[Leablahblah]

Originally Posted by Tree City

Lea, adding metadata to a file can be done easily on a PC. I do it by right-clicking > Properties > choose the tab Details. Under Details there is the TAGS spot, where you can write your tags. I use the Windows SEARCH bar by writing "Tag: [the tag I want to search for]." So if I want to find birthday kits, I go to my Previews folder (I only tag the PREVIEW because it saves time) and I write:
Tag: birthday


For you, you'd probably have a "rainbow" tag. I have a "weather" tag, so if I wanted to find a rainbow, I'd probably search "Tag: weather" to see if there were any weather kits with a rainbow. I try to make my tags rather general, but some people have loads of tags.



The great thing about writing to the metadata is that it is "transferable" to other computers or even to a Mac because the info is associated with the FILE, not with a program (it's an issue with ACDSee or Lightroom). This Howtogeek article has loads of info.

(Note: You can tag JPGs but not PNGs.)

That makes so much sense. Thank you. Another project that would take ages to get done if I wanted to start tagging everything I have! lol