Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Bridge, Apple iPhoto, Apple Aperture, Windows Live Photo Gallery
Running into an issue with your photos not showing existing tags, ratings in Sort Shots? If so, then please refer to the below as some software needs a tweak to ensure the tags you created are added to your image.
The most common issue with photos not showing metadata is when users add photos ‘from library‘ i.e. the default photo app that came with your iPad. Third-party Developers are unable to access the sidecar data that is associated with your images as Apple does not allow this. Hopefully they will change this soon but until then, we are stuck. However, if you add photos via FTP or iTunes Folders the image and its sidecar data remain intact. Your keywords and ratings will remain with your images and appear in Sort Shots EXIF tags ready for sorting.
Adobe Lightroom – Photos with Keywords
In Adobe Lightroom – add keywords/tags to your images.
Click on toolbar ‘Metadata’ –> ‘Save Metadata to File’
Open the folder where your images are saved, select the images you wish to add to Sort Shots.
Once imported, you can sort based on the existing keywords. Alternatively, you can view the keywords assigned to an image by selecting an image and click on ‘i.
Adobe Bridge
Using Adobe Bridge, simply assign keywords to your photographs.
No other additional steps are required to ensure your keywords are written to the metadata of your images.
Add photos to Sort Shots – see above for steps.
Apple iPhoto – Photos with Keywords
In Apple iPhoto add keywords to your images.
Once complete, export your images with the keywords. File –> Export
Next, check the ‘title and keywords’
Click on ‘Export’ and the place where you wish to save your files.
Apple Aperture – Photos with Metadata
Using Aperture, simply assign keywords to your photographs.
No other additional steps are required to ensure your keywords are written to the metadata of your images.
Add photos to Sort Shots – see above for steps.
Windows Live Photo Gallery
Add ‘Descriptive Tags’ in Windows Live Photo Gallery along with your ratings. No additional steps are required.
