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Version: 6.0, 70, CS, CS2
See also: XMP sidecar files
XMP is short for Extensible Metadata Platform which is a metadata standard that Adobe built to house the information that relates to your picture files.
Information such as author, camera, resolution, color space and key words are all stored in this format and for the most part the details are saved within the picture file itself, but when this is not possible the data is included in a separated sidecar file.
The presence of this information makes searching, sorting and managing of your pictures much easier as XMP is a key technology used in many features in Bridge and other applications in Adobe s Creative Suite 2.
The XMP detail that is linked to your files can be viewed in Photoshop via the File>File Info dialog (1) or by displaying the Metadata panel (2) in Bridge (View>Metadata Panel).
XMP is not the only metadata that can be stored with your files. Details may also be attached in EXIF, GPS and IPTC formats. When this occurs Adobe applications such as Photoshop and Bridge synchronize and describe this metadata in XMP in order to ensure better integration with applications features.
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Version: 6.0, 7.0, CS, CS2
See also: XMP
In some situations a portion of the XMPbased metadata that is stored with a picture is not saved in the file itself. Instead the information is...
