[Digikam-users] IPTC: Person Shown / PersonInImage [Take 2]
Jack Tummers
jack at jacktummers.nl
Tue Apr 16 07:56:14 BST 2013
Hello Simon,
Thanks for the suggestions and explanation!
I'll use exiv2 for now because my client uses PersonInImage in their
image database. But of course I hope Digikam will let me add this tag in
the future.
Jack
Op 16-04-13 01:59, Simon Cropper schreef:
> Jack,
>
> *try again, with minor changes*
>
> Your original request centred around the IPTC 'PersonInImage' tag. At
> present DigiKam does not allow this IPTC 'PersonInImage'tag to be
> changed, although if the value is set using other tools you can see
> the value in the metadata section of the right panel.
>
> What Erik is describing is an alternative approach used by many on this
> list -- the use of Keyword Tags to flag who is in the picture.
>
> Essentially you can create a Keyword Tag for each unique entity and
> check these Keyword Tags if the person is seen in the picture (see
> manual on how to create tags). These Keyword Tags can also be easily
> used to filter your collection to show, say all photos with your Mum
> in it.
>
> If you are hung up on using the IPTC 'PersonInImage' tag you may wish
> to look at exiv2 on linux or exiftools on Windows/Mac. These
> tools/libraries are able to set this value. All you would need to do
> is set the value using a script of sorts depending on your operating
> system.
>
> exiv2 -- http://www.exiv2.org/
> exiftools -- http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
>
> According to exiv2 manpage the value PersonInImage can be set using the
> following command (I check this worked on Ubuntu)...
>
> exiv2 -M"add Xmp.iptcExt.PersonInImage Mr Periwinkle" image.jpg
>
> You will need to check with the packages you normally use whether this
> is going where you/they expect. When I inspect this image in digiKam
> the inserted value is in the "IPTC Extension schema" where the
> standard says it should be -- as stated although showing the value
> inserted I can not edit the data with digiKam.
>
> http://www.exiv2.org/manpage.html
> http://www.exiv2.org/tags-xmp-iptc.html
> http://www.exiv2.org/tags-xmp-iptcExt.html
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
> On 16/04/13 09:53, Simon Cropper wrote:
>> Jack,
>>
>> Your original request centred around the IPTC 'PersonInImage'. At
>> present DigiKam does not allow this IPTC tag to be changed, although
>> if the value is set using other tools you can see the value in the
>> metadata section of the right panel.
>>
>> What Erik is describing is an alternative approach used by many on this
>> list -- the use of tags to flag who is in the picture.
>>
>> Essentially you can create a tag for each unique entity and check these
>> tags if the person is seen in the picture (see manual on how to create
>> tags). These tags can also be easily used to filter your collection to
>> show, say all photos with your Mum in it.
>>
>> If you are hung up on using the IPTC option you may wish to look at
>> exiv2 on linux or exiftools on Windows/Mac. These tools/libraries are
>> able to set this value. All you would need to do is set the value using
>> a script of sorts depending on your operating system.
>>
>> exiv2 -- http://www.exiv2.org/
>> exiftools -- http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
>>
>> According to exiv2 manpage the value PersonInImage can be set using the
>> following command (I check this worked on Ubuntu)...
>>
>> exiv2 -M"add Xmp.iptcExt.PersonInImage Mr Periwinkle" image.jpg
>>
>> You will need to check with the packages you normally use whether this
>> is going where you/they expect. When I inspect this image in digiKam the
>> inserted value is in the "IPTC Extension schema" where the standard says
>> it should be -- as stated although showing the value inserted I can not
>> edit the data with digiKam.
>>
>> http://www.exiv2.org/manpage.html
>> http://www.exiv2.org/tags-xmp-iptc.html
>> http://www.exiv2.org/tags-xmp-iptcExt.html
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> On 12/04/13 18:35, Jack Tummers wrote:
>>> Thanks, but I have no idea what you mean :(
>>> 'and find or add the people section...' Adding a people's section? How
>>> do I do that? And is that exactly the same as the IPTC Extension
>>> 'PersonInImage'?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Op 10-04-13 14:52, Erik Felthauser schreef:
>>>>
>>>> right click, add sub-tag.
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 10, 2013 3:42 AM, "Jack Tummers" <jack at jacktummers.nl
>>>> <mailto:jack at jacktummers.nl>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On the left there is nothing yet, because I haven't added any
>>>> people so far.
>>>> On the right side I have this (but I don't see how I could add a
>>>> people's section):
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Op 08-04-13 20:29, Erik Felthauser schreef:
>>>>> on the left hand side of the user interface, click the bottom
>>>>> icon on the vertical toolbar for the automatic people tagging
>>>>> tool. Or, on the right hand side vertical toolbar, find the 5th
>>>>> icon, then choose the Tags tab, and find or add the people
>>>>> section...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Jack Tummers <jack at jacktummers.nl
>>>>> <mailto:jack at jacktummers.nl>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I installed the kipi plugins and I
>>>>> can see the
>>>>> field 'Person Shown' in the metadata window under
>>>>> preferences, but I
>>>>> can't find it in the metadata window so I can use this field.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unless I can find it, I'm forced to use Lightroom for a while
>>>>> :(.…
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jack
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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