Better use of EXIF and IPTC data

[Oceanwatcher]

I wish that EE could make better use of the data provided by EXIF and IPTC in the files.

When I have been out to take pictures, I like dumping all pictures to my harddrive and then open that folder in Fotostation. There it is easy to edit IPTC fields. Then I use a small program called resize.exe to resize the pictures. This program have the option to keep all extra data.

When the upload is done, there should actually not be any need to say who took the pictures. EE should be able on a pic by pic basis to know the right photographer (and because of that know the right watermark). I am wondering... Would it be possible to create a watermark just on the basis of the name? And have Imagemagick do the rest? No images uploaded. Just give the text that should be in the watermark and it gets superimposed. Of course, if you want a fancy signature, you will need to upload an image. But the plain text should be ok. I think a copyrightsymbol, the year and name is ok enough.

For the photodetails, it should be possible to set up what fields to display from the EXIF and IPTC data. Most things should be there already. Just a matter of setting it up right. I think it would be a good idea on the setup page to be able to load an actual picture and display what fields exist. Then pick from that and build your detail list.

Any other good ideas?

[ArtM]

Me too! I would like see a flexible 'mapping' technique; where one could specify which fields - from either EXIF or IPTC - would be used for which purpose (title, description, speed, stop, category, etc.) in EE.

[fab]

Hi, I need some help because i am new user about IPTC AND EXIF.

My question is very simple: I have a canon 10D and when I take pictures in raw and

open in the software that comes with the camera ( EOS DIGITAL SOLUTION DISK)

the IPTC DIALOG BOX doesn´t work. WHY?



IT´S POSSIBLE APPLY IPTC AND EXIF ONLY IN RAW?

If someone help me ....................


and sorry about my poor english

[ArtM]

Hi, I need some help because i am new user about IPTC AND EXIF.

My question is very simple: I have a canon 10D and when I take pictures in raw and

open in the software that comes with the camera ( EOS DIGITAL SOLUTION DISK)

the IPTC DIALOG BOX doesn´t work. WHY?





IT´S POSSIBLE APPLY IPTC AND EXIF ONLY IN RAW?
If someone help me ....................


and sorry about my poor english


I am not that familiar with RAW format - but I believe that EXIF & IPTC are only specified & allowed for JPG file types.


- Art

[Oceanwatcher]

I thought IPTC fields also applied in at least TIFF. As EXIF is applied by the camera, I am not sure what works and not.

Anyway, I am using Fotostation and it is pure bliss to use this for archiving since the data will follow each picture, not being stored in my computer.

So my digital workflow is

- Take the picture (or scan it)
- Open it in Fotostation
- Apply information
- Burn to cd
- Resize for web with a small program called Resize.exe. You can find it here: Resize.exe (http://atlas.walagata.com/w/peterbone/resize.zip)

- Upload pictures via ftp
- Create online galleries

Simple, and I get a nice archive that is easy to manage.
The cd's that I burn can be scanned back in Fotostation as an offline resource. That way, the thumbnails and IPTC data are there and are searchable. And when you try to load the pic in Photoshop, it will tell you what cd it is on.

[_Mario]

I am not that familiar with RAW format - but I believe that EXIF & IPTC are only specified & allowed for JPG file types.


- Art


Well fortunately for us that's not true. EXIF and IPTC apply also for RAW. It is handled in a differente ways on a Mac and Windows. Mac has clearly the edge here thanks to the resource fork, meaning you can have the IPTC in the RAW file as well. Where XP needs an extra XML file (I think iView Media Pro is also able now to have IPTC also in the RAW pictures itself on XP)

Thanks god I switched to MAc OS X three years ago. My life has been so much easier since then ;-)

[Oceanwatcher]

Well fortunately for us that's not true. EXIF and IPTC apply also for RAW. It is handled in a differente ways on a Mac and Windows. Mac has clearly the edge here thanks to the resource fork, meaning you can have the IPTC in the RAW file as well. Where XP needs an extra XML file (I think iView Media Pro is also able now to have IPTC also in the RAW pictures itself on XP)

Thanks god I switched to MAc OS X three years ago. My life has been so much easier since then ;-)

Not entirely true. There is a way to attach any information you want to a file on Win platform. It is attaching it to the "footer" of the file. And if it is fairly application specific, it is called black metadata. Fotostation uses this method to attach IPTC data even to Quicktime movies. Videoeditingsoftware can use this to attach editingdata to the files.

All files have a header. In that header you can find different types of data and some files have IPTC data here. There is also information on how big the datapart of the file is. And what Fotostation and other software that uses this technique does, is to add extra metadata after that mark. And it is still a part of the file. No need for an extra file. And the same file is understood the same way on Mac, Win and Linux. Cool?

I am sooo happy that I could not care less what OS I work on. As long as it has been set up correctly on solid hardware, all of the major OS'es work well. :lol: