Question About Lightroom Classic Title & Caption Metadata: Lightroom Classic has metadata fields for: File Name, copy name, Title, and Caption. They all seem similar so why so many...

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Lightroom Classic has metadata fields for: File Name, copy name, Title, and Caption.

They all seem similar so why so many fields? How can they they best be individually used?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

File name: the physical name of the file, not necessarily the title of the image, ie. IMG_01234.JPG.

Title: the title which may or may not be given to an image. ie. Sunset on the Ocean.

Caption: a short dissertation of what the image is about. ie. Sunset Taken at Ohio Key, Florida.

Copy Name: no idea what they mean or its intended use!

Or, whatever you want to use them for.....

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Longshadow wrote:

File name: the physical name of the file, not necessarily the title of the image, ie. IMG_01234.JPG.

Title: the title which may or may not be given to an image. ie. Sunset on the Ocean.

Caption: a short dissertation of what the image is about. ie. Sunset Taken at Ohio Key, Florida.

Copy Name: no idea what they mean or its intended use!

Or, whatever you want to use them for.....

Good summary thank you for that!

mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY

Thank you for the explanation as I was also confused.

cactuspic Loc: Dallas, TX

On some images I have different treatments. I may have a black & white version as well as color,or a square crop and rectangular version. I put that information under copy.

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

Longshadow wrote:

File name: the physical name of the file, not necessarily the title of the image, ie. IMG_01234.JPG.

Title: the title which may or may not be given to an image. ie. Sunset on the Ocean.

Caption: a short dissertation of what the image is about. ie. Sunset Taken at Ohio Key, Florida.

Copy Name: no idea what they mean or its intended use!

Or, whatever you want to use them for.....

The caption field can be very handy if using the book module. The caption field will appear in the book text field.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Longshadow wrote:

File name: the physical name of the file, not necessarily the title of the image, ie. IMG_01234.JPG.

Title: the title which may or may not be given to an image. ie. Sunset on the Ocean.

Caption: a short dissertation of what the image is about. ie. Sunset Taken at Ohio Key, Florida.

Copy Name: no idea what they mean or its intended use!

Or, whatever you want to use them for.....

Also, Copy name: "copy 1 of 4" etc.

Some sites require title and caption.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

cactuspic wrote:

On some images I have different treatments. I may have a black & white version as well as color,or a square crop and rectangular version. I put that information under copy.

OH!! (Lightbulb comes on) SO Copy Name is for virtual copies where the file name is the same. (Smack forehead)

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

Few days ago I posted about John's Big Notes. It was auto relocated to
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-731150-1.html

It's a free plug-in where you can post notes about images in LR.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Steve DeMott wrote:

Few days ago I posted about John's Big Notes. It was auto relocated to
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-731150-1.html

It's a free plug-in where you can post notes about images in LR.

Thanks. LR has a comments field, but it's always greyed out, not supported here, but used by plugins.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Steve DeMott wrote:

Few days ago I posted about John's Big Notes. It was auto relocated to
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-731150-1.html

It's a free plug-in where you can post notes about images in LR.

Thanks!