Janet Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I would like to submit to live news but I only have Nikon viewnx-2 and looking at the test image sent I can't figure out where headlines and captions go in the iptc thingy as everything looks different. As you might gather I am quite new to all of this. Any help would be most appreciated and thanks in anticipation. Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 You need to be approved by the Live News team before you can submit images. Which programme do you use for editing? You usually need to populate the required data in the File Info field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 I didn't think that you need to be approved as I'm opted in. I just use pixlr as I can't really afford anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Thanks I looked at the other day but forgot to change it must be another senior moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 In NX2 double click the image to open. Then click on the arrow head half way down on the right side of screen. There you will find a place to add your Metadata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 That's brilliant but does it have to go in a peticular box as it appears that there are two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 13 minutes ago, Janet said: That's brilliant but does it have to go in a peticular box as it appears that there are two Just add keywords/ tags, description, title, copyright and creator i.e. yourname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Oh I see I'll give it a go at the weekend and see what happens. Thank you so much for your help Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imageplotter Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hi Janet, I don't know pixlr but Photomechanic is widely used for news type images and is inexpensive, you won't regret using it as it is fast and really makes the work stream much easier when ie. LR or other software is just too slow for that use and speed is usually essential. Basic cropping/editing only, but easy iptc population and works well with Filezilla and other services. I've never really bothered adding copyright/author as Alamy does that automatically in the caption, but I guess it does no harm. Caption and headline are essential (and are easily mixed up when it's a bit hectic and you are sitting somewhere on a rainy, cold pavement with your laptop getting wet. I'm sure Alamy curse us all for not triple checking, understandably. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hi Image plotter Thanks for the info I'll look into this. As long as it makes things easier so much the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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