If I look at the metadata of files changed on my system which results in the creation of a white Icon instead of the proper file, I see that only the extended and standard properties have been saved. Perhaps this is a help.
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What happens if you give that file a .jpeg extension?
No change, I am afraid.
We have released a new beta (11.12.2) which has some debugging output in it that will hopefully tell us what's going on.
[ul][li]Download the new beta, install it and make sure you reboot if needed[/li]
[li]Download DebugView and run it[/li]
[li]With DebugView running, use Opus to try to modify a metadata field as you described previously[/li][/ul]
You should see a line appear in the DebugView window similar to:
There will probably be other messages that appear as well but the only relevant ones will start with dopus: Exiv2:. Please copy and paste any such error messages and hopefully we'll be able to work out what's going on.
(This new beta also fixes the crash with the Authors/Tags field reported in this thread).
Initial tests show that this is a fix for the problem I am experiencing. I will continue testing and let you know if I have any other problems. Many thanks for your efforts.
One small niggle with the metadata fix: If the Description Subject and Title field are all empty and you enter metadata in the Description field, the metadata is entered into the Subect and Title field as well when you save.
Whilst there could be an argument for this happening with the Subject and Title field, it is very inconvenient when you simply want to add a Description to an image.
The compatibility with IPTC fields a great step forward, however.
Thanks for that. The erroneous fields are coming from Explorer and aren't actually written like that to the file. We'll fix this in the next version.
That seems to be the case from early testing. Many thanks, this makes DOpus a much handier tool for photographers. The ability to make last mintes metadata changes in Opus and have them reflected in the IPTC is just great.
Great! Thanks for your patience and help in resolving this.