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turbodls1ta
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: T'exas, y'all
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:24 pm
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Im working on a image for school and I downloaded a background (from another stock site), and layered part of my image over this background. Now when I import it into my catalog in LR3, the metadata is showing info from the background image. How do I change it to show my metadata? |
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pjmorley
Joined: 15 Apr 2005
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:59 pm
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It's because you pasted your image into the stock image. You need to paste the stock image into your image to keep the metadata from your image.
Alternatively you can flatten your image once it's complete, copy it and paste it into a new blank document and there will be no metadata in the image. |
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turbodls1ta
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: T'exas, y'all
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:04 pm
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Ok, so if I already flattened the image, can I undo that and take the layer of my image back off to start a new image? It was a PITA to mask my original image. |
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pjmorley
Joined: 15 Apr 2005
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:12 pm
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| turbodls1ta wrote: | | Ok, so if I already flattened the image, can I undo that and take the layer of my image back off to start a new image? It was a PITA to mask my original image. |
No but you can save a version of the image still in layers for future use. Or open a new blank document and copy all of the layers into that document.
Perhaps the best way to clear all metadata is to create a metatdata template in Bridge that is blank and then just import that into any subsequent document via the file info menu.
Why is it so important to remove the metatdata? |
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turbodls1ta
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: T'exas, y'all
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:21 am
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I dont want to remove it, just change it. Our instructors look at our metadata to make sure its our work, and if he sees info showing it was shot with a Nikon (knowing I shoot Canon), and shot 2 years ago, he wont accept it. I know the background isnt my image, but the subject of the photo is mine, which is what really matters. Does that sound immoral? |
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pharm
Joined: 09 Jul 2006
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:25 am
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Open your original image (the one you pasted onto the background).
Open your flattened, finished project.
Copy the flattened, finished project and paste it onto your original image (or drag it and drop it there).
Flatten and save with a different name than the original.
That will show your finished project but will have the metadata from your original image. |
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turbodls1ta
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: T'exas, y'all
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:36 am
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Ah ha. Youre a genius pharm |
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pharm
Joined: 09 Jul 2006
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:23 pm
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| turbodls1ta wrote: | | Ah ha. Youre a genius pharm |
Please call my wife and tell HER that! She has other names for me (some deserved, some not).
One of my favorite quotes: "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a 'Son of a B...' " |
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