"just bob" wrote in message
And of course your method also does not integrate with the filters panel feature of Bridge CS3 so it can do, among other things, let me click on metadata info and filter images automatically, and do mass IPTC data changes.
Wait. Find is integrated with Filters. You can use a single query (of up to 32 criteria, including "all metada"), and you can save and combine various Find queries in Sets and select multiple sets. Using either or both, by using a template you can also add or replace specific fields in IPTC to files that the Find or Set found, for example in a keyword field you could put the American English spelling of a foreign country where the author did not.
This is being used as part of a seriously fast deadline workflow managing IPTC data and it is frustrating that Bridge CS3 goes ALMOST all the way but just falls short.
Bob, rather than more elements, do you actually mean you wish to filter on specific IPTC Core fields (rather than All Metadata at once)?
To get this nailed, can you provide a specific find/filter that you cannot do now?
I would accept the challenge to do it and make it easy.