Overview of keywords of multiple images?

[thomaskyhn]

Is there any way to get an overview of the keywords of multiple images?

In Lightroom and Capture One it's easy to see what keywords are assigned to a number of images, but I haven't figured out how to do this in PM yet.

[Kirk Baker]

Thomas,

Is there any way to get an overview of the keywords of multiple images?

In Lightroom and Capture One it's easy to see what keywords are assigned to a number of images, but I haven't figured out how to do this in PM yet.

You could make the keywords variable be one of your thumbnail labels and then you'll see them below the thumbnails.

Are you looking for a report?

-Kirk

[thomaskyhn]

Thomas,

Is there any way to get an overview of the keywords of multiple images?

In Lightroom and Capture One it's easy to see what keywords are assigned to a number of images, but I haven't figured out how to do this in PM yet.

You could make the keywords variable be one of your thumbnail labels and then you'll see them below the thumbnails.

Are you looking for a report?

-Kirk

Thanks for your reply.

What I was looking for was a way of seeing a list of the keywords assigned to the currently selected images – including which keywords are common to all of these images, and which are assigned only to some of them. Like the Keywords tool in Capture One and the Keywording panel in Lightroom.

Thomas

[Kirk Baker]

Thomas,

What I was looking for was a way of seeing a list of the keywords assigned to the currently selected images – including which keywords are common to all of these images, and which are assigned only to some of them. Like the Keywords tool in Capture One and the Keywording panel in Lightroom.

There is no equivalent in Photo Mechanic Plus at this time.

-Kirk

[thomaskyhn]

Thomas,

What I was looking for was a way of seeing a list of the keywords assigned to the currently selected images – including which keywords are common to all of these images, and which are assigned only to some of them. Like the Keywords tool in Capture One and the Keywording panel in Lightroom.

There is no equivalent in Photo Mechanic Plus at this time.

-Kirk

Thanks for all your help.

Being used to Capture One and Lightroom I find it difficult to get any proper overview of metadata in Photo Mechanic as there's be no way of viewing the data of more than one image at a time (as far as I understand), and no panel that will show the data of the image(s) currently selected in the contact sheet. You have the metadata window, but as far as I've understood you can only move one image at a time in either direction, no scrolling and no way of selecting more than one image.

Thomas

[Kirk Baker]

Thomas,

What I was looking for was a way of seeing a list of the keywords assigned to the currently selected images – including which keywords are common to all of these images, and which are assigned only to some of them. Like the Keywords tool in Capture One and the Keywording panel in Lightroom.

There is no equivalent in Photo Mechanic Plus at this time.

Thanks for all your help.

Being used to Capture One and Lightroom I find it difficult to get any proper overview of metadata in Photo Mechanic as there's be no way of viewing the data of more than one image at a time (as far as I understand), and no panel that will show the data of the image(s) currently selected in the contact sheet. You have the metadata window, but as far as I've understood you can only move one image at a time in either direction, no scrolling and no way of selecting more than one image.

You're right.  Data visualization could be improved.

-Kirk

[Mick O (Camera Bits)]

I'm curious about what tasks you're looking to accomplish.  While there are no direct analogs to the features you've described in C1 and LR, there are ways to see all the keywords/metadata for a selected set of photos -- The text exporter can quickly generate a text file (or even a spreadsheet)  that shows whatever metadata you choose from a specific selection of photos.  I am not sure if any of this could be used as a workaround for what you are looking for -- I guess it depends on what you mean by "proper overview."  For many tasks, of course, a spreadsheet might not be at all helpful -- but if you have a specific goal in mind, there might be alternate ways to do it.

[thomaskyhn]

I'm curious about what tasks you're looking to accomplish.  While there are no direct analogs to the features you've described in C1 and LR, there are ways to see all the keywords/metadata for a selected set of photos -- The text exporter can quickly generate a text file (or even a spreadsheet)  that shows whatever metadata you choose from a specific selection of photos.  I am not sure if any of this could be used as a workaround for what you are looking for -- I guess it depends on what you mean by "proper overview."  For many tasks, of course, a spreadsheet might not be at all helpful -- but if you have a specific goal in mind, there might be alternate ways to do it.

When adding/editing keywords (and this goes for other metadata as well) I find it useful to be able to quickly 1) select a number of photos and see what keywords are assigned to them – to determine if anything’s missing, etc. – as well as 2) add additional/delete unnecessary keywords for all selected images in one step without having to open and close additional windows, copy and paste settings, etc. As it is, none of this seems to be possible in PM.

While PM has many advantages, being restricted to seeing the metadata of one image at a time feels a little like working through a keyhole, seeing only a tiny part of what you're working on at any time.