What's an easy way to enter EXIF data?

I have a OlympusE500 SLR digital which
records EXIF data automatically.

But I need to add extra such as "comments"
and "author".

Is there good software to handle this? I am
thinking of something like an EXIF pop-up
window in front of a large display of the
photo so that all detail could be observed
before adding the comments & author etc.

But also some way to automatically save the
last comments string, so that it could be
called up and pasted for use in subsequent
similar photos.

Often I have about 100 photos to process at
once, so that any help would speed things up
considerably.

Please help, Peter.

Hi Peter,

I use Exifer: http://www.exifer.friedemann.info/

Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but you can save
different exif "templates" and load them into your photos as required.

Regards,
T

Peter Jason wrote:
I have a OlympusE500 SLR digital which
records EXIF data automatically.

But I need to add extra such as "comments"
and "author".

Is there good software to handle this? I am
thinking of something like an EXIF pop-up
window in front of a large display of the
photo so that all detail could be observed
before adding the comments & author etc.

But also some way to automatically save the
last comments string, so that it could be
called up and pasted for use in subsequent
similar photos.

Often I have about 100 photos to process at
once, so that any help would speed things up
considerably.

Please help, Peter.

Feel free to try my PhotoMan application from
http://homepages.tesco.net/~Keith.Sh...toman/home.htm. It was
produced largely as a self training exercise so I don't claim it will
compete with any of the professional post processing apps but it's free and
one thing it does allow is...

an EXIF pop-up window in front of a large display
of the photo so that all detail could be observed
before adding the comments & author etc

Keith

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:20:56 +1100, "Peter Jason"
wrote:

I have a OlympusE500 SLR digital which
records EXIF data automatically.

But I need to add extra such as "comments"
and "author".

Is there good software to handle this? I am
thinking of something like an EXIF pop-up
window in front of a large display of the
photo so that all detail could be observed
before adding the comments & author etc.

But also some way to automatically save the
last comments string, so that it could be
called up and pasted for use in subsequent
similar photos.

Often I have about 100 photos to process at
once, so that any help would speed things up
considerably.

Please help, Peter.


Try Irfanview (freeware) Select the IPTC Info button under Image
Information. This will present you with a number of info fields that
you can fill in. There are options for batch mode under the options
tab.

HTH
Bill

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On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:20:56 +1100, "Peter
Jason"
wrote:

I have a OlympusE500 SLR digital which
records EXIF data automatically.

But I need to add extra such as "comments"
and "author".

Is there good software to handle this? I
am
thinking of something like an EXIF pop-up
window in front of a large display of the
photo so that all detail could be observed
before adding the comments & author etc.

But also some way to automatically save the
last comments string, so that it could be
called up and pasted for use in subsequent
similar photos.

Often I have about 100 photos to process at
once, so that any help would speed things
up
considerably.

Please help, Peter.


Try Irfanview (freeware) Select the IPTC
Info button under Image
Information. This will present you with a
number of info fields that
you can fill in. There are options for
batch mode under the options
tab.

HTH
Bill

Thank you. I tried this but could not get
the info into EXIF, but only into IPTC.

I'm not sure which is more important: EXIF or
IPTC, though I suspect EXIF is because it
contains all the exposure and F-stop details
too.

Regards, Frank

"Keith Sheppard"
wrote in message
...
Feel free to try my PhotoMan application
from
http://homepages.tesco.net/~Keith.Sh...toman/home.htm.
It was produced largely as a self training
exercise so I don't claim it will compete
with any of the professional post
processing apps but it's free and one thing
it does allow is...

an EXIF pop-up window in front of a large
display
of the photo so that all detail could be
observed
before adding the comments & author etc

Keith

Thank, I have downloaded this and am trying
it. So far I haven't been able to enter any
text; is the full version required for this?

Regards, Frank

"t_rust" wrote
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Hi Peter,

I use Exifer:
http://www.exifer.friedemann.info/

Not sure if this is exactly what you are
looking for, but you can save
different exif "templates" and load them
into your photos as required.


Thanks, what I want is to store all detail
including comments etc into EXIF, to describe
hundreds of photos of city buildings.

After this, I want the option of burning a
watermark from EXIF in small type across the
bottom of the image (so as to be unobtrusive)
to make it easier for a slide show - bearing
in mind that the ultimate viewers don't want
to mess with software at all. I have tried
to burn such a watermark via "Exifer" but
this is limiting because the watermark image
extends to only half the width of the photo,
and then the text wraps, even though there is
still plenty of room left for a single line.
This wrapping obscures some of the image.
Is there some way in "Exifer" to cancel this
wrapping?

Regards, Peter

Peter Jason wrote:

I have a OlympusE500 SLR digital which
records EXIF data automatically.

But I need to add extra such as "comments"
and "author".

Is there good software to handle this? I am
thinking of something like an EXIF pop-up
window in front of a large display of the
photo so that all detail could be observed
before adding the comments & author etc.

But also some way to automatically save the
last comments string, so that it could be
called up and pasted for use in subsequent
similar photos.

Often I have about 100 photos to process at
once, so that any help would speed things up
considerably.

Please help, Peter.

Put them all in one folder and use a command line tool like exiftool. This
works pretty well since I usually empty the camera after an event/trip so
all the pictures in one folder are typically related. if not I just sort
them quickly first then issue a command like

exiftool -description="Newport Aquqrium" *.jpg

works the same with author, comment, whatever.
I've been scanning all my old pictures too so I tag them as well by setting
the camera make and model to the make and model of my scanner:

exiftool -Model='Scanjet 4300c' *.jpg
exiftool -Make='Hewlett-Packard' *.jpg

Works the same for other file formats as well:

exiftool -IFD0:ImageDescription="Receipt for Battery Tray" *.tif

Peter Jason wrote:


"t_rust" wrote
in message
oups.com...
Hi Peter,

I use Exifer:
http://www.exifer.friedemann.info/

Not sure if this is exactly what you are
looking for, but you can save
different exif "templates" and load them
into your photos as required.


Thanks, what I want is to store all detail
including comments etc into EXIF, to describe
hundreds of photos of city buildings.

After this, I want the option of burning a
watermark from EXIF in small type across the
bottom of the image (so as to be unobtrusive)
to make it easier for a slide show - bearing
in mind that the ultimate viewers don't want
to mess with software at all. I have tried
to burn such a watermark via "Exifer" but
this is limiting because the watermark image
extends to only half the width of the photo,
and then the text wraps, even though there is
still plenty of room left for a single line.
This wrapping obscures some of the image.
Is there some way in "Exifer" to cancel this
wrapping?

Regards, Peter

I wouldn't burn it into the image if I were you because someday you may
want/need that image without it. I'd try to find a slide show app which
will display the data.

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:20:56 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

I have a OlympusE500 SLR digital which
records EXIF data automatically.

But I need to add extra such as "comments"
and "author".

Is there good software to handle this? I am
thinking of something like an EXIF pop-up
window in front of a large display of the
photo so that all detail could be observed
before adding the comments & author etc.

But also some way to automatically save the
last comments string, so that it could be
called up and pasted for use in subsequent
similar photos.

Often I have about 100 photos to process at
once, so that any help would speed things up
considerably.

Please help, Peter.

I used to use kuickshow for adding comments - displays previews and has an
edit box. I now use Gwenview - works quite nicely.