Photo 1.8.0 iPad metadata (split)

[claenn]

Hi there,

first, sry for my bumpy english.

 

on the road my iPad workflow goes this way

a) import raw files from sdcard to apple's photo

b) import to fsnpro, doing stars, sorting and renaming

b) max 5 to 10 percent of the pics are shared to affinity, for editing

c) after that, sharing the JPGs back to fsnpro, for the whole batch iptc stuff past i edited all the pics I want to

d) export from fsnpro to sftp server, three files -> raw, xmp sidecar and final-jpeg

 

I'm quite not sure affinity's iptc capabilities are convincing me. I think it's essential for me to have xmp sidecars, e.g. for some later or competing editing on workstation (Darktable/Gimp, and Digikam/XnView ...).

But well, it's nice to have this iptc feature in affinity 😊, though I didn't check it for compatibility or flawless interoperability with named proggies above.

Question, did I miss something, or am I misjudging the iptc implementation?

Edit: i didn't want to say that I miss 'Digital Asset Manager' features. 

Edited February 26, 2020 by claenn

[Dan C]

Hi claenn,

Welcome to the forums

Currently we only support importing .XMP metadata files, and not .XMP development presets in Affinity. Equally, we simply embed this data into the exported image (in your case JPEG) and do not export a separate .XMP metadata file on the iPad currently.

I hope this clears things up!