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I exported Apple Pro Raw (iPhone 15pro) photos to Jpeg-XL from another software. THEN, I used Nitro to keyword all the photos. THEN, I imported those photos into Apple Photos. None of the keywords are apparently imported…so why not?
The obvious question COULD be why didn’t I export from Apple Pro Raw to Heic from Nitro…but I’d rather maintain the 16bit color and smaller files size that JXL provides than Heic and 8 or 10 bit color with LARGER file sizes.
Am I not understanding the Keyword issue between Nitro and Photos? Is Apple Photos refusing to read those Nitro XMP files? I love the keyboarding feature in Nitro, but I am not going to love having to duplicate the work in Photos if those keywords do not import.
Looking for advice…thanks…gary
The main issue is that Photos does not read XMP sidecars. I plan to add JPEG-XL export support in the (relatively near) future, which would also embed the keywords into the file, at which point, Photos will be able to see the keywords. The other way for Nitro to solve this is to have Nitro write XMP directly into original files (in this case, the JPEG-XL that you made in the other app). However, that is a bit longer term, as writing into original files has risks that need to be managed carefully.
Thanks Nik. Photos not reading Xmp files says it all! I have previously had issues with software not reading Heic keywords written by software such as Photo Mechanic. As I understand it, HEIF has some proprietary issues which some software either avoids or doesn’t fully support. Jpeg-XL would seem to solve some off that as “open source” with even better compression and support for 16bit color. I HAVE noticed however, that the increased compression can result in longer rendering time.
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