Photoshop Elements 2018 doesn't report Exposure Compensation

It appears that Adobe doesn't report exposure compensation in the File Info. :mad: Does anybody know a workaround for this, short of making notes at the time of shooting and then manually adding that info?

Adobe does report exposure compensation depending on the product you're using and if you know where to find it.

So does Affinity Photo which was recommended to you, but you had to run out and grab Elements first instead.

 

http://digitaldog.net/files/hint.jpg

 

Work around: better software for the tasks needed.... ;)

Save or delete metadata templates

If you have metadata that you repeatedly enter, you can save the metadata entries in metadata templates. The templates can be used for entering information, and they save you the effort of retyping metadata in the File Info dialog box. In the Photo Browser, you can search for metadata to locate files and photos.

 

1. Open the File Info dialog box (File > File Info) and do one of the following:
   
   • To save metadata as a template, click the drop-down button in the row of buttons in the File Info dialog box, and select Export. Enter a template name, and click Save.
      
      
     
   • To delete a metadata template, click Show Templates Folder. Browse and select the template you want to delete, and press Delete.
     

Adobe does report exposure compensation depending on the product you're using and if you know where to find it.

So does Affinity Photo which was recommended to you, but you had to run out and grab Elements first instead.

 

Very helpful!

If you are using Windows, and if the image is a JPEG (two big if's), open Windows Explorer/File Explorer, right click on the file, select PROPERTIES from the drop down menu, then click on the DETAILS tab. Scroll down the Camera Section. There you will find the entry Exposure Bias. If you shoot RAW - SO it works only on JPEG files - at least in Windows 7.

If you are using Windows, and if the image is a JPEG (two big if's), open Windows Explorer/File Explorer, right click on the file, select PROPERTIES from the drop down menu, then click on the DETAILS tab. Scroll down the Camera Section. There you will find the entry Exposure Bias. If you shoot RAW - SO it works only on JPEG files - at least in Windows 7.

 

I use Windows 7 and shoot RAW exclusively.

What happens when you use another brand camera?

I may have mis-written. It also works on TIFF files generated in Lightroom from NEF files. I do not have a Codec for NEF files installed on my system. If you can find one for your flavor of RAW. it may well work once Windows recognizes the file as an image file and not just data.

 

Another piece of software to look for is an EXIF editor. There use to be quite a few available free.

I may have mis-written. It also works on TIFF files generated in Lightroom from NEF files. I do not have a Codec for NEF files installed on my system. If you can find one for your flavor of RAW. it may well work once Windows recognizes the file as an image file and not just data.

 

Another piece of software to look for is an EXIF editor. There use to be quite a few available free.

 

WIndows 7, right click, properties, details gives me all the exif data for all the file types I ever use: jpg, DNG, NEF and TIFF. Thank you so much for your help!

You are very welcome. Glad I could help.

OK, so he copies the compensation (no one has asked why that's at all useful since the data has been affected an it's a done deal). Now he has to paste that into an empty field (that doesn't exist for Elements called exposure comp). How to do this easily, quickly in mass with the product he shouldn't have purchased? That was answered here.

No need to copy or paste anything. The meta data is right at my fingertips, either in Windows or in Elements.

No need for the metadata at all really as the compensation is what it is and affected the raw if you jot it down or not.

The meta data is right at my fingertips, either in Windows or in Elements.

How is it in Elements when you wrote:

Photoshop Elements 2018 doesn't report Exposure Compensation

It appears that Adobe doesn't report exposure compensation in the File Info

How is it in Elements when you wrote:

 

Let me spell it out for you. Photoshop Elements 2018 has almost no information in File/File Info; it shows shutter speed, aperture and ISO, but NOT exposure compensation. However, as others have pointed out, all the meta data is right at my fingertips, either in Windows or in Elements by right-clicking on the file, then clicking on Properties, then clicking on Details. Get it?

all the meta data is right at my fingertips, either in Windows or in Elements by right-clicking on the file,then clicking on Properties, then clicking on Details.

You right click on the file in Elements? No, that still doesn't make sense.

You stated Elements (which I'd never use) doesn't report exposure compensation. It's the name of this tread you started.

Then you state: all the meta data is right at my fingertips, in Elements by right-clicking on the file.

Does it (Adobe Elements) show exposure compensation or doesn't it?

 

“The reason I talk to myself is because I am the only one who’s answers I accept”- George Carlin

For the umpteenth time, Adobe Elements does not show exposure compensation. However, while in Elements you can use the Windows work-around by right-clicking on the file, then clicking Properties, then clicking Details and all the meta data shows up as part of the Windows (not Elements) tool, while in Elements, but not being part of the Elements program. Hope that clear it up. :rolleyes:

For the umpteenth time, Adobe Elements does not show exposure compensation. However, while in Elements you can use the Windows work-around by right-clicking on the file, then clicking Properties, then clicking Details and all the meta data shows up as part of the Windows (not Elements) tool, while in Elements, but not being part of the Elements program. Hope that clear it up. :rolleyes:

Got it now, this text of yours is wrong:

all the meta data

is right at my fingertips, either in Windows or in Elements.

What you want to correctly say (I suppose) is: all the metadata is right at my fingertips, in Windows.

What you want to correctly say (I suppose) is: all the meta data is right at my fingertips, in Windows.

 

No, that's not what I want to say, because that's not accurate. Since you want to split hairs, one should say: all the meta data is right at my fingertips, whether I'm in Windows or Elements, but not thanks to the Elements program. Get it?

No, that's not what I want to say, because that's not accurate.

Then you probably should not have written exactly what I copied and pasted from you. Again:

No need to copy or paste anything. The meta data is right at my fingertips, either in Windows or in Elements.

Are the words 'either' and 'in' above, in bold, your writings or that of another Frans?

We can only understand and help you based on your writings.

Since you want to split hairs, one should say: all the meta data is right at my fingertips, whether I'm in Windows or Elements, but not thanks to the Elements program. Get it?

Whether in Windows or Elements, but not in Elements; no sir, that isn't much better. But I get the idea we're done here and once again, your 'problems' are solved and we can move on and enjoy the silence. :eek:

I get the idea

 

Thank Goodness! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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