Adobe Photoshop

Abstract

Adobe Photoshop is raster graphics editing application that supports embedded metadata in image files. Depending on the file format, the metadata is embedded within the file or saved in a sidecar file. Photoshop utilizes Adobe's proprietary metadata standard Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) which is built on XML. XMP supports Exif, IPTC (IIM), GPS, TIFF, and other embedded metadata. Users can edit individual image files' embedded metadata via a form, a template, or XMP import. There is also an XMP export option. Further details can be found in Adobe's Adobe Photoshop User Guide in the “Metadata and notes” webpage (https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/metadata-notes.html).

URL

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

Source Code/Download URL

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

Creator/Maintainer

Adobe

Type

Standalone tool

Task Categories (broad)

Creation; Editing; Extraction/Embedding

Task Categories - broad (Informal)

Embed metadata; Extract metadata

Use Case(s) - narrow

Embed metadata

Interface

GUI

Dependencies

Windows and Mac

Open Source/Proprietary

Proprietary

Cost

Various; Subscription-based model, including educational pricing

Related Tools

Adobe Bridge; ExifTool

Metadata standard(s)

Exif, IPTC (IIM), GPS, TIFF, and various

File format(s), inc. import/export

XML

Resource(s)

Nault, J. (2015). Creating Embedded Metadata for Photos Using Photoshop [Video]. Sustainable Heritage Network. https://sustainableheritagenetwork.org/digital-heritage/creating-embedded-metadata-photos-using-photoshop-tutorial