[Feature] Ability to display and edit "Title" in addition to "Description"

[lprimak]

I have searched the existing feature requests, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate request.

• Yes

The feature

Apple Photos macOS metadata includes "title" as the primary description for photos.
However Immich only supports "Description" which translates to "Caption" metadata in the EXIF.
Is there any way to add title as well as caption? Maybe something configurable so any EXIF string can be displayed?

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

[lprimak]

@alextran1502 What do you think of this feature?

[lprimak]

I have 30k photos in Apple which I diligently added titles, but not descriptions. Immich doesn't display them, this is the crux of the matter. Thank you

[VitosX]

I ran into the same problem. I use Apple Photos for initial filtering and correcting of newly taken photos, then I export finished albums and import into Immich. I started copy pasting the title text into description just so I can use it in Immich, which is far from optimal.

[fivestones]

This is similar to #4220 which I posted 2 years ago, and it was added to Immich last year (#6344), and was working at least in a sense (to get the caption stored in exif data when editing a photo in Lightroom I think). However, I don't think it was ever picking up the description/caption from the photos app on iOS (which you can type in or view in the photos app by swiping down on a photo while viewing it). That's the feature I'd still like to see added. It looks like Photosync can do this; but I haven't seen any other iOS app claim to be able to do it (https://www.photosync-app.com/support/release-notes/photosync-4-8-for-ios-released?utm_source=chatgpt.com).

[lprimak]

This is a discussion about title, not description/caption specifically. An additional field that would be great if Immich was using.

[fivestones]

Hmm, ok. I guess I assumed they were the same since I don't see any way to add or edit a title on the photos app on iPhone, and the OP mentioned adding titles on Apple Photos. I guess maybe OP is talking about the Apple Photos app on macOS?

Thanks.

[lprimak]

Yes, that is correct. Apple Photos on macOS.