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Screenshot metadata
By Tev
This guide explains how to add metadata such as USERS IN THIS SCREENSHOT as well as LOCATION

There's possibly more to those that I'm still unfamiliar with.
   
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Introduction
As written in the description, the point of this Guide is for you to learn how to add these fields to your screenshots.

Ironically enough, usually the name is written on the USERS IN THIS SCREENSHOT -field, but at the time of making this guide, it's broken.
Get started
Take a screenshot in the game.
Check its APP-ID from the Steam Store.


For example, Grand Theft Auto V is that of APP-ID 271590.

Get your Steam3ID from here: http://steamid.io and exclude the U:1: -prefix.Mine for example: [U:1:40454810]
Is thus folder: 40454810

Navigate yourself to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<Steam3ID>\760\

For me that would be
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\40454810\760\
Open the screenshots.vdf with WordPad
Exit the Steam -client if you have not already.
  1. Inside the 760 -folder, open up screenshots.vdf
  2. Click Select a program from a list of installed programs
  3. Choose to open it up with WordPad.
Modify the screenshots.vdf entry.
  1. Press CTRL+F to bring up the Search -feature and type in your game's APP-ID.
    • Grand Theft Auto V for example was APP-ID 271590
  2. Press Enter.
  3. Look for the screenshot entry you want to modify; they're displayed in
    YYYY-MM-DD
    EDIT: Nowadays,
    YYYYMMDDHHMMSS_x.jpg
    Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second, how manyth that second
    -standard. If you can't find it, see the "If you cannot find the entry" -part.
  4. In between "imported" and "width" include the metadata you wish to apply.
    For tagging users
    "taggedusers" { "0" "SteamID64" (Refer to http://steamid.io ) "1" "SteamID64" (If more than one person) }

    For marking the location
    "location" "location"

    For naming the included Workshop content
    "taggedpublishedfiles" { "0" "Workshop Item ID (URL has it)" "1" "Workshop Item ID (URL has it)" }

  5. Once you're done, hold CTRL and press S.
  6. Launch Steam and try to upload the screenshot like you normally would and this data should be included.
If you cannot find the entry.
    If you're unsure of which one yours was, you may navigate yourself to *\760\remote\<app-ID>\screenshots\ or click View > Screenshots > (Show: Game) > Show on disk.
8 Comments
Y!2!K!★ 24 Nov, 2024 @ 11:33am 
I was wondering if it's possible to view item stats likes dislikes of artworks/screenshots just like with workshop files?
Tev  [author] 18 May, 2019 @ 8:54am 
First image shows. It’s metadata.
Wilbur Chicken 18 May, 2019 @ 4:31am 
sorry whats this for again?
Tev  [author] 25 Mar, 2019 @ 10:31pm 
Definitely still works!
Alice Bubblegum 25 Mar, 2019 @ 10:27pm 
Is this still possible? I need to try it :o
Wilbur Chicken 12 Aug, 2015 @ 8:34pm 
nice i didn't rreads so i dont know what just happened
:starsandstripes:
ໂ‧͡‧̫ໃ 9 Aug, 2015 @ 2:07am 
Helpful as always! :dstools: