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Managing metadata (On-Premises)

Metadata is the key to successfully managing your digital assets. This section deals with how you can configure Color Factory to add, update, remove and export metadata, and more, to help users find the assets they need - when they need them.

  • Ensuring metadata is stored in the output files

    Learn how to enable writing of metadata in a channel's output files.

    04. April 2025
  • Automatically adding text to images being processed

    Learn how to define a macro that is applied to all the files processed in a channel.

    10. December 2025
  • Ensuring metadata codepage consistency

    Learn how to configure code page mapping for IPTC-based metadata.

    04. March 2025
  • Mapping of metadata category codes

    Learn how you can map the XMP category codes in all files processed in a channel.

    04. March 2025
  • Adding image similarity data for searching and sorting

    How to create values in XMP to allow you to search for similar images.

    02. July 2025
  • Removing Camera RAW information from processed images

    This topic explains how to strip images of Camera RAW information to make sure they don't open in Photoshop's Camera RAW module.

    04. March 2025
  • Handling of metadata soft crop info

    Explains how to control what Color Factory does with pictures that contain soft crop information in the metadata

    04. March 2025
  • Forcing the use of IPTC tags over XMP

    This topic explains how to configure Color Factory to prioritize IPTC tags over XMP ones.

    16. September 2025
  • Reading or writing metadata with a database connection (ODBC)

    How to configure Color Factory to read from an ODBC connection to update metadata, or read from metadata dn update an ODBC connection

    15. April 2026
  • Merging metadata with input images using metadata templates

    15. April 2026
  • Extracting metadata from input images

    How to enable extraction of XMP metadata to a text file from pictures processed in a channel.

    04. March 2025
  • Splitting file names and inserting into metadata fields

    Explains what the feature is or what its benefits are to the user or customer.

    04. March 2025
  • Storing input folder hierarchy in metadata fields

    How to store the folder hierarchy information of the input file in the file's metadata.

    04. April 2025
  • Removing Photoshop resources from processed files

    How to remove Photoshop resources from image while preserving metadata.

    04. March 2025
  • Promoting working path to clipping path

    How to make Color Factory promote the working path in pictures to the clipping path if the clipping path is missing.

    04. April 2025
  • Adding path and channel information to metadata

    15. April 2026
  • Adjusting the date and time of processed files

    Use this feature to change the date and time stamp on processed images.

    30. April 2026
  • Automatically tagging pictures with keywords using Imagga

    This feature is available as an option in Color Factory Professional and Enterprise Editions

    15. April 2026
  • Automatic tagging using Azure Computer Vision image recognition

    This feature is only available in Color Factory Enterprise

    18. November 2025
  • Dynamic operators when editing metadata

    09. September 2025
  • EXIF field code reference

    A comprehensive listof EXIF Exchangeable image file format) fields you can reference within Color Factory.

    04. March 2025
  • Print template parameter codes

    These are codes that can be used to insert dynamic content into print templates in Color Factory.

    31. March 2025
  • Removing EXIF data from the channel's input files

    04. March 2025
  • Removing metadata fields from the output files

    04. March 2025
  • XMP field code reference

    This XMP field reference only lists the fields defined in the XMP configuration that comes with a default Color Factory installation. Using the Metadata Configuration you can of course create additional namespaces and fields.

    16. October 2025
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