Apollo Metatool

**BETA** — Apollo Metatool is in active beta ahead of its 1.0 release. Core features are stable and used in real assignments by press photographers, but expect frequent updates as new features and refinements ship. Your one-time purchase includes all free updates through at least version 1.9.9. Apollo Metatool is a professional IPTC metadata batch editor built for working press photographers. Import photos from a camera card, apply a metadata template in seconds, and export files with all IPTC fields embedded — copyright, creator, event name, city, country, keywords, and more. The workflow that takes 45 minutes in Lightroom takes under 5 minutes in Apollo Metatool. **BATCH EDITING** Apply a complete set of IPTC metadata to hundreds of photos at once. One template, one tap, done. Supports JPEG, HEIC, HEIF, HIF, PNG, TIFF, and RAW with XMP sidecar. **DOT SWAPPER** Type player number codes like `.29.` in any metadata field and they expand to the player's full name automatically. Import a roster once; use it for the entire season. Supports teams, leagues, and custom code lists. **METADATA TEMPLATES** Save your standard metadata sets as templates. Apply them during import or batch-apply after the fact. Templates support variable tokens — `.event.`, `.city.`, `.creator.` — that resolve from the photo's own metadata at apply time. **CAMERA CARD WORKFLOW** Import directly from camera cards via the Files app. Photos are organised into dated event folders automatically. Filter by star rating at import time to skip unrated frames before they ever touch your device. **LIVE INGEST (FTP)** Connect to an FTP server on your local network — a NAS, a laptop, or wherever a camera's Wi-Fi transfer pushes to — and new photos import automatically as they land during a shoot. Set a rating filter, metadata template, and renaming pattern once and let it run hands-free; a live connection log shows exactly what's happening, and it reconnects automatically if the connection drops. **IPTC STANDARD COMPLIANT** Writes all standard IPTC/XMP fields using Apple's CGImageMetadata APIs: Title, Headline, Description, Keywords, Creator, Copyright, Credit, Source, Event, City, State/Province, Country, Country Code, GPS coordinates, and more. **DESIGNED FOR iPAD** Two-column metadata editor optimised for iPad. Works in Split View and Slide Over alongside your editing apps.