Metadata And Keywords - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS CS3 PROFESSIONAL User Manual

Run automated tasks
The Tools menu contains submenus for various commands available in different Adobe Creative Suite 3 compo-
nents. For instance, if you have Adobe Photoshop installed, you can use the commands under the Tools > Photoshop
submenu to make picture packages and create Photomerge® panoramas using photos you select in Bridge. Running
these tasks from Bridge saves time because you don't have to open each file individually.
Note: Third parties can also create and add their own items to the Tools menu for added functionality in Bridge. For
information about creating your own scripts, see the "Bridge JavaScript Reference. "
Select the files or folders you want to use. If you select a folder, the command is applied where possible to all files
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in the folder.
Choose Tools > [Component], followed by the command you want. (If your component doesn't have any
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automated tasks available, no component name appears in the menu.)
For information about a particular command, see the documentation for that component.
You can quickly vectorize a movie by using Bridge to run the LiveTrace command on a movie exported as a series of
still files (PSD, BMP, TGA, or TIF) from After Effects or Adobe Premiere Pro: After creating a LiveTrace preset for
one of the still files in Adobe Illustrator, select the series of still files in Bridge and choose Tools > Illustrator > Live Trace.
To compile your images back into a video clip, import the Illustrator files you just created as an Adobe Illustrator
sequence in After Effects or Premiere Pro. Note that there is a 10-frame limit when you run the LiveTrace command in
Bridge.

Metadata and keywords

About metadata
Metadata is a set of standardized information about a file, such as author name, resolution, color space, copyright,
and keywords applied to it. For example, most digital cameras attach some basic information to an image file, such
as height, width, file format, and time the image was taken. You can use metadata to streamline your workflow and
organize your files.
For a video on metadata, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0094.
About the XMP standard
Metadata information is stored using the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) standard, on which Adobe Bridge,
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop are built. Adjustments made to images with Adobe
Camera Raw are stored as XMP metadata. XMP is built on XML, and in most cases the metadata is stored in the file.
If it isn't possible to store the information in the file, metadata is stored in a separate file called a sidecar file. XMP
facilitates the exchange of metadata between Adobe applications and across publishing workflows. For example, you
can save metadata from one file as a template, and then import the metadata into other files.
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, which you can search
using Bridge.
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 files are placed in an Adobe document or project.
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