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Title: What does it mean when the rating section of a file is hatched (schraffiert)
Post by: voronwe on May 02, 2021, 05:46:11 PM
Hi Marion

I just stumbled about it and could not find it in the documentation:

https://www.photools.com/help/imatch/#fw_basics.htm?dl=h-26
In this link the highlightes image has also a hatched (schraffiert) area.
What does this mean?

Greetings
Title: Re: What does it mean when the rating section of a file is hatched (schraffiert)
Post by: Mario on May 02, 2021, 05:54:36 PM
This means that the file has a label for which no color is configured under Edit > Preferences > Metadata.
Title: Re: What does it mean when the rating section of a file is hatched (schraffiert)
Post by: voronwe on May 02, 2021, 05:58:14 PM
Quote from: Mario on May 02, 2021, 05:54:36 PM
This means that the file has a label for which no color is configured under Edit > Preferences > Metadata.

Thanks
EDIT:

Could it be the reason that the Label is set by Lightroom and IMatch can not handle this correctly?
According to the Attachement, the Label is "Grün"

<rdf:Description rdf:about=''
  xmlns:xmp='http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/'>
  <xmp:CreateDate>2021-04-24T16:41:15.70</xmp:CreateDate>
  <xmp:CreatorTool>photools.com IMatch 20.14.0.2 (Windows)</xmp:CreatorTool>
  <xmp:Label>Grün</xmp:Label>
  <xmp:MetadataDate>2021-05-02T17:39:45+02:00</xmp:MetadataDate>
  <xmp:ModifyDate>2021-05-02T17:39:45+02:00</xmp:ModifyDate>
</rdf:Description>


EDIT2

Got it, I added "Grün" as a new Flag in the Metadata settings -> Problem solved
Title: Re: What does it mean when the rating section of a file is hatched (schraffiert)
Post by: Mario on May 02, 2021, 06:39:01 PM
The XMP label is just plain text. Every application out there uses different names as labels, often even depending on in which country you use that software.
When you save a "Grün" label, a user in the US would save a "Green" label.

This is why IMatch allows you to define any number of colors for any number of labels.