- Lightroom Version Number
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.3.1 Release
- Operating System
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
Dear anyone who can possibly help
Here is a question that I posed to Jeffrey Friedl (who seems like a really cool guy, btw)
"As far as I know, there is no Lightroom plugin to tell me specifically which metadata changes have been made to a photo. For example, Lightroom tells me that the metadata has been changed, and asks me if I want to save those changes. I don’t remember making any changes so I’m reluctant to say yes, because I don’t know what metadata changes will be saved if I do.
This has increasingly been a problem since I switched to Lightroom Classic CC from the desktop stand-alone version. It seems that whenever I open a photo in the develop module, even if I’m doing nothing more than looking at it, when I go back to Library grid view, Lightroom tells me that the metadata has been changed.
Hence my desire for something that will tell me exactly how the metadata has been changed.
Thanks,
Ed"
And here is his answer:
"I’m afraid that I don’t have an easy answer for you. The mapping between data in Lightroom and data in the image is sometimes straightforward, but sometimes quite complex in a way that makes it more or less out of reach for a plugin to figure out, as far as I can tell. (FWIW, I personally don’t use the “save metadata” feature, because I want the master originals to remain unmolested.). It sounds like a good feature request to give to Adobe… clicking on the thumbnail icon might bring up a list of changes? —Jeffrey"
So, my question is, is there any solution for this?
I'm very OCD about my metadata (feel free to have a gander at the metadata in the attached photo) and hate not being sure if it's correct.
Peace,
Ed
Here is a question that I posed to Jeffrey Friedl (who seems like a really cool guy, btw)
"As far as I know, there is no Lightroom plugin to tell me specifically which metadata changes have been made to a photo. For example, Lightroom tells me that the metadata has been changed, and asks me if I want to save those changes. I don’t remember making any changes so I’m reluctant to say yes, because I don’t know what metadata changes will be saved if I do.
This has increasingly been a problem since I switched to Lightroom Classic CC from the desktop stand-alone version. It seems that whenever I open a photo in the develop module, even if I’m doing nothing more than looking at it, when I go back to Library grid view, Lightroom tells me that the metadata has been changed.
Hence my desire for something that will tell me exactly how the metadata has been changed.
Thanks,
Ed"
And here is his answer:
"I’m afraid that I don’t have an easy answer for you. The mapping between data in Lightroom and data in the image is sometimes straightforward, but sometimes quite complex in a way that makes it more or less out of reach for a plugin to figure out, as far as I can tell. (FWIW, I personally don’t use the “save metadata” feature, because I want the master originals to remain unmolested.). It sounds like a good feature request to give to Adobe… clicking on the thumbnail icon might bring up a list of changes? —Jeffrey"
So, my question is, is there any solution for this?
I'm very OCD about my metadata (feel free to have a gander at the metadata in the attached photo) and hate not being sure if it's correct.
Peace,
Ed