# Simultaneously Setting NLP Metadata for Multiple Scans?

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**Created:** [November 24, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/simultaneously-setting-nlp-metadata-for-multiple-scans/9879 "2025-11-24T19:02:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![melchimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@melchimm](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/melchimm)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/simultaneously-setting-nlp-metadata-for-multiple-scans/9879/1 "2025-11-24T19:02:23Z")

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Is it possible to apply certain fields of the NLP metadata to multiple images/negatives at once?

For example, if I scan in a roll of film that entire roll will have the same film stock and speed, the same camera brand/model, and likely the same date of capture. So it would be nice not to have to duplicate the process of entering in each of those pieces of information for each frame one at time.

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**Author:** ![Digitizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@Digitizer](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/Digitizer)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/simultaneously-setting-nlp-metadata-for-multiple-scans/9879/2 "2025-11-26T08:02:24Z")

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Welcome to the forum @melchimm

As often, an answer can be found in the guide: [Film Metadata | Negative Lab Pro](https://www.negativelabpro.com/guide/film-metadata/#how-to-add-film-metadata)

It’s really worth reading through the documentation in order to learn what can be found in it.  
Find the link to the guide at the top of the forum page.

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**Author:** ![melchimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@melchimm](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/melchimm)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/simultaneously-setting-nlp-metadata-for-multiple-scans/9879/3 "2025-12-02T04:24:56Z")

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Thanks, I had indeed discovered this a few days before seeing your response. I was a bit confused because I thought it would be an NLP-specific solution, but it’s actually a general Lightroom solution.

For anyone else who might see this post in the future, the trick is to populate the metadata fields for one of the images in the roll and then “sync” to the other images as described in the [How to Add Film Metatdata] –\> [3. Syncing Metadata] section of the page linked by @Digitizer above.