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'''''<span style="color:#800000;">The implementation of the Abode Metadata (XMP FileInfo) panel has changed starting with CS4.</span>'''''<br />
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'''<span style="color:#000080;">Check the [[XMP help for Adobe applications|<span style="color:#800000;">''XMP help for Adobe applications''</span>]] page for more detailed help and information.</span>'''
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You can add a panel to Adobe Photoshop CS3 and other Adobe-written XMP-compliant applications.  This panel lets you choose a license from the convenience of the File Info box.  Here's how:
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=<span style="color:#000080;">Adobe CS3</span>=
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You can add a panel to Adobe Photoshop CS3 and other Adobe CS3 based [[XMP]]-compliant applications.  This panel lets you choose a license from the convenience of the File Info box.  Here's how:
  
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== Step 1: Download our panel ==
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== On Windows ==
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Just run our setup program:
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* [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/adobe-panel/Setup.exe Click here to download the CS3 Creative Commons panel setup program.]
  
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Right-click (or control-click, on a Mac) this [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/adobe-panel/CreativeCommonsPanel-2007.txt link to our panel file] and choose to '''save''' the file, not just "open" it. Under Windows save it to the Desktop. Under OS X save the file to
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You may have to restart the application before it notices the new panel.
  
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<blockquote><tt>/Users/{YOUR USERNAME}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels</tt></blockquote>
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== On Mac ==
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Simply download [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/adobe-panel/CC-panel-installer.dmg our installer disk image] and run the installer package inside.
  
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== Step 1a: On Windows, move the file to the right place ==
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== More information ==
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You can see:
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* [http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/custompanel.html How to write your own Adobe custom metadata panel]
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* [http://cctools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cctools/adobe_panel/trunk/ A browser showing you the history of our panel in Subversion]
  
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Mac users can skip to Step 2.
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=<span style="color:#000080;">Adobe CS4, CS5 and CS6</span>=
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Adobe changed the implementation of the XMP FileInfo panels starting with it's CS4 suite. Beginning in CS4 the FileInfo dialog is a Flash based application built using Flash, C++ or Java. Installing the text-based CS3 version above will not work.
  
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In Windows, the file should go in this folder:
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'''<span style="color:#000080;">Check the [[XMP help for Adobe applications|<span style="color:#800000;">''XMP help for Adobe applications''</span>]] page for more detailed help and information.</span>'''
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C:\Documents and Settings\<em>{YOUR USERNAME}</em>\Application Data\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels
 
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where {YOUR USERNAME} is replaced with your Windows username.  The easiest way do this is to save the file to the desktop, and then to:
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==MAC and Windows versions now available==
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CS4, CS5 and CS6 versions of a FileInfo panel for embedding a Creative Commons license metadata is now available for free from [http://johnbishopimages.com/tools/ john bishop images].
  
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# Click on the Start Menu
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Support for the application based panels like those found in (for example) Bridge and Premiere Pro is included, as well as XMP presets.
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# Click "Run..."
 
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# Type Desktop\..\Application Data
 
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# Click "OK"
 
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# Open the "Adobe" folder inside there
 
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# Open the "XMP" folder inside there, ''or create it'' if there is no XMP folder
 
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# Open the "Custom File Info Panels" folder inside, ''or create it'' if there is no folder by that name
 
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# Drag the XMP file you saved to your desktop to the folder that just opened
 
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# Close the folder
 
  
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You may have to create the "XMP" folder under "Adobe", and you may also have to create the "Custom File Info Panels" folder under "XMP".
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These panels run under both MAC or Windows systems.
  
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== Step 2: Restart Photoshop and notice the beautiful new panel ==
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For more information, please see [[User:John_Bishop_Images|the developers wiki page]] or check the [[XMP help for Adobe applications|XMP help for Adobe applications]] page.
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Once you quit and restart Photoshop, you can look at the Creative Commons metadata attached to a file by clicking "File Info" inside the "File" menu at the top left.
 

Latest revision as of 06:02, 15 January 2015

The implementation of the Abode Metadata (XMP FileInfo) panel has changed starting with CS4.
Check the XMP help for Adobe applications page for more detailed help and information.

Adobe CS3

You can add a panel to Adobe Photoshop CS3 and other Adobe CS3 based XMP-compliant applications. This panel lets you choose a license from the convenience of the File Info box. Here's how:

On Windows

Just run our setup program:

You may have to restart the application before it notices the new panel.

On Mac

Simply download our installer disk image and run the installer package inside.

More information

You can see:

Adobe CS4, CS5 and CS6

Adobe changed the implementation of the XMP FileInfo panels starting with it's CS4 suite. Beginning in CS4 the FileInfo dialog is a Flash based application built using Flash, C++ or Java. Installing the text-based CS3 version above will not work.

Check the XMP help for Adobe applications page for more detailed help and information.

MAC and Windows versions now available

CS4, CS5 and CS6 versions of a FileInfo panel for embedding a Creative Commons license metadata is now available for free from john bishop images.

Support for the application based panels like those found in (for example) Bridge and Premiere Pro is included, as well as XMP presets.

These panels run under both MAC or Windows systems.

For more information, please see the developers wiki page or check the XMP help for Adobe applications page.

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