- Customize the metadata display options. Click
in the top-right corner of the Metadata panel
to display the panel menu. Choose the Prefer-
ences command to open the Bridge’s Prefer-
ences dialog box with the Metadata options in
full view. Then turn on and off the check boxes
as illustrated in the impossibly long Figure 1-27.
You’ll probably need a magnifying glass to see
those check boxes, so I document my recom-
mended changes in the following list:
- If necessary, twirl open the File Properties
category at the top of the list. Then turn off
the check boxes that duplicate properties that
appear in the metadata placard, namely File
Size, Dimensions, Resolution, Color Mode,
and Color Profile. You might also turn off
Filename since the filenames are listed in
the content browser. But I suggest you leave
this check box on; seeing the filename in the
Metadata panel helps you confirm which
image is active. - Scroll down and turn off the IPTC Core
and IPTC Extension check boxes—which
deactivates a whole slew of properties—and
twirl them closed. Now you might think,
wait a second, some of that stuff was use-
ful. Creator, Description, Copyright—these
are properties any professional might need. I
agree, which is why I have you restore those
options next. - Twirl open the preceding category, IPTC
(IIM, legacy). Short for Information Inter-
change Model, IIM is an older version of the
IPTC standard. But most of its properties are
the same, and those that aren’t tend to be more
compatible with Photoshop’s other metadata
editor, the File Info dialog box (which we’ll
see shortly). Turn on the following proper-
ties: Document Title, Headline, Keywords,
Description, Instructions, Author, Author
Title, City, State/Province, Country, Copy-
right, and Copyright Info URL.
Figure 1-27.
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