October 4, 2009 by

IPTC Makes Uploading a Breeze

If you sell your images online, you know what a hassle it is to cut and paste your titles, descriptions and keywords each time you upload your images to a new marketplace.

Embedding IPTC metadata in your images will streamline the uploading process so you can get back to doing the thing you love…designing. IPTC allows you to add important information to the image such as artist’s name, copyright holder, license information, keywords, and description. The best part is that you only have to do this one time.

Graphic Leftovers detects IPTC data when uploading. If your image was saved IPTC, then you will not have to enter all the image data manually – a real time saver!

Adobe Photoshop follows the standards of IPTC. Select the file tab and choose file info. When you save your image as a JPEG or PSD, this information will be permanently stored in the file. We have provided the following information as a sample.

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Photoshop IPTC

Many applications besides Adobe Photoshop support IPTC and make the workflow of adding this information easy. Here are a few to review:

  • Captionwriter II (Mac OS 7.5+, Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000)
  • FotoStation (Mac, Windows)
  • GraphicConverter (Mac)
  • Image Info Toolkit (Mac OSX, OS9.2, Windows 2000, XP)
  • IMatch
  • iView MediaPro (Mac)
  • MediaGrid (Mac, Windows)
  • Photo Mechanic (Mac, Windows)

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