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Note: You must save a metadata template before you can import metadata from a template.
To apply metadata templates to files in Bridge
After you have saved metadata for one file, you can apply it to others.
Select one or more files.
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Choose either of the following commands from the Metadata panel menu or the Tools menu:
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Append Metadata, followed by the name of the template. This command applies the template metadata only where
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no metadata value or property currently exists in the file.
Replace Metadata, followed by the name of the template. This command completely replaces any existing
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metadata in the file with the metadata in the template.
To use the Info palette in the Editor
In the Standard Edit workspace, the Info palette displays file information about an image and also provides feedback
as you use a tool. Make sure the Info palette is visible in your work area if you want to view information while
dragging in the image.
Display the Info palette by clicking its triangle
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Bin or the work area, choose Window > Info to display the palette.
Select a tool.
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Move the pointer in the image, or drag in the image to use the tool. The following information may appear,
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depending on which tool you're using:
The numeric values for the color beneath the pointer.
The x- and y-coordinates of the pointer.
The width (W) and height (H) of a shape as you drag, or the width and height of an active selection.
The x- and y-coordinates of your starting position (when you click in the image).
The change in position along the x-coordinate,
shape.
The angle (A) of a line or gradient; the change in angle as you move a selection, layer, or shape; or the angle of
rotation during a transformation. The change in distance (D) as you move a selection, layer, or shape.
The percentage of change in width (W) and height (H) as you scale a selection, layer, or shape.
The angle of horizontal skew (H) or vertical skew (V) as you skew a selection, layer, or shape.
To set color modes and units of measurement in the Info palette
Do one of the following:
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• To change the mode of color values displayed, click an eyedropper icon
mode from the pop-up menu.
To change the unit of measurement displayed, click the cross hair
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measurement from the pop-up menu. You can also choose Palette Options from the Info palette menu. Choose a
unit of measurement from the Ruler Units menu, and click OK.
if it's in the Palette Bin. If the Info palette isn't visible in the Palette
, and y-coordinate,
in the Info palette, and choose a unit of
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, as you move a selection, layer, or
in the Info palette, and choose a color
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