Hi,
Maybe i'm wrong but I think that PSE doesn't support hierachical tags neither supports tag writing to the files metadata.
If you add a tag like People > Family > Jill to a photo and the you force PSE to write this tag to the file it will only write Jill in the metadata not People/Family/Jill as it is explained in the article.
thanks anyway
blackjid
Does Windows Live Photo Gallery tag the file or use a separate database. I installed a custom Win 7 install from Vista and my tags were maintained. I had to reinstall WL Photo Gallery, so I'm thinking the metadata was in the file. If this is true, just use PhotoGallery.
WL Photo Gallery indead write the metadata to the files, but it's also true that PSE has more powerfull set of tools to make the tagging. Sepecially the new PSE 8 with the automatic face recognition.
Does anybody have experience with Adobe Lightroom beta 3? I believe it's public free beta until April 2010 and I think it also stores tags in the jpgs. ref.: labs.adobe.com/.../lightroom3
jidonoso is correct. PSE does not save the hierachical tags to the images. It saves each level by itself. To WL Photo Gallery will show it flat.