If it’s turned on, then aside from writing XMPs for RAW (as an XMP sidecar), the same XMP block will be written into the associated JPEG file (if there was a different XMP block in the JPEG file, it will be replaced, not combined). When using RAW+JPEG mode, one can turn on the setting RAW+JPEG mode: embed XMP block into JPEG. When using this option, if the JPEG file previously had an XMP sidecar file, said sidecar will be deleted after recording an XMP block inside the JPEG. When working with JPEG files, XMP data can be recorded not just as separate sidecar files, but also in the form of data blocks embedded into the JPEG files themselves (this setting has been added because certain programs, for example, Adobe Bridge, ignore XMP sidecars for JPEG files.Īs with any operation that modifies image files, recording XMP could theoretically damage the file itself (if, for example, a bad card reader is being used), so when turning on the above-described setting, the user is given an additional warning.
In this case, one can set the preferences to always select the XMP sidecar by using Preferences – XMP – If both embedded and sidecar XMP exists: Always use sidecar. Unfortunately, several programs, ignoring the standard, do not record that tag. If both ways, a sidecar as well as an embedded block, are used for a certain image file, then FastRawViewer picks the newer one, using the xmp:MetadataDate tag. XMP extension) and in files of certain formats (DNG, CR2, JPEG). XMP data can be found both in an external file (a sidecar, with the. This setting turns on the recording of the XMP-tag photoshop:Urgency, which is used by old versions of CaptureOne to recognize and set color labels. To set color labeling scheme to be compatible with CaptureOne, set Preferences – XMP – Ratings & Labels - Write photoshop:Urgency tag with color labels (for old PhaseOne C1). The parameters which were (automatically) set up when opening the file will be set as the parameters in the XMP file.Įxposure compensation and white balance are written to newly created XMP files according to the setting of Adobe Process Version in Preferences – XMP – Exposure, Contrast, WB - Adobe process version for newly created XMP files.
In this case, FastRawViewer will issue a warning: If a folder contains files with the same name (for example, the source CR2 file and the result of its conversion to DNG), then, while recording an XMP file, a naming conflict may happen: it is necessary to record filename.XMP for filename.CR2 file, but a filename.XMP already exists in the folder, for filename.DNG file.
Title (title) and description (description) of an image (see below).
Exposure adjustment in the FastRawViewer and Adobe formats (see below, “Working with Exposure”).White Balance in FastRawViewer and Adobe formats (see below “White Balance”).Image orientation (see below, the “Changing Image Orientation” section).The following can be saved/is read from these files: FastRawViewer records all “changes” into separate sidecar XMP files (analogous to Adobe Bridge).