TallNobby wrote:
> Friends,
>
> might be a very stupid question - but I did some research but I am
> confused.
>
> When I assign tags to my photos in vista's photogalery these tags can
> be used on this PC. Are these tags stored in the JPEGs? I somewhere
> read that vista is using IPTC for this.
>
> When I send a tagged image to another computer and try to view the
> IPTC information of the image with Irfanview or Opanda IExif viewer
> (both latest version) I cannot see the tags. Same happens with the
> author - information that i did assign via windows explorer.
>
> So - question is are the metadata stored in the image?
> If yes - is IPTC used for this?
> If yes again - why do I not see it in other viewers - that would mean
> to me that other photo-sw is using metadata in another way.
>
> Thanks,
> Norbert - Munich, Germany.
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Maybe some of your metadata is being
cataloged in the proprietary Pictures.pd4
database.
Have a look at the following article:
Metadata and the Windows
Vista Photo Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/3994ha
The "Pictures.pd4" database includes thumbs
and metadata and is found at the following location.
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\
Windows Photo Gallery\Pictures.pd4
The file can also be found with an Advanced
Search for pd4.
Go to...Start / Search / Advanced Search.
Check the box..."Include non-indexed, hidden,
and system files" Enter pd4 in the Name field
--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP
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