high-resolution image will be cropped according to the soft-crop info, (2) Read and preserve soft crop
data, where any soft crop data in the input file will not be applied to the high-resolution file but still
preserved on the output file, or (3) to ignore any soft crop data in the input file altogether by choosing
Ignore Soft Crop data.
Forcing the use of IPTC tags over XMP in input files
Where: Channel | Metadata |General tab
In the event that a file contains non-standard IPTC fields and has been opened and re-saved by
Photoshop CS2 or CS3, Photoshop will ignore the non-standard IPTC fields when converting the
metadata to XMP format. Hence, additional IPTC info not recognized by Photoshop will seemingly
disappear from a user’s point of view. Color Factory can be configured to read the IPTC metadata block
in the files regardless of the presence of an XMP block and thus retain the contents of the non-standard
fields as well. Enable this option by selecting Force IPTC preference over XMP. This feature can
typically be used during the process of moving an existing system over to the newer XMP standard,
since at some point there will likely be a mix of IPTC and XMP compliant systems. However, once the
transformation to XMP is complete, IPTC tags will be redundant and there will be little need to activate
this option.
Ignore FotoWare IPTC tag
Where: Channel | Metadata |General tab
By enabling this feature, you can make Color Factory ignore the IPTC tag that FotoWare applications
predating 7.0 would append to files, forcing the Color Factory server to use the information in the
Photoshop header.
Merging text files with input images
Where: Channel Metadata | Merge Text – Files tab
This feature lets you configure Color Factory to compare the file name of input files with predefined text
templates in a specific folder and add the text in a template to a matching file. You may also configure
Color Factory in such a way that it searches the input folder for a text file accompanying the input image
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