Managing Photo Credit

Record photographer, source and copyright for your media — extracted automatically from EXIF/IPTC or overridden by hand.

Overview

The photo credit documents an asset's attribution in three fields:

  • Photographer — who took the shot
  • Source — agency, client or origin of the material
  • Copyright — the legal copyright notice

footage.one reads these values automatically from the file's EXIF/IPTC metadata at import. You can override them manually when needed.

Where to find the photo credit

Open an asset and select the Photo credit section in the Asset metadata panel. The section appears as soon as an asset carries credit values or you have permission to edit it.

Automatic or manual

A badge indicates where the values come from:

  • Automatic (EXIF) — the values are taken unchanged from the file metadata.
  • Manual — the values were set by hand and override the EXIF/IPTC data.

Editing the photo credit

  1. In the Photo credit section, click Edit credit (or Add credit if none exists yet).
  2. Enter photographer, source and copyright.
  3. Save. The values appear immediately and are flagged as Manual.

Reset to EXIF

If you have overridden the values manually, Reset to EXIF discards them. footage.one then re-reads the EXIF/IPTC data from the original file. Because this removes your manual entries, you must confirm the step.

Tips

  • Check at import — review the auto-detected credit early, while the context is fresh.
  • Stay consistent — use uniform spelling for source and copyright so media filters reliably later.
  • Before distribution — make sure the credit is correct before sharing or distributing media.
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