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CSV export: one metadata file for each agency and upload tool

When your metadata is ready, download it as a CSV. You get one file for each agency you tick in Settings, with the columns that agency’s upload tool expects.

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Which file for which agency

01 Adobe Stock Filename, title and keywords. The title is the Adobe title.
02 Shutterstock Filename, description and keywords. The Description column holds the Adobe title. PhotoTager writes it to stay under 70 characters, so it fits Shutterstock’s 150-character limit unless you lengthen it.
03 iStock & Getty Images One file each for ESP, qHero and DeepMeta, with up to 50 iStock keywords per file.
04 Alamy Image Ref, Caption, Tags and Supertags, up to 50 tags and the first 10 of them as supertags.

Get your files

  1. 1
    Tick your agencies in SettingsIn Settings, under the agencies you get a CSV for, tick the ones you upload to. Each ticked agency gets its own CSV. Tick none and you get one for every active agency.
  2. 2
    Press Download CSV on your projectOne agency downloads as a CSV. Several agencies download as one ZIP with a CSV inside for each. A batch download is always a ZIP.
  3. 3
    Or e-mail the files to yourselfThe same CSVs are sent to your address or one you type. You can send 10 e-mails in 24 hours, from projects only.

What is in the files

01 Letters stay as you wrote them Place names with accents keep their letters. ESP files are CP1252 with Windows line endings, so a letter CP1252 cannot hold becomes the plain letter, never a “?”.
02 Keywords iStock & Getty Images files carry the iStock keywords, up to 50. Other agencies carry your ordinary keywords. If you switch keywords off in your settings, the keyword column stays empty.
03 Shutterstock categories The category column is left blank. Shutterstock requires one category, so you pick it when you submit.
04 Alamy Image Ref Alamy gives each file its Image Ref after upload. Until you import the refs, the column holds the file name so you can match rows by hand.

Your own CSV format

01 Add a Platform If an upload tool needs other columns, add a Platform with your column names, separated by commas, and it is exported like an agency. The documentation explains templates and platforms.

Questions

Which agencies can I export CSVs for?

Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, iStock & Getty Images (ESP, qHero and DeepMeta) and Alamy. You can also add your own CSV format.

Why do I get a ZIP and not a CSV?

Because more than one agency is ticked, or you downloaded a whole batch. The ZIP holds one CSV for each agency.

Which category does Shutterstock get?

None. The category column is blank, and Shutterstock requires one, so choose it when you submit.

Will my accented letters survive?

Yes, in every file except ESP, which is an older CP1252 format. There a letter CP1252 cannot hold is replaced by the plain letter.

How often can I e-mail my CSVs?

10 times in 24 hours, from a project. Download CSV has no such limit.