CaptionID
Type a code, get the full caption.
CaptionID names people from a roster file rather than from a face, so it needs no indexing and it works on a helmet. Both paths write the same IPTC fields, and both can be used on the same photo.
Full walkthrough
Tag photos with a roster file
For people you have not indexed. Names come from a roster file instead of face recognition.
- Open the folder you want to tag. Everything below happens without leaving Browse.Press and hold to enlarge
- Select Roster at the top. Pick a saved roster, upload your own, or build one from the GalleryID feed. If you upload your own file, column A is the short code and must be unique, and on duplicates the first match wins.Press and hold to enlarge
- Select the photos to apply metadata to and press ⌘I to open the IPTC editor. Click into a field, then click a token on the right. Person Name inserts whoever you tag, and the long-form tokens add lines like “Elena Castillo #23 of State University.” Apply, then save and close.Press and hold to enlarge
- Back in Browse, select a photo and press I or the spacebar. IPTC fields sit on the left, CaptionID roster buttons under the thumbnail. Click a person and their name fills the fields where you placed a token. Save, or move to the next photo. Closing with unsaved edits asks first.Press and hold to enlarge
Short codes work anywhere too: type the delimiter, the code, then the delimiter again to pull column B. Add #2 before the closing delimiter for column C, #3 for column D, and so on. With several people tagged, names join naturally. Two are joined with “and,” three or more use commas with “and” before the last.