PIXTA metadata rules

From third-party sources Compiled from other people's guides and not yet verified against official documentation — please check the agency's own page before relying on it.

Reads IPTC from JPEG only, and filenames must not repeat ones you have already submitted

keyword

English tags are accepted — no need to translate into Japanese.

Uploading

Embedded IPTC is read from JPEG files only.
A filename must not repeat one already submitted on the same account.

editorial

Shutterstock's dateline format works here.

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