Bridge Can't add Metadata to .avi files

[wcameron]

I'm working my way through the book, and in Chapter 5, Setting Up Bridge, I've worked my way through creating a metadata template. When I try to apply it to files though it can't work with avi files. I use a compact digital that also takes video and I'd like to work the system in the book. iView Media Pro does not have a problem. Should I just add my metadata there? I like the idea of pre-processing in Bridge and Photoshop but I'm not sure how to best handle this.

[peterkrogh]

The AVI file does not have a place in the file to hold the metadata that Bridge creates, so it can't apply metadata.  iview can create metadata that it keeps private, so it can associate the metadata with the file, even if it can't embed it.
Peter

[wcameron]

Thanks for your reply. Since I need to be able to search avi and other files, I'm guessing that I need to do my main processing in iView. Is that what you would suggest? Should I then go back to bridge to do file conversions for my jpg files to tif files?

[peterkrogh]

Why are you converting the JPEGs to TIFF?  Because you want to make individual Master Files?

Peter

[wcameron]

I'm converting jpg to tif because of the lossy format of jpg. I'm trying to look at the most archival format so tif seems to be the way to go. Should I just leave the jpg's as my master files and only convert them when I make derivatives? My camera ONLY saves to jpg (no raw option).

[peterkrogh]

As long as you don't resave over the ORIGINAL JPEG files, I see no problem with saving the camera original JPEGs as JPEGs.  You may want to lock the files if you don't feel confident that you can keep from resaving over the original files.
Peter

[wcameron]

Thanks Peter. So I should save my jpgs as my masters and make derrivative files as tif's? Any good way to bulk select the color space or should I just leave that as RGB for the jpgs as well?

[peterkrogh]

I use the term Original to refer to the camera original, and I would consider the JPEGs to be that.

I use the term Master to refer to images that have been adjusted/edited in Photoshop and saved as derivative files.  I use TIFFs for these files.
Peter