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1. Re: history log
Curt Y Nov 10, 2011 11:07 AM (in response to robirdman1)I have delayed answering this hoping someone else would understand it.
I don't understand what you are doing. Are you creating a tiff from another image format? And what is the history log in Bridge, or are you talking about history log in Photoshop?
What option are you looking for in preferences?
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2. Re: history log
robirdman1 Nov 10, 2011 12:18 PM (in response to Curt Y)The tiffs are from Nikon RAW files. Earlier ones have their edit history in the right metadata panel of Bridge. When I went to check a more recent one there was no history category for it, nor all the most recent ones of the last few weeks. When I went to the general preferences options in bridge to see if it had been unchecked, it was totally absent - nothing to check. This was after refreshing my memory and checking help to see where it is supposed to be. But in the list of metadata to display , history is listed and checked to show.
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3. Re: history log
Curt Y Nov 10, 2011 5:29 PM (in response to robirdman1)OK, if you right click on the photo and select File Info, History one of the tabs.
It says here you can have a histroy log but you have to set it in PHOTOSHOP general preferences. Mine is unchecked so can not verify if it works.
I am using CS5 and Win7, but should not make any difference.
Hope this helps.
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4. Re: history log
robirdman1 Nov 11, 2011 9:13 AM (in response to Curt Y)OK. That is an alternative way of viewing the history log when present. If there is history log there, it is also in the right metadata panel, and if not , then it is absent there also.
I don't seem to be explaining the problem as it is not understood so I will try to clarify further.
Here are the complete copied instructions for setting the history log in Bridge:
Set Edit History Log options
You may need to keep careful track of what’s been done to a file in Photoshop, either for your own records, client records, or legal purposes. The Edit History Log helps you keep a textual history of changes made to an image. You can view the Edit History Log metadata using Adobe Bridge or the File Info dialog box.
You can choose to export the text to an external log file, or you can store the information in the metadata of edited files. Storing many editing operations as file metadata increases file size; such files may take longer than usual to open and save.
By default, history log data about each session is saved as metadata embedded in the image file. You can specify where the history log data is saved and the level of detail contained in the history log.
- Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
- Click the History Log preference to toggle from on to off or vice versa.
- For the Save Log Items To option, choose one of the following:
- Metadata
- Saves the history log as metadata embedded in each file.
- Text File
- Exports the history log to a text file. You are prompted to name the text file and choose a location in which to store it.
- Both
- Stores metadata in the file and creates a text file.
Note: If you want to save the text file in a different location or save another text file, click the Choose button, specify where to save the text file, name the file if necessary, and click Save.
- From the Edit Log Items menu, choose one of the following options:
- Sessions Only
- Keeps a record of each time your start or quit Photoshop and each time you open and close files (each image’s filename is included). Does not include any information about edits made to the file.
- Concise
- Includes the text that appears in the History panel in addition to the Sessions information.
- Detailed
- Includes the text that appears in the Actions panel in addition to the Concise information. If you need a complete history of all changes made to files, choose Detailed."
Once again, when I go to edit>preferences> general, there is no History log preference to check. there was in the past, and I have up till recently used it to keep the log, but it is absent now from this page.
Going to the metadata in preferences it shows and is checked, but as it is not in the options, none of the choices listed above can be made. It is gone from the general.

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5. Re: history log
Curt Y Nov 11, 2011 9:46 AM (in response to robirdman1)If you read my post #3 you should accept that the History Log option is in Photoshop/edit/preferences/general at least in CS5. Things change with programs and you just have to roll with it. The description above states "Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (Mac OS)". At least for CS5 that is incorrect. If you went to file info and hovered cursor over the History tab it give you the correct instructions to look in Photoshop.
You may be expecting too much from the term Metadata. Metadata includes everything and may or may not be shown in the metadata window. For items not shown in the panel you have to click on File Info. Perhaps I missed it but did not see History in metadata preferences of Bridge.
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6. Re: history log
robirdman1 Nov 11, 2011 11:20 AM (in response to Curt Y)Thanks for reminding me that the help I viewed related to CS5. I forgot that, while prices have not decreased and manuals are no longer included for products, that when you click help for your product, a whole lot of information that is totally irrelevant to your product comes up such as for CS5, Premiere Pro, Version Cue etc. It is just too much trouble to have specific product manuals or help anymore..
In fact when I look more carefully for the help related specifically to CS4, it says almost nothing. It does say to turn on the option in the preferences, but not how. But what I do know is that I have had CS4 for years and other files haveedit history data in the metadata. I remember previously being able to go to check the option and save history steps of about 100, far above the default. And now this option has disappeared and no one has a clue as to what has happened.
Why don't I go to CS5? Things were working fine for me in CS3 and then when I upgraded to CS4, I lost a number of capabilities that I liked and also my work flow was totally disrupted for days, I could no longer make galleries the way I had spend a lot of time with Adobe help to get certain files and install to regain a similar workflow. My saved actions, keywords, and other things were also gone and had to be relocated and manually put where they would work again, as Adobe doesn't seem to care about maintaining any previous settings during an upgrade.
I don't know what more I can say. If I hover over the file info, it says what I said before, to turn on the history option in the general preferences, but as you can see from the picture, the option is not there. It used to be but it is gone, and I don't know why. I used it before and tifs made earlier in the year have a history log, while none of the most recent ones do.
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8. Re: history log
Curt Y Nov 11, 2011 5:29 PM (in response to robirdman1)That is interesting. I looked in CS5 and it does have Edit History after Video. But since I have history option unchecked in Photoshop I have no entries.
Have looked in Photoshop General Preferences and see it the history option is there and unchecked?
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9. Re: history log
Bo LeBeau Nov 12, 2011 10:30 AM (in response to robirdman1)I believe there is some confusion of which preferences are in which program.
The preference in Bridge under Metadata only allows you to turn ON the Edit History metadata field in Bridge.
If Bridge can't find any metadata in the photo, the Edit History field is missing.
If Bridge finds metadata in the image, the Edit History field should appear.
But, the preference to turn on History is in Photoshop. You have Windows so it appears you need to go to Edit-Preferences-General in Photoshop.
When you click History in the preferences, make sure that it writes it to metadata. There are 3 different choices, Writing to text alone will NOT show up in Bridge.
Note that this setting will only capture Edit History to metadata going forward. It cannot show what was done to a file before the History preference was turned on.
These preferences need to be set up in both programs, Photoshop & Bridge for this to work correctly.
If this worked in the past, somehow the settings were altered. Perhaps you had to delete your preferences because something was acting funny?
Note also that this metadata will increase the file size of the image, especially if you use the Detailed option.





