Thanks for the reply. I see in Photoshop where I can include file notes, but I tested it, and these do not import to Legacy with the photo.
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:14 PM, JLB <[email protected]> wrote: > What you're dealing with there is what's called IPTC info which is a > standard for annotating photos with standard fields. There actually is > no such thing as an IPTC field called "Description". Legacy is simply > out of whack with the standard so I don't think there's any way to do > what you're asking. > JL > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog > > On 7/1/2010 9:50 AM, Susan Broadbooks wrote: > > Greetings. I'm a newbie here. I'm also fairly new to Legacy. I'm trying > > to find the best way to handle my pictures before I enter many more. I > > started out using Legacy to create photo captions and descriptions. I > > found, though, that the print-outs for the photo albums were > > unsatisfactory for my record-keeping. I read on the user group archives > > about folks using other programs for these notations because of the > > better photo album print-outs. > > > > I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 5. I see where I can use the caption > > feature in Photoshop and it will import that info into the description > > section for Legacy. Does anyone know of any way to use Photoshop so that > > the caption for Photoshop imports to the caption for Legacy? Likewise, > > is there some other place I can put the photo description somewhere in > > Photoshop so that it will import to the description for Legacy? > > > > Thanks much! > > Sue > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
