Taking Advantage of Adobe Bridge - Advanced Adobe Photoshop CC - page 28

8 Scroll up to locate the Description text field. Click the Pencil icon to the right and type Kona Village
luau , to add a description for the image.
Reveal the IPTC contents and enter metadata information.
9 Click the Apply button ( ), located in the bottom-right corner of the Metadata panel, to apply your
changes. You have now edited metadata that is attached to the image; this information will appear
whenever someone opens your image in Bridge or views the image information in Adobe Photoshop
using File > File Info.
Using keywords
Keywords can reduce the time it takes to find an image on a computer by using logical words to help
users locate images more quickly.
1 With the same IMG_4012.jpg image still open, click the Keywords tab, which appears behind the
Metadata panel. A list of commonly used keywords appears.
2 Click the New Keyword button (+) at the bottom of the Keywords panel. Type luau into the active text
box, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
3 Select the check box to the left of the luau keyword. This adds the luau keyword to the selected image.
4 With the luau keyword still selected, click the New Sub Keyword button ( ). Type family into the
active text field, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
5 Select the check box to the left of the family keyword. You have now assigned a keyword and a sub-
keyword to the IMG_4012.jpg image.
6 Select the luau keyword, and then click the New Keyword button (+) at the bottom of the Keywords
panel; a blank text field appears. Type faces and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). Then se-
lect the check box next to faces to assign the keyword to this image.
7 Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl+click (Mac OS) on the faces keyword, and choose the option Rename.
When the text box becomes highlighted, type smiles , press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
Make sure the smiles check box remains selected.