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ambphoto
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5 months ago
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How to amend the file metadata showing in properties?

My client wants me to amend the information highlighted in yellow. 'Copyright' and 'Creator' shows in Bridge but I am unable to see the 'Artist' part anywhere in my Dropbox or Windows, Mac metadata preview as well as Adobe Bridge. 

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Any ideas how to identify those fields and overwrite them?

  • You will need to download the files and edit on a computer before reuploading. There is no way to do this on Dropbox. 

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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 months ago

    Thanks for the additional information ambphoto - much appreciated.

    When you say that the screenshot is coming from Dropbox, could you elaborate a tad or even better share a full-page screenshot so that we can have a better visual?

    Also, when it comes to your last question, I'd suggest doing a web search as it would be outside of our remit. 

    Let us know of any updates!

  • ambphoto's avatar
    ambphoto
    New member | Level 2
    5 months ago

    Hi Megan​ this is correct. I am aware that metadata amendment needs to take place on the desktop, I am reaching out as the screenshot shared in the message apparently comes from Dropbox. I checked the link and I see 'Artist' listed under File-Specific Metadata bus still, I haven't seen this field in any other metadata information section. 
    Do you have more informations about this? Is there any chance that 'Artist' field can be named differently in Mac, Windows or Adobe Bridge?  

    Thank you in advance

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    5 months ago

    Hi there, ambphoto​, welcome to our Community! 

    Just to make sure we're aligned here, it sounds like you are not able to find the metadata for the 'Artist' category in Dropbox, locally on Windows or on your Mac, right? 

    As a first step, would you mind clarifying which platform is the screenshot coming from? 

    Keep in mind that here's a list of all the file metadata you can view for a file in Dropbox.

    However, if you're looking for a way to either edit or remove this info, then you might need to use a third-party app to achieve that. 

    Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    5 months ago

    You will need to download the files and edit on a computer before reuploading. There is no way to do this on Dropbox. 

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