keywords, color labels, captions, etc. For example, the metadata of digital camera images can contain the date and time the picture was taken, the shutter speed, the exposure settings of the camera, whether a flash was used, and much more. Ok, what is metadata? Well, it’s information about an image and how it was taken.
ACDSEE PRO
If you edit or add ACDSee Metadata to your files, ACDSee Pro automatically adds the new data to its database.
But I’m here to let you know that a) you probably know more about them than you think, b) you can learn all that you really need to know in order to be able to put them to work for you in a few short steps. Their seemingly abstract nature tends to freak us out. Those people understand databases… But then there’s the rest of us.
Well, ok, there are database experts, people that take courses on database stuff.
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