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When faced with a folder full of images that have very little in common, the best way to insert metadata is to use the modified Visual Resources Association (VRA) upload tool. The updated version of this tool install the Import/Export option directly into the tool bar at the top of the Adobe Bridge interface window.
The altered VRA metadata tool is found in the DocLib/Codes and Scripts.
Follow the instructions for adding startup scripts to Adobe Bridge to install this tool.
There is a metadata template with guidelines, varNewTemplate.txt, in the dirctory Z:\ImageLib\Metadata templates. Check out the ReadMe file for instructions on how to save the template specific for your project.
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Read the whole thing before proceeding. There are a good number of technical steps.
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Running the Tool:
*These are created by taking the values of fields like title, headline, subject and making them into a single list that the VRA tool creators call "description" and "Caption". |
Folders with lots of images will take some time, so try to limit yourself to around 1000 images at a time.