Save IPTCs

[JS]

Hi,

after quite some time I wanted to use the save-button in the Iptc-panel again, instead of the flash-button. Now I found it uses .XMP ending by default, before it used two different .IPT-endings. See attached screenshot. Is it normal, since I now use PM5, before it was PM4?

Regards John

[JS]

Did You understand what i mean?

[Hayo Baan]

I don't remember if PM5 changed the file name extension (and perhaps the file format) or not, but if it did you can probably use both interchangeably. I would try this by loading one of your old .IPT files and see if that works.

[JS]

Hi,

it works. But what is the difference and why the change?

-John

[Kirk Baker]

John,

it works. But what is the difference and why the change?

IPT files cannot store all of the fields that are in the IPTC dialogs anymore.  Many of the fields can only be represented in XMP.  IPTC's binary format is becoming less and less useful as time goes by and the metadata standard is XMP.

-Kirk

[JS]

Thanks!

-John