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Lightroom Classic: Save To File doesn't clear IPTC fields
If you set Title, Caption, and Copyright to be non-blank strings and then later clear those fields and do Metadata > Save Metadata To File, the corresponding IPTC fields in the file will contain the previous strings rather than be empty.
1. Select a JPEG and in the Metadata > Default panel set Title, Caption, and Copyright to be "XXX".
2. Do Metadata > Save Metadata To File.
3. In the Metadata > Default panel, delete the contents of the Title, Caption, and Copyright fields.
4. Do Metadata > Save Metadata To File.
5. Do "exiftool -iptc:objectname -iptc:caption-abstract -iptc:copyrightnotice file.jpg" and see thatIPTC:Caption-Abstract those fields still contains "XXX".
6. In LR, do Edit In > Edit In Adobe Photoshop > Edit Original.
7. In Photoshop, do File > File Info and observe those three IPTC fields still contain "XXX".
See here for the original report:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/caption-description-metadata-fields.39512/#post-1261040
Tested in LR 9.1 / Mac OS 10.14.6
1. Select a JPEG and in the Metadata > Default panel set Title, Caption, and Copyright to be "XXX".
2. Do Metadata > Save Metadata To File.
3. In the Metadata > Default panel, delete the contents of the Title, Caption, and Copyright fields.
4. Do Metadata > Save Metadata To File.
5. Do "exiftool -iptc:objectname -iptc:caption-abstract -iptc:copyrightnotice file.jpg" and see that
6. In LR, do Edit In > Edit In Adobe Photoshop > Edit Original.
7. In Photoshop, do File > File Info and observe those three IPTC fields still contain "XXX".
See here for the original report:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/caption-description-metadata-fields.39512/#post-1261040
Tested in LR 9.1 / Mac OS 10.14.6
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TangCanada
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John_R_Ellis
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Unfortunately, that doesn't work. LR always trims leading and trailing spaces from metadata fields, so when you enter one or more spaces, that has the same effect as simply clearing the field.
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lumigraphics
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smit_k
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Thanks for reporting this. We have been able to reproduce the issue and have logged a bug for the same.
Thanks,
Smit
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Rikk
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Thank you for your patience.
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John_R_Ellis
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John_R_Ellis
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Paul wrote, "I'm still seeing this in LrC9.4 on windows 10"
I tested the bug recipe on my LR 9.4 / Windows 10 configuration, and the bug no longer occurred for me.
Can you provide the exact steps you are doing, the type of file you're using, and the first ten lines from Help > System Info? A screen recording uploaded to Youtube or Dropbox would be even better.
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