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On 17-Sep-06, at 12:09 PM, doug rogers wrote:

> Googling 'embed text' and 'Tiff' found this list and some  
> discussions here where such a topic comes up occasionally.
>
> I am wondering if there is a utility or program which will do such  
> a thing? Apparently not. It would be an extremely useful trick.
>
> My client requires my cartoons in TIFF format. After print on dead  
> trees publishing the cartoons remain on the publishers server as  
> jpg's converted by the web master who sets up the paper's web site.
>
> So what happens is the cartoons now on the web are unsearchable by  
> content unless you know the saved name of the file. I would love  
> the ability to embed keywords in the graphic file which would also  
> survive the translation to jpg.

I think this is a typical use of IPTC, perhaps Photoshop's embedding  
standard for JPEG and/or TIFF can be followed (or use it as the  
interface to do so).

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.graphics.photoshop/msg/ 
6a5c9c6b6ef19605?dmode=source

--Toby

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