July 14th, 2010
3:04
Another Reason That Photographers Should Use Metadata: InDesign CS5 Live Captions
Some photographers keyword their images religiously. Some don't. Some even go as far as to put in Title's, Descriptions/Captions and other useful metadata in their images, others could care less. I think that the reason people don't take the time to add metadata to their images is that they don't see a benefit. Up until now you were told that the benefit would be so that you could more easily search for your images and while that certainly still holds true, if you've got a good organized catalog and folder system setup in Lightroom then you probably don't have many problems finding your images. Right? 
Now there's another reason to use metadata
With the introduction of InDesign CS5, designers and layout artists around the world can now have InDesign pull in the info directly from your photos AUTOMATICALLY and have it appear right along side your images as captions. So if you've taken the time to describe an image just right and you've put your copyright info in and given your photo a descriptive title, your vision both visually and textually will appear in the layout.
I recorded this video to show you how it works
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Good stuff! Can’t wait to start using that feature.
Love that feature. I’ve been a fairly religious keyword and metadata user. I’m good about doing descriptions. Lightroom makes it so easy to do…
On another note Terry I got my iPhone4 G Design holder in the mail today. I did a review of it on my blog with some nice photos and a nod to you for doing the first review of the 3G version. check it out here: http://jlykinsphotos.blogspot.com/2010/07/iphone4-tripod-holder.html
Thanks man! nice review.
Terry, thanks and great timing.
So, I now own CS5, I’m presently scanning all my childhood photo albums and will import the scans into LR.
I’d like to continue on to import into inDesign as you show but then, have it somehow on-line so my mother that does not live close by, can update the comment section. She knows the information.
She DOES NOT own any CS.
Am I better off looking at Acrobat? If so, how would I do this?
Thank you for any help you and your team can share.
Bottom line is I’d like to collaborate with mom….. Not your Wall Street Power hungry application need but perhaps more important.
Thanks!!
Tom
Tom
P.S.
Oh, to make manners even more interesting, upon completing such a feat I’d like to then get it into an online album and making a photo-book exactly like I make an Apple on-Line book with iPhone and their Book/Album maker…..
Yikes!!!
Dare ‘ya.
Tom
meant iPhoto not iPhone