ARTstor Core XMP Guide

ARTstor Core XMP Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction......

Photoshop......

Install ARTstor Core XMP Schema......

Windows Platform (2000, XP, Vista)......

Macintosh Platform (OS X)......

Catalog data using ARTstor Core fields......

Supported file types......

Catalog single image......

Batch catalog......

Introduction

The technology (XMP) outlined in this guide will enable you to enter ARTstor Core data and embed it within a media resource. There are many benefits of using XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) technology. The primary one being, data is enclosed within the resource hence travels with the resource, effectively eliminating the commonly encountered “orphan” issue, where either the data or the image is lost due to missing / invalid references.

This guide will serve to illustrate the following:

1) Catalog XMP data in Photoshop

Prerequisites:

Adobe Photoshop*

Adobe Bridge (optional -- only required for batch cataloging)

QuickSTOR (required to upload images to ARTstor)

* tested with CS3

Photoshop

Install ARTstor Core XMP Schema

Windows Platform (2000, XP, Vista)

Copy the enclosed ARTstorCore.txt file to \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels\ folder.

Macintosh Platform (OS X)

Copy enclosed file ARTstorCore.txt to the following location:

{Root Volume}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/ folder.

Catalog data using ARTstor Core fields

Supported file types

The following file formats support embedding XMP data:

TIFF

JPEG

JPEG 2000

GIF

PNG

AI (Adobe Illustrator)

SVG

PSD

Catalog single image

1)Start Adobe Photoshop and open an image

2)From File Menu select File Info.. OR select File Info… by context clicking the title of the image.

3)Click on ARTstorCore and the following panel will be displayed.

4)Complete filling the fields using ARTstor Core Dictionary and Cataloging Guidelines.doc. To enter multiple values in a field ensure they are delimited by “;”.

Eg. United States; United Kingdom

Batch catalog

This process will demonstrate how to create a template with one or more values. The template can then be applied to a set of images.

1)Open Adobe Bridge and navigate to a folder which contains images for batch cataloging.

2)If you cannot see the Metadata panel on the right side of the screen ensure that it is viewable by selecting it under the Window menu.

3)Click on the far right tab from the Metadata panel and select Create Metadata Template…

4)Give the template a name

5)Fill out the values and Save.

6)Select the images which you want to batch update.

7)Click on the name of the saved template (step 4) under Tools /Append Metadata menu.

8)The selected images’ ARTstor Core metadata has been updated. To continue cataloging, select an image. If the ARTstor Core fields are not viewable under the Metadata Panel, minimize other panels by clicking on the arrow to the left of the panel title. Maximize ARTstor Core Panel..

9)If needed click and drag mouse upwards at the bottom of the Preview panel to lengthen the Metadata Panel making ARTstor fields are viewable at once.

10)Enter additional values by clicking on the relevant fields

11)Click on the next image to continue cataloging, the system will prompt to save metadata changes click on Apply.

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