Question about EXIF/IPTC, tags, comments, etc.
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Question about EXIF/IPTC, tags, comments, etc.
 
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I'm currently scanning a lot of old B&W negatives from the 1960s,
initially I have just scanned them into albums by (approximate) date as that is how they are stored. E.g. number 64_04_11 is the eleventh negative of the fourth film I shot in 1964. So far so good! :-) As I'm scanning the negatives I'm putting descriptions (as far as I am able) of the subject etc. in the comments field. Am I right in thinking these comments are stored in the image file as well as in the Digikam database? Now I would like to add some technical information to the images, what is the best way of doing this? I want to add such things as camera, and possibly the film type where I know it. It seems a bit clumsy to add these as further comments and anyway it would be rather difficult to add the same comment to a batch of images, -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Chris G wrote:
> I'm currently scanning a lot of old B&W negatives from the 1960s, > initially I have just scanned them into albums by (approximate) date > as that is how they are stored. E.g. number 64_04_11 is the eleventh > negative of the fourth film I shot in 1964. > > So far so good! :-) > > As I'm scanning the negatives I'm putting descriptions (as far as I am > able) of the subject etc. in the comments field. Am I right in > thinking these comments are stored in the image file as well as in the > Digikam database? If you have configured digikam accordingly: yes. Check the configuration, I think writing that information into the files is not active by default. > Now I would like to add some technical information to the images, what > is the best way of doing this? I want to add such things as camera, > and possibly the film type where I know it. It seems a bit clumsy to > add these as further comments and anyway it would be rather difficult > to add the same comment to a batch of images, I would use tags for this purpose (actually also even for the description you might be better of with using tags ....) Best, Arnd _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:11:16PM +0100, Arnd Baecker wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Chris G wrote: > > > I'm currently scanning a lot of old B&W negatives from the 1960s, > > initially I have just scanned them into albums by (approximate) date > > as that is how they are stored. E.g. number 64_04_11 is the eleventh > > negative of the fourth film I shot in 1964. > > > > So far so good! :-) > > > > As I'm scanning the negatives I'm putting descriptions (as far as I am > > able) of the subject etc. in the comments field. Am I right in > > thinking these comments are stored in the image file as well as in the > > Digikam database? > > If you have configured digikam accordingly: yes. > Check the configuration, I think writing that information > into the files is not active by default. > Digikam"? > > Now I would like to add some technical information to the images, what > > is the best way of doing this? I want to add such things as camera, > > and possibly the film type where I know it. It seems a bit clumsy to > > add these as further comments and anyway it would be rather difficult > > to add the same comment to a batch of images, > > I would use tags for this purpose > (actually also even for the description you might > be better of with using tags ....) > doesn't appear to be if I understand what all the "Configure Digikam" / "Metadata" settings mean. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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In reply to this post by Arnd Baecker
2008/1/14, Arnd Baecker <[hidden email]>: On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Chris G wrote: Arnd, A lots of technicals descriptions can be hosted by standard Exif tags. Extra descriptions can be hosted by IPTC if Exif is not enough. Metadata editor can be used for that : http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/Screenshots/newkipimetadataeditplugin2.png Note : With XMP supported by KDE4 port, we will host more and more informations with max. interoperability. Best Gilles _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
Re: Question about EXIF/IPTC, tags, comments, etc.
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:57:35PM +0100, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > 2008/1/14, Arnd Baecker <[1][hidden email]>: > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Chris G wrote: > > I'm currently scanning a lot of old B&W negatives from the 1960s, > > initially I have just scanned them into albums by (approximate) > date > > as that is how they are stored. E.g. number 64_04_11 is the > eleventh > > negative of the fourth film I shot in 1964. > > > > So far so good! :-) > > > > As I'm scanning the negatives I'm putting descriptions (as far as > I am > > able) of the subject etc. in the comments field. Am I right in > > thinking these comments are stored in the image file as well as > in the > > Digikam database? > If you have configured digikam accordingly: yes. > Check the configuration, I think writing that information > into the files is not active by default. > > Now I would like to add some technical information to the images, > what > > is the best way of doing this? I want to add such things as > camera, > > and possibly the film type where I know it. It seems a bit > clumsy to > > add these as further comments and anyway it would be rather > difficult > > to add the same comment to a batch of images, > I would use tags for this purpose > (actually also even for the description you might > be better of with using tags ....) > > Arnd, > A lots of technicals descriptions can be hosted by standard Exif tags. > Extra descriptions can be hosted by IPTC if Exif is not enough. > Metadata editor can be used for that : > [2]http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/Screenshots/newkipimetadataeditplugi > n2.png > Note : With XMP supported by KDE4 port, we will host more and more > informations with max. interoperability. Thank you Gilles, I was hoping/expecting to be able to edit the EXIF and/or IPTC data somehow, you've told me how. It raises a couple of questions though:- Can I select a number of pictures in an album and add EXIF tags for all of them in one go? E.g. can I add the Camera type to many images at one time? Is there a way to 'export' Digikam comments to metadata in bulk, i.e. for a whole album? -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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2008/1/14, Chris G <[hidden email]>: On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:57:35PM +0100, Gilles Caulier wrote: It raises a couple of questions though:- no. In my first developement version of this plugin, i have started to study this way, but stopped it to implement a tool to edit pictures one by one. There is a report in bugzilla to implement something in this way. it's in my TODO list. Is there a way to 'export' Digikam comments to metadata in bulk, yes. For comments you can do it to select all picture from an album, open caption & tags tab on the right side bar and to change what you want here (caption, date, rating and tags). all metadata from selected pictures will be modified. Gilles _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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In reply to this post by Chris Green
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Chris G wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:11:16PM +0100, Arnd Baecker wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Chris G wrote: > > > > > I'm currently scanning a lot of old B&W negatives from the 1960s, > > > initially I have just scanned them into albums by (approximate) date > > > as that is how they are stored. E.g. number 64_04_11 is the eleventh > > > negative of the fourth film I shot in 1964. > > > > > > So far so good! :-) > > > > > > As I'm scanning the negatives I'm putting descriptions (as far as I am > > > able) of the subject etc. in the comments field. Am I right in > > > thinking these comments are stored in the image file as well as in the > > > Digikam database? > > > > If you have configured digikam accordingly: yes. > > Check the configuration, I think writing that information > > into the files is not active by default. > > > Ah, thank you. Is that the settings under "Metadata" in "Configure > Digikam"? Yes. "Save image captions as embedded text" You could use exiv2 or exiftool on one of the images afterwards to check if the comments got written. > > > Now I would like to add some technical information to the images, what > > > is the best way of doing this? I want to add such things as camera, > > > and possibly the film type where I know it. It seems a bit clumsy to > > > add these as further comments and anyway it would be rather difficult > > > to add the same comment to a batch of images, > > > > I would use tags for this purpose > > (actually also even for the description you might > > be better of with using tags ....) > > > Does the tag information get stored into the image file too? It > doesn't appear to be if I understand what all the "Configure Digikam" > / "Metadata" settings mean. """Save image tags as "Keywords" tag""" should do what you want. And maybe in addition: Save image rating as tags. (Using SHIFT + F1 gives a short explanation about the meaning of these fields; see also http://www.digikam.org/?q=docs, which seems to be down at the moment) HTH, Arnd _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:27:15PM +0100, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> It raises a couple of questions though:- > Can I select a number of pictures in an album and add EXIF tags > for all of them in one go? E.g. can I add the Camera type to > many > images at one time? > > no. > In my first developement version of this plugin, i have started to > study this way, but stopped it to implement a tool to edit pictures > one by one. > There is a report in bugzilla to implement something in this way. it's > in my TODO list. > > > Is there a way to 'export' Digikam comments to metadata in > bulk, > i.e. for a whole album? > > yes. For comments you can do it to select all picture from an album, > open caption & tags tab on the right side bar and to change what you > want here (caption, date, rating and tags). all metadata from selected > pictures will be modified. > Gilles > What I was asking is if I have an album of pictures with digikam comments is there a way to copy all the digikam comments to the image file metadata? -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Am Monday 14 January 2008 schrieb Chris G:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:27:15PM +0100, Gilles Caulier wrote: > > It raises a couple of questions though:- > > Can I select a number of pictures in an album and add EXIF tags > > for all of them in one go? E.g. can I add the Camera type to > > many > > images at one time? > > > > no. > > In my first developement version of this plugin, i have started to > > study this way, but stopped it to implement a tool to edit pictures > > one by one. > > There is a report in bugzilla to implement something in this way. it's > > in my TODO list. > > It would seem a very useful thing to be able to do. > > > Is there a way to 'export' Digikam comments to metadata in > > bulk, > > i.e. for a whole album? > > > > yes. For comments you can do it to select all picture from an album, > > open caption & tags tab on the right side bar and to change what you > > want here (caption, date, rating and tags). all metadata from selected > > pictures will be modified. > > Gilles > > Yes, I'd already discovered that but it isn't quite what I meant. > > What I was asking is if I have an album of pictures with digikam > comments is there a way to copy all the digikam comments to the image > file metadata? Yes there is, under Menu Album->Synchronize images with database, there you go! Gerhard -- ><((((º> ¸.·´¯`·... ><((((º> ¸.·´¯`·...¸ ><((((º> http://www.gerhard.fr _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:34:18AM +0100, Gerhard Kulzer wrote:
> Am Monday 14 January 2008 schrieb Chris G: > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:27:15PM +0100, Gilles Caulier wrote: > > > It raises a couple of questions though:- > > > Can I select a number of pictures in an album and add EXIF tags > > > for all of them in one go? E.g. can I add the Camera type to > > > many > > > images at one time? > > > > > > no. > > > In my first developement version of this plugin, i have started to > > > study this way, but stopped it to implement a tool to edit pictures > > > one by one. > > > There is a report in bugzilla to implement something in this way. it's > > > in my TODO list. > > > > It would seem a very useful thing to be able to do. > > > > > Is there a way to 'export' Digikam comments to metadata in > > > bulk, > > > i.e. for a whole album? > > > > > > yes. For comments you can do it to select all picture from an album, > > > open caption & tags tab on the right side bar and to change what you > > > want here (caption, date, rating and tags). all metadata from selected > > > pictures will be modified. > > > Gilles > > > > Yes, I'd already discovered that but it isn't quite what I meant. > > > > What I was asking is if I have an album of pictures with digikam > > comments is there a way to copy all the digikam comments to the image > > file metadata? > > Yes there is, under Menu Album->Synchronize images with database, there you > go! > -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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