Routing problem with photo mechanic

[Ianmac]

Hi,
I had a problem with my MAC and had to buy a new one and a new version of Photo Mechanic, I do work for Getty and had to get them to send me a caption (I dont use gift but build my own captions) as I had lost them all.
I was shooting a PGA Golf event and now even tho I start with a new caption the desk always come back to me saying I need to loose the PGA Golf routing, this means nothing to me as I have no idea how to set up the routing?
Can anyone help ?

[Kirk Baker]

Hi,
I had a problem with my MAC and had to buy a new one and a new version of Photo Mechanic, I do work for Getty and had to get them to send me a caption (I dont use gift but build my own captions) as I had lost them all.
I was shooting a PGA Golf event and now even tho I start with a new caption the desk always come back to me saying I need to loose the PGA Golf routing, this means nothing to me as I have no idea how to set up the routing?
Can anyone help ?

My guess would be that you've loaded one of their older IPT/XMP files into your IPTC Stationery Pad and don't have the Getty fields shown.  So when you apply the IPTC Stationery Pad it is adding on that invisible field to your images.  In the Accessibility section of the PM Preferences, check your IPTC dialog customizations and make sure you're showing the Getty fields (or whatever field this 'routing' field is.)  Then check your captions.  You can clear out that field in the IPTC Stationery Pad and then apply the blanked out field to your images and it will clear them.  (Make sure you don't have any other fields set to apply their data or you could wipe out/replace data that you don't want changed!)

-Kirk

[Ianmac]

Thanks Kirk -
That has helped hugely I have found the "Getty" routing fields - However I can only see them when I view the caption details via the "i" button on the bottom left of each thumbnail - however when I go in through the stationary pad I cannot see the boxes where this info is contained?
This is important to me as this it how I add my captions ?

Regards,
Ian

[Kirk Baker]

Ian,

Thanks Kirk -
That has helped hugely I have found the "Getty" routing fields - However I can only see them when I view the caption details via the "i" button on the bottom left of each thumbnail - however when I go in through the stationary pad I cannot see the boxes where this info is contained?
This is important to me as this it how I add my captions ?

Did you customize the IPTC Stationery Pad to show the Getty fields?

-Kirk

[Ianmac]

Hi Kirk -
No I didn't - how would I do that ?

Ian

[Kirk Baker]

Ian,

No I didn't - how would I do that ?

In the Accessibility section of the PM Preferences, check your IPTC dialog customizations and make sure you're showing the Getty fields (or whatever field this 'routing' field is.)

-Kirk

[Cloughie]

Hi Reading above,Ii have enabled the Getty Fields n IPTC but it just shows the title Getty images nothing below.
I am running version 5 of PM
What am i doing wrong?

[Kirk Baker]

How about posting a picture of your Customize IPTC dialog showing the various Getty fields?  I bet you still have them hidden.

-Kirk