What is a .XMP file?
XMP is Adobe’s XML metadata sidecar, storing edits and information about a media file. Used across Adobe apps.
- Did you know
- Adobe introduced XMP in 2001 as an open standard for embedding metadata in files.
- Adobe based XMP on the W3C’s Resource Description Framework, serialised as XML, so metadata can travel embedded inside the file.
- XMP was standardised by ISO as ISO 16684, cementing it as an open metadata format.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify Adobe project files and read their metadata: Photoshop (PSD, PSB), Illustrator (AI), InDesign (INDD), After Effects (AEP, AEPX, AET) with composition / layer / effect and asset extraction, Premiere Pro and Elements (PRPROJ, PREL) with sequence and media counts, XD, Animate (FLA), and Lightroom.
- Depth of analysis
- .XMP is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .XMP file
- Drag a .XMP file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.