Metadata In Bridge; About Metadata; About The Metadata Panel In Bridge - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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For New Filenames, choose elements from the menus or enter text into the text boxes. The specified elements and
text are combined to create the new file name. You can click the + button or - button to add or delete elements. A
preview of the new file name appears at the bottom of the dialog box.
Note: If you choose Sequence Number, enter a number. The number is automatically incremented for each file named.
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Select Preserve Current File Name In XMP Metadata if you want to retain the original file name in the metadata.
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For Compatibility, select the operating systems with which you want renamed files to be compatible. The current
operating system is selected by default, and cannot be deselected.

Metadata in Bridge

About metadata

Metadata is information about the file, such as the author's name, resolution, color space, copyright, and keywords
applied to it. You can use metadata to streamline your workflow and organize your files. This information is stored
in a standardized way using the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) standard on which Adobe Bridge and the
Adobe Creative Suite applications are built. XMP is built on XML, and in most cases the information is stored in the
file so that it cannot be lost. If it is not possible to store the information in the file itself, XMP metadata is stored in
a separate file called a sidecar file.
Many of the powerful Bridge features that allow you to organize, search, and keep track of your files and versions
depend on XMP metadata in your files. Bridge provides two ways of working with metadata: through the Bridge
Metadata panel and through the File Info dialog box. These methods provide different views into the XMP metadata
stored in the file. In some cases, multiple views may exist for the same property. For example, a property may be
labeled Author in one view and Creator in another, but both refer to the same underlying property. Even if you
customize these views for specific workflows, they remain standardized through XMP. The Advanced view in the
File Info dialog box displays the fundamental values being stored.
Metadata that is stored in other formats, such as EXIF, IPTC (IIM), GPS, and TIFF, is synchronized and described
with XMP so that it can be more easily viewed and managed. Other applications and features (for example, Adobe
Version Cue) also use XMP to communicate and store information such as version comments. For instance, when
you save a file in Version Cue, you might add the comment that you rotated the file when you worked on it. Later on,
you could use Bridge to navigate to that Version Cue project and search for the term "rotate" to locate that file.
In most cases the metadata remains with the file even when the file format changes, for example, from PSD to JPG.
Metadata is also retained when those files are placed in an Adobe InDesign layout.
You can use the XMP Software Development Kit to customize the creation, processing, and interchange of metadata.
For example, you can use the XMP SDK to add fields to the File Info dialog box. More information on XMP and the
XMP SDK is available from the Adobe Solutions Network on the Adobe Website.

About the Metadata panel in Bridge

From the Metadata panel, you can view and edit the metadata for selected files, use metadata to search for files, and
use templates to append and replace metadata. Metadata preserves information about the contents, copyright status,
origin, and history of documents. Version Cue uses metadata to manage files.
You can specify the types of metadata displayed in the Metadata panel.
Note: If you have applied metadata to an Adobe Acrobat
keywords are still attached to the PDF file.
PDF file, some keywords may not appear; however, these
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