Why is Adobe Bridge creating .xmp sidecars for some JPEG files instead of writing metadata into the JPEG?
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In Adobe Bridge 2024, editing metadata such as keywords or ratings on some JPEG files creates a separate .xmp sidecar instead of embedding the changes into the JPEG itself. It seems to affect only certain JPEGs, including some that were recently edited with Adobe generative AI tools. Is this a known issue, and is there a workaround or fix?
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Apperantly the bug was caused by the new Adobe Camera Raw v16.3.1, which conflicts with AI-generated content. A temporary solution is to manually downgrade to Adobe Camera Raw v16.0 from here: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html in Adobe website. One needs to click the 14.5 link but change in the URL from 14x to 16x and from 14_5 to 16_0, and then restart the computer. It worked for me.
Update 2024-08-21:
Adobe are aware of this problem, see https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/xmp-file-jpeg.html . Their best suggestion so far is to downgrade Adobe Camera Raw to version 16.2. I hope Adobe Camera Raw next version will solve this issue.
Update 2024-10-14:
The issue was solved in ACR 17.0 and Adobe Bridge 15.0.
Originally by Triceratops. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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Yes. Based on the reports, this is a known Adobe bug rather than expected JPEG behavior. The issue was linked to certain Adobe Camera Raw versions conflicting with some JPEGs, including files edited with Adobe AI/generative tools, causing Bridge to write metadata to an XMP sidecar instead of embedding it in the JPEG.
Workarounds reported by users:
- Downgrade Adobe Camera Raw to an earlier version such as 16.0 or 16.2.
- Restart Bridge/computer after changing versions.
According to the community update, Adobe acknowledged the problem, and it was resolved in Adobe Camera Raw 17.0 together with Adobe Bridge 15.0. So the best long-term fix is to update to those versions or newer. If you must stay on the affected release, downgrading ACR is the temporary workaround.
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