Adobe 65007312 User Guide - Page 91

USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 86 Organizing photos in the catalog Keywords About keyword tags Keyword tags are text metadata that describe the important contents of a photo. They help you identify, search for, and find photos in the catalog. Like other metadata, keyword tags are stored either in the photo file or (in the case of proprietary camera raw files) stored in XMP sidecar files. Once applied to photos, keywords can be read by Adobe applications such as Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, or Photoshop Elements, or other applications that support XMP metadata. Lightroom provides several ways to apply keyword tags to photos. You can type or select them in the Keywording panel, or drag photos to specific keyword tags in the Keyword List panel. In the Grid view, photos with keyword tags display a thumbnail badge . All keyword tags in the catalog are viewed in the Keyword List panel. You can add, edit, rename, or delete keyword tags at any time. When creating or editing keywords, you can specify synonyms and export options. Synonyms are related terms for keyword tags. When you select photos that contain keyword tags with synonyms, the synonyms appear in the Keywording panel when Keyword Tags > Will Export is selected. Keyword tags can contain other, nested keyword tags. For example, the keyword tag animals might contain the keyword tags dogs and cats. The keyword tag dogs, in turn, might contain Australian Shepherd, Border Collie, and so on. Keyword tags can also be organized into groups called keyword sets. By choosing a specific keyword set, relevant keyword tags are more accessible. This is especially useful as you add more keyword tags to the catalog. For a video about using collections and keywords to organize your photos, watch Lightroom 2 basics: collections and keywords. View keyword tags All the keyword tags in the catalog are viewed in the Keyword List panel. Each keyword tag displays the number of photos containing it. ❖ In the Library module, do any of the following: • To view the keyword tags in the catalog, expand the Keyword List panel. • To view keyword tags for one photo, select it in the Grid view or in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view and look in the Keyword Tags area of the Keywording panel. Or look at the Keyword List panel: A check mark to the left of a keyword tag in the Keyword List panel indicates that the selected photo contains that tag. • To view keyword tags for more than one photo, select the photos in the Grid view and look in the Keyword Tags area of the Keywording panel. An asterisk appears to next to the keyword tags not shared by all the selected photos. In the Keyword List panel, a minus sign to the left of a keyword tag indicates the tag is not shared by all selected photos. Create keyword tags 1 With one or more photos selected in the Grid view, or with a single photo selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, do any of the following: • Type in the field labeled Click Here To Add Keywords in the Keyword Tags area of the Keywording panel. Then, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). Skip the rest of the steps in this procedure. • Click the Plus icon (+) in the Keyword List panel. Updated 03 September 2009