creative commons fileinfo panel
Adobe, copyright, creative commons, Photoshop, XMP
adobe’s eXtensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a labeling technology that allows you to embed data about a file – metadata – into the file itself. “eXtensible” means anyone can create a set of metadata elements known as a schema. the most common XMP schema include …
- EXIF information recorded by a digital camera (ƒ-stop, shutter speed, ISO, date, location …) when an image is captured,
- Dublin Core describes the resource (keywords, title, description, …), it’s owner, copyright status, …
- IPTC is used by the world’s major news agencies, news publishers and news industry vendors,
- usePLUS simplifies and facilitates the communication and management of image rights including model releases and license terms,
- Creative Commons makes resources available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing,
- and many others including support for medical imaging, people tagging, video, audio and more.
adobe’s latest creative suites (CS3, CS4 and CS5) expose XMP through a FileInfo dialog (usually accessed through the File | FileInfo… menu option) and supports EXIF, Dublin Core, IPTC and (staring with CS5) usePLUS schemas. prior to CS4 extending the metadata platform was as simple as crafting a properly structured text file. extending the metadata platform in CS4 and CS5 means building a Flash application – not so user friendly but with the right tool not too difficult if you have some programming skills.
as an active supporter of the creative commons and with many years of programming experience under my belt i decided to see if i could add the creative commons licensing metadata to the flock of supported schema. with lots of research, lots of documentation, some open source examples and no small amount of trial and error debugging i am pleased to release a creative commons XMP FileInfo panel for CS4 and CS5.
the creative commons XMP FileInfo panel adds support for embedding all the creative commons license metadata in adobe CS4 and CS5 products, most significantly photoshop, illustrator and bridge. creative commons licenses require that some dublin core metadata be set, defining the resource as copyrighted, and these fields are shown in the same panel. support for the metadata mini-panels in bridge and premiere pro as well as a full set of creative commons metadata templates (that you personalize for your use) are included.
after downloading the creative commons XMP FileInfo panel zip file follow along in this video to install the FileInfo panel, the mini-panels and the templates in CS4 and CS5.
WARNING! If you are running Mac OS 10.6 (Lion) please see these comments on changes made by Apple to both file locations and how hidden files are viewed! The video below was made before Lion was released.
a couple of things to wrap this up …
- the XMP FileInfo panel has been localized in English. if you wish to contribute a translation for another language drop me a note and i’ll add it to the download,
- if you have any problems installing or using these panels please get back to me with as much detail as you can. i have tested this on the only system i have access to (Windows XP) and while the panel should be platform independent i haven’t had the opportunity to test it out.
and finally, let me know what you think. i have plans for adding the creative commons metadata fields to photoshop lightroom as a metadata/export plugin– any comments or suggestions you might have would be welcome.
;-j
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I have downloaded your Creative Commons Photoshop module although I have not installed the files yet. I was going to until I saw that you were working on a Lightroom plug-in which is a great idea. I export everything from Lightroom and being able to embed the Creative Commons file info would be perfect, rather than having to go back into Photoshop to add it before posting my images.
I’ll keep checking back to see how the progress is for the Lightroom module.
As a side note I see that you wander around Vancouver and saw some of your Lost Lagoon pictures. I live a few blocks away and walk our dog there quite often (she loves to see the ducks the geese, the swans and anything else that moves that she can’t catch). I looked at your Lost Lagoon gallery and thought you might be the fellow I have seen down there many times, camera on tripod shooting across the Lagoon from the south side.
Unfortunately the Lightroom version has had to take a back seat for a while. It is still in my plans but will likely be a year or so away. Coding for Lightroom is very different than coding for Photoshop. Stay tuned – I will be looking for testers when the time comes.
Note that, once installed, the Photoshop module is also available in Bridge under the File/FileInfo… menu. Unlike Photoshop which only allows you to tag one image at a time the Bridge interface lets you tag more than one at once.
I was trying to set up the module for Photoshop and was following the video. I am using a MAC with OS 10.6. In your instruction there is a reference to FlashPlayerTrust. I do not have this on my system and I searched for the folder and filenames, but they do not exist.
Your video is pretty clear but you are using Windows so the instructions stop for me right after you are supposed to copy the XMP folder to the Adobe folder.
I have not actually copied the XMP folder yet because without the other files i’m not certain this will work.
If I don’t follow the instruction after the section about the FlashPlayerTrust does this mean that I am only missing the function for the templates being filled in automatically, or do I have to complete the rest of the steps. If I have to complete the rest of the steps, can you provide them MAc OSX?
Thanks
Peter
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I followed the video guide and ran into an error.
I’m using MacOS Lion with Adobe CS5. This is the error I get when I click file info:
Fatal Installation Error
Fatal Error in running FileInfo:
Please run the XMP Panels 3.0 STI first and restart your App.
The STI will install necessary swf files to: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/3.0/
Followed by:
Could not complete the File Info command because of a problem with the File Info module.
Any ideas? I tried reverting back to the original files before I replaced them with the downloaded ones, but this did not work.
I’m puzzled by your comment “reverting back to the original files before I replaced them with the downloaded ones“. Unless you are updating from a previous version of the Creative Commons panels, there should not have been any files to over write! Please ensure you are installing into the correct folder.
The message “XMP Panels 3.0 STI” refers to the entire FileInfo engine — and all of the .swf (Shockwave Flash) files that are used to drive the FileInfo dialog. It would seem that some sort of installation error has occurred or something got over written that shouldn’t have. What little Google returned pointed towards problems during CS5 installation.
Try to re-install either Bridge or Photoshop (both require the XMP FileInfo Panels). You may need to uninstall first.
;-j
What I meant was, I put my folders back the way they were before I installed anything. FileInfo was working before I installed the XMP folder and the XMP.cfg to the Flash Player folder.
Please have a look at these comments where I note that Lion “changed the main folders used here to hidden folders…“.
My suggestion would be to reinstall Photoshop, make sure FileInfo is working and then add the Creative Commons panels again.
A couple of things to note:
1) Changes need to be made in two places — the Custom File Info Panels folders and the Macromedia Flash Player Trust folders, and
2) This process only adds new files; it does not replace any existing files or folders.