PM6+ and Lightroom Classic in tandem...

[Junction10]

Hi, am I correct in my understanding..

I currently use PM6, but I'm thinking for this one task I might need to upgrade to PM6 Plus, as I don't think PM6 will cope with my library of 600,000 files in one pane...

I need to update (and standardise) my metadata format..  it's changed over the years since I first started, and now with all the additional IPTC fields including Copyright and Licensing field support by Google, I embed a search string into my Copyright URL field which will take users to my website with the search field containing the frame number and job etc - so it should show the particular image. I only started doing this in the last 18 months or so, so I'd like to go back and do this with my earlier images..

I used Lightroom Classic for my library, and it doesn't allow me to manipulate the image metadata like PM6 does, and for some reason - even simple metadata fields like the Frame number isn't supported in Lrc....

So.. 

If I were to make sure all images have current LRc metadata saved to them, then create a catalog with PM6 Plus (Presuming that reads in existing metadata into the catalog)..  is it then possible to apply a metadata template to certain fields, save the metadata from within PM6+ then read the metadata from the images back into the LRc catalog - without destroying edits?

Just trying to figure out the best, and cheapest way to tidy up my metadata without losing anything!

Thanks in advance,

J.
 

[Bob Russell]

As long as Lightroom’s Catalog Settings -> Metadata tab are set to Automatically write changes into XMP, then you don’t have to worry about losing any edits you have previously made in LrC. Photo Mechanic 6 or Photo Mechanic Plus can make the required changes to these files and then you can use the Read Metadata from file option in Lightroom’s Metadata menu to add the updates to its catalog.  If you are just updating a few thousand images at a time, then you can easily manage this with Photo Mechanic 6.

--Bob