Displaying and editing photo information

The Info palette in the Manage workspace lets you view, add, and edit information about your photos, such as the filename, size, and creation date, as well as EXIF and IPTC metadata. You can also add tags, captions, and apply star ratings to photos. For more information about adding tags, see Adding keyword tags to images. Adding and updating photo information makes it easier to organize and search for your photos. For example, you can search by caption text.

At the top of the Info palette there is a camera-style display that helps you quickly review the camera settings were used for the selected photo.


White Balance Symbols
	Custom		Flash
	Daylight		Overcast
	Fluorescent		Shade
	Tungsten		Partial metering
	Auto-white balance


Metering Symbols
	Custom metering		Spot metering
	Averaged metering		Multi-spot metering
	Center-weighted metering		Pattern metering

To display or hide the Info palette

Manage workspace

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On the Organizer toolbar, click the Image Information button

. The Info palette is open by default but you can hide or display it depending on how much screen space you need.

To assign a rating to one or more images

Manage workspace

Select one or more thumbnails.

In the Info palette, click a star, starting from left to right, to set a Rating. For example, if you want to assign a five-star rating, click the right-most star and all stars will be selected.


You can also
Assign a rating by using the context menu	Right-click one or more selected thumbnails, click Set Rating, and then click the number of stars that you want to assign.
Assign a rating by using keyboard shortcuts	Select one or more thumbnails, and press Ctrl + the number of stars you want to assign. For example, if you want to assign one star, press Ctrl+1.

To remove the rating of an image

Manage workspace

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Right-click a thumbnail, choose Rating, and the number of stars that are currently assigned to the image. For example, to remove the rating of a three-star image, you would choose Rating

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To add a caption to one or more images

Manage workspace

Select a thumbnail.

In the Info palette, click the General tab, and type text in the Caption box.

To delete a caption from one or more images

Manage workspace

Select on or more thumbnails that have the same caption text.

In the Info palette, click the General tab.

Highlight the text you want to delete in the Caption box.

Press Delete.

To view advanced image information

Manage workspace

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In the Info palette, click the EXIF or IPTC tab.

The EXIF or IPTC data for the image appears.

You can edit only the EXIF or IPTC data that have entry fields.