Edit History in Photoshop

The Edit History option records all the edits (image enhancements, retouches, and so on) made on an image in an edit log that you can save as a text file or as attached metadata. Choose the File Handling panel in the Preferences dialog box to establish your desired settings for your editing history.

The Metadata palette offers some options via the palette pop-up menu:

-->Search: Select Search to locate images by various metadata fields.

-->Increase/Decrease Font Size: Choose these options to enlarge or decrease the font size in set increments.

-->Metadata Display Options: This command allows you to choose the fields displayed in each of the metadata categories. Select the Hide Empty Fields option to display only your selected data fields. Keep your palette lean and mean by choosing the Hide Empty Fields option to hide metadata items that are set to display, but do not contain any data.

Note that you can define and create custom File Info panels for XMP metadata to suit your company’s specific data needs. By creating a Custom Panel Description file and storing it in a common location specified by Adobe applications that use this feature, this custom panel shows up when users select File➪File Info either in the File Browser or in the Photoshop application window. For specifics on this feature, download the XMP Custom Panels PDF document at Adobe’s Web site.