This means that you can create a completely custom metadata editor using the XMP fields that you have defined in the metadata configuration. The metadata editor designer is used to make custom metadata editor layouts. Where: Expand the Metadata node, then click on the Dialog builder node. Use codepage of current input language for other conversion between ASCII/Unicode: Enabling this option makes FotoStation use the active system codepage when reading QuickLists, Prefix lists and other ASCII format files.
(You can check the Windows Control panel or Preferences panel in Mac OS to determine the active keyboard layout.) By choosing Use current character set, FotoStation will save the metadata using the currently active keyboard character set. If you know that the metadata in the files you will be processing was created using another character set you can select it from the dropdown list.ĭefault character set used for saving IPTC text: Choose the character set to use when saving IPTC metadata back to a file for which no codepage has been defined. Normally, FotoStation will be able to distinguish between Windows and Macintosh ASCII by choosing Auto detect Windows/Macintosh (W Europe). The preferences in this section are used to determine how IPTC metadata (which is in ASCII format, unlike XMP, which uses Unicode/UTF-8) without a defined codepage should be interpreted.ĭefault character set translation used for reading IPTC text: Choose the codepage to use when translating IPTC metadata from files where no codepage is specified. IPTC-specific character set translation (codepage) Select the items that you want to record by ticking the appropriate checkboxes and click on the OK button. The list of events that can be recorded is shown in the screenshot above.
If you want full control over the events that are recorded in the history log, click on the Enable history events. When performing operations on files in FotoStation, such as editing files or printing them, FotoStation writes a log to the History metadata field. When browsing thumbnails in FotoStation, a file’s priority is indicated by the colored strip below each thumbnail. You can also change the color associated with the priority level by clicking on the Set color button. By selecting one of the priority levels in the list you can replace the priority label by typing a new value in the top text field and clicking on the Replace button. The default labels and their color codes can be changed by clicking on the Edit priority button in the Metadata configuration (by clicking on the Metadata node in the configuration tree). Priority is a special metadata field with a value ranging from 0 to 9.
This way you can make the dropdown lists shorter so that it’s easier to select the field you want to use. Then, simply remove the checkbox from the fields you don’t need to access to. If you only need certain fields in these dropdown lists you can remove the ones you don’t need access to from the lists by clicking on the Drop down menu filter button in the Metadata node in the configuration window. This is the case with the data mining feature and Search dialog, among others.
For an in-depth explanation of the concept of schema files and how to configure them, please refer to the Changing the XMP Configuration topic.Ĭertain views and dialogs in FotoStation let you choose metadata fields via a dropdown list. The three buttons here, Import, Export and Configure, allow you to import an existing schema file, export the active schema file or open the Metadata Configuration program to make changes to the schema file. This part of the configuration gives access to the XMP configuration. FotoStation using the metadata configuration program and then exported for distribution to all other FotoWare clients and servers in your system. The configuration files, called metadata schema files, can be configured on a computer running e.g. As explained in the Metadata Configuration (MDC) appendix, it is extremely important that all FotoWare products in your system use the same metadata configuration. The Metadata node in the configuration window lets you set up and configure all aspects of the handling of metadata in your system. Where: Click on the Metadata node in the Configuration window Configuring Metadata Configuring Metadata