Using IPTC Keywords Panel

[dbvirago]

I have used structured keywords almost exclusively, but I thought using the Edit Keywords function would be useful for certain sets of commonly used keywords. I understand the panel on the left will contain the current keywords in the image. Let's say I want to create a set containing those keywords. So, I click on the lightning, click Save, give the set a name. Now in the future, I can click on the Lightning and select that list to populate the panel with those keywords.

I could also highlight all the keywords, click on the left arrow to copy them to the Master panel and do the same thing. Now under both Snapshots, I have the same list of keywords under the same name.

My question is, when would you do one vs the other? It appears the functionality is identical except for how the list gets initially populated.

Thanks

[Kirk Baker]

I have used structured keywords almost exclusively, but I thought using the Edit Keywords function would be useful for certain sets of commonly used keywords. I understand the panel on the left will contain the current keywords in the image. Let's say I want to create a set containing those keywords. So, I click on the lightning, click Save, give the set a name. Now in the future, I can click on the Lightning and select that list to populate the panel with those keywords.

I could also highlight all the keywords, click on the left arrow to copy them to the Master panel and do the same thing. Now under both Snapshots, I have the same list of keywords under the same name.

My question is, when would you do one vs the other? It appears the functionality is identical except for how the list gets initially populated.

The Master List is the list of all keywords that you might want to apply to any images.  The current keywords generally aren't the set of keywords that you might want to pick and choose from for any image you're keywording.

But you can do whatever you like with either list.

-Kirk