topic Re: Preserve "Star Rating" with images move to Mac? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Preserve "Star Rating" with images move to Mac?

danrneumann — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:48:08 GMT

Using EOS 6D Mark II.

I've just started using the "Star Rating" on photos in-camera to try to find the good ones and keep track of them.

I was disappointed when I copied files from the SD card onto my external drive for my Mac and found that the Star Ratings from in-camera appear to not be preserved.

Can anyone help me figure out how to save the meta data? For example, if I give it a three-star rating in the camera, it would be super useful to have that rating available for search on my mac when I want to find "three star photos."

I hope that makes sense. Thanks for any help.

Dan

Re: Preserve "Star Rating" with images move to Mac?

kvbarkley — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:52:00 GMT

I assume it shows up in DPP.

What software are you using on the Mac?

Send Apple Feedback: https://www.apple.com/feedback/

But don't hold your breath.

Re: Preserve "Star Rating" with images move to Mac?

danrneumann — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 16:03:20 GMT

Thanks for assisting... I was not aware of Digital Photo Professional (DPP), so downloaded and installed it. Indeed I can see the star ratings in there, so that was a huge help!

I can Filter for Rating there by setting Filter to "On" and then selecting "Rating" and "***" or "****".

And from there I can use Finder to locate the files I wish to work on in Photoshop or other tools.

Super helpful!

Re: Preserve "Star Rating" with images move to Mac?

kvbarkley — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 18:16:14 GMT

AFAIK, the star ratings are in the canon proprietary data in the file, and not available for other programs to use.

Re: Preserve "Star Rating" with images move to Mac?

Peter — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 20:23:20 GMT

Jeffrey's Image Metadata Viewer and darktable are able to read the ratings from my 6D raw files.