Editing metadata in Fotostation

The ability to add metadata to assets is central to FotoStation. This topic provides an overview of metadata editing, with subtopics explaining how the different controls in the metadata editor work.

Choosing a metadata editor

Learn how to choose another metadata editor for your archive, for example one with your preferred fields.

Adding metadata using macros

Learn how to apply a metadata macro to a single or a whole selection of files

Adding metadata using templates

Exporting and importing metadata

This guide deals with configuring FotoStation so that you can export metadata from your assets to text files or a database, and how to import text records from the same sources and store them in as metadata in your assets

Searching for and replacing metadata

Copying and pasting metadata

Categorizing files using multi-search views

Classifying assets using Classify views

Information in the metadata panel

Choosing which files to keep and reject using tags

Extracting part of a metadata field

Using code replacements for quick metadata input

SmartReplace lets you define short codes to quickly fill in metadata. Learn how!

File history

Quickly stamping several files with a macro or a template

Adding a note to an asset

Importing and exporting metadata to or from text files

Learn how to import metadata records from your assets to a file or database or export from these sources.

Rating assets

Rating files using the context menu

This topic explains how to quickly rate a selection of files using the thumbnail context menu.

Setting asset status in Fotostation

Spell checking text in the metadata editor

Adding metadata to a selection of files (Legacy)

Explains how you can add metadata to a number of selected files in a single operation.

Adding metadata to one file at a time (Legacy)

Outlines how you can add metadata to a single file at a time using the metadata editor.