[Digikam-users] Digikam-users Digest, Vol 118, Issue 5
Johannes Kapune
listen at kapune.de
Mon Mar 9 23:17:24 GMT 2015
Is there an option in ACDESee to store metadata in sidecar file?
Maybe this one could be compatible to DigiKam.
Other solution is to write a script for ExifTools that extracts needed
data from pictures.
Johannes
Am 09.03.2015 um 22:45 schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> As i said previously, please share images to investigate and patch
> digiKAm code to import categories set by ACDSee. Typically, info are
> there :
>
> Categories : <Categories><Category
> Assigned="0">Ihmiset<Category Assigned="0">Oma perhe<Category
> Assigned="1">Marjatta</Category><Category
> Assigned="1">Jouni</Category></Category></Category><Category
> Assigned="0">Paikat<Category Assigned="1">koti<Category
> Assigned="1">Kouvola</Category></Category></Category></Categories>
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2015-03-09 22:41 GMT+01:00 Heikki Rekki <heikkirekki at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi Thanks Jim. I tried Exiftool and got following txt file.
>>
>> ExifTool Version Number : 9.89
>> File Name : P1070219.jpg
>> Directory :
>> e:/6-Kuvat/1-Kamera/1-Lumix/2012/2012-04-09
>> File Size : 3.2 MB
>> File Modification Date/Time : 2012:04:09 17:25:33+03:00
>> File Access Date/Time : 2012:04:09 17:25:33+03:00
>> File Creation Date/Time : 2012:04:09 17:25:33+03:00
>> File Permissions : rw-rw-rw-
>> File Type : JPEG
>> MIME Type : image/jpeg
>> Exif Byte Order : Little-endian (Intel, II)
>> Make : Panasonic
>> Camera Model Name : DMC-FZ18
>> Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
>> X Resolution : 72
>> Y Resolution : 72
>> Resolution Unit : inches
>> Software : Nikon Transfer 1.5 W
>> Modify Date : 2012:04:09 17:19:10
>> Y Cb Cr Positioning : Centered
>> Exposure Time : 1/50
>> F Number : 3.6
>> Exposure Program : Program AE
>> ISO : 200
>> Exif Version : 0221
>> Date/Time Original : 2012:04:09 13:36:59
>> Create Date : 2012:04:09 13:36:59
>> Components Configuration : Y, Cb, Cr, -
>> Exposure Compensation : 0
>> Max Aperture Value : 2.8
>> Metering Mode : Multi-segment
>> Light Source : Flash
>> Flash : On, Fired
>> Focal Length : 13.6 mm
>> Warning : [minor] Possibly incorrect maker notes
>> offsets (fix by -306?)
>> Image Quality : High
>> Firmware Version : 0.1.0.8
>> White Balance : Auto
>> Focus Mode : Manual
>> AF Area Mode : 5-area
>> Image Stabilization : On, Mode 2
>> Macro Mode : Off
>> Shooting Mode : Program
>> Audio : No
>> Data Dump : (Binary data 6152 bytes, use -b option to
>> extract)
>> Flash Bias : 0
>> Internal Serial Number : ""ÿÃ..x ..!.
>> Panasonic Exif Version : 0230
>> Color Effect : Off
>> Time Since Power On : 00:01:25.12
>> Burst Mode : Off
>> Sequence Number : 0
>> Contrast Mode : Normal
>> Noise Reduction : Standard
>> Self Timer : Off
>> Rotation : Horizontal (normal)
>> AF Assist Lamp : Enabled but Not Used
>> Color Mode : Normal
>> Optical Zoom Mode : Standard
>> Conversion Lens : Off
>> Travel Day : n/a
>> World Time Location : Home
>> Program ISO : 200
>> Advanced Scene Type : 1
>> Faces Detected : 0
>> WB Shift AB : 5
>> WB Shift GM : -1
>> Maker Note Version : 0120
>> Scene Mode : Off
>> WB Red Level : 1741
>> WB Green Level : 1054
>> WB Blue Level : 2027
>> Flash Fired : Yes
>> Text Stamp : Off
>> Baby Age :
>> Flashpix Version : 0100
>> Color Space : sRGB
>> Exif Image Width : 3264
>> Exif Image Height : 2176
>> Interoperability Index : R98 - DCF basic file (sRGB)
>> Interoperability Version : 0100
>> Sensing Method : One-chip color area
>> File Source : Digital Camera
>> Scene Type : Directly photographed
>> Custom Rendered : Normal
>> Exposure Mode : Auto
>> Digital Zoom Ratio : 0
>> Focal Length In 35mm Format : 86 mm
>> Scene Capture Type : Standard
>> Gain Control : Low gain up
>> Contrast : Normal
>> Saturation : Normal
>> Sharpness : Normal
>> Compression : JPEG (old-style)
>> Thumbnail Offset : 7702
>> Thumbnail Length : 7789
>> XMP Toolkit : XMP Core 5.1.2
>> Rating Percent : 0
>> Caption :
>> Date Time : 2012:04:09 13:36:59.000
>> Author :
>> Notes :
>> Tagged : False
>> Categories : <Categories><Category
>> Assigned="0">Ihmiset<Category Assigned="0">Oma perhe<Category
>> Assigned="1">Marjatta</Category><Category
>> Assigned="1">Jouni</Category></Category></Category><Category
>> Assigned="0">Paikat<Category Assigned="1">koti<Category
>> Assigned="1">Kouvola</Category></Category></Category></Categories>
>> Rating : 0
>> Label :
>> Image Width : 3264
>> Image Height : 2176
>> Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
>> Bits Per Sample : 8
>> Color Components : 3
>> Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:2 (2 1)
>> Advanced Scene Mode : Off
>> Aperture : 3.6
>> Blue Balance : 1.92315
>> Image Size : 3264x2176
>> Megapixels : 7.1
>> Red Balance : 1.651803
>> Scale Factor To 35 mm Equivalent: 6.3
>> Shutter Speed : 1/50
>> Thumbnail Image : (Binary data 7789 bytes, use -b option to
>> extract)
>> Circle Of Confusion : 0.005 mm
>> Field Of View : 23.6 deg
>> Focal Length : 13.6 mm (35 mm equivalent: 86.0 mm)
>> Hyperfocal Distance : 10.81 m
>> Light Value : 8.3
>>
>>
>> Ican try to go on learning how I can use that. If I must extract that
>> information separately all of my files and somehow input them to DigiKam by
>> hand, I say no thanks, it is impossible.
>> sinc Heikki
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 16:09:01 +0000
>>> From: Jim MacLeod <csq4u8yrvy at virginmedia.com>
>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Digikam-users Digest, Vol 118, Issue 4
>>> Message-ID:
>>>
>>> <CAGRV6wzhvG=OSBjed-NyOFcfGFTEXrUKxRUScKZy0wC=EEOcwg at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> Is it worth trying Exiftool (
>>> http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
>>> ) as this programme runs in Windows as well as Linux. It may allow you to
>>> see how all the metadata is stored.
>>>
>>> On 9 March 2015 at 14:42, Heikki Rekki <heikkirekki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, Thanks to all!
>>>> I suppose, that Francis "solved" my problem. I had used ACDSee from
>>>> version 8 and now I use ACDSeePro 7. Version 10 (if I remember correct)
>>>> ACDSee begin to embed properties into the files itself. I see that like
>>>> this: I burn some foto files to cd rom disk without any database. Only
>>>> .JPG
>>>> file OR both .RAW files and .XMP files. Then I go and read cd with
>>>> another
>>>> computer, where I have installed ACDSee program. Then I give command
>>>> Catalog files and ACDSee reads all properties from my files and put them
>>>> in
>>>> its own database. Also sutch properties, whitch are not in the database
>>>> formerly.
>>>> But I use, ofcourse, hierarcical categories, for instance Rekki (my
>>>> family
>>>> name)/Heikki (my foname), Marjatta (my wife)... and so on. In windows I
>>>> didn't find any of these categories, no in .jpg files or in .raw and
>>>> .xmp
>>>> files (Yes, both of yhem are in sama folder with the same filename.) I
>>>> couldn't see top categiry (Rekki) or subcategorie (Rekke/Heikki).
>>>> If the truth is this, as Farcis sade, it is impossible to me to change
>>>> Windos to Linux, and that is very pity.[?]
>>>> Heikki
>>>>
>>>> 2015-03-09 14:00 GMT+02:00 <digikam-users-request at kde.org>:
>>>>
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>>>>> 1. DigiKam and ACDSee (Heikki Rekki)
>>>>> 2. Re: DigiKam and ACDSee (Johannes Kapune)
>>>>> 3. Re: DigiKam and ACDSee (Gilles Caulier)
>>>>> 4. Re: DigiKam and ACDSee (Francis Corvin)
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>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>> Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 15:16:48 +0200
>>>>> From: Heikki Rekki <heikkirekki at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>>>>> Subject: [Digikam-users] DigiKam and ACDSee
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>>>>>
>>>>> I have used ACDSeePro fewmyears now and I have some thousands on photos
>>>>> that I have cataloged there. ACDSee bites me in Windows and I want to
>>>>> change to Linux users. Is there any possibility to import ACDSee
>>>>> metadata
>>>>> (
>>>>> all database properties) into DigiKam? ACDSee embeds all properties
>>>>> into
>>>>> photos, but I couldn't import them to DigiKam (in Windows).
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>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:55:04 +0100
>>>>> From: Johannes Kapune <listen at kapune.de>
>>>>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] DigiKam and ACDSee
>>>>> Message-ID: <54FC70D8.3010008 at kapune.de>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Heikki,
>>>>>
>>>>> if ACDSee really embeds all properties into photos than my experience
>>>>> is
>>>>> that DigiKam will show them.
>>>>>
>>>>> So what special metadata do you searching for?
>>>>>
>>>>> You are sure that ACDSee does not store this data in a database outside
>>>>> of photos? You try to read all metadata inside DoigiKam from all your
>>>>> photos?
>>>>>
>>>>> Johannes
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 08.03.2015 um 14:16 schrieb Heikki Rekki:
>>>>>> I have used ACDSeePro fewmyears now and I have some thousands on
>>>>>> photos
>>>>>> that I have cataloged there. ACDSee bites me in Windows and I want to
>>>>>> change to Linux users. Is there any possibility to import ACDSee
>>>>>> metadata ( all database properties) into DigiKam? ACDSee embeds all
>>>>>> properties into photos, but I couldn't import them to DigiKam (in
>>>>> Windows).
>>>>>> Heikki
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 3
>>>>> Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 17:50:03 +0100
>>>>> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>>>> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] DigiKam and ACDSee
>>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>> <
>>>>> CAHFG6sHZ18s2fiqHG-9KvLiHOVN0gZUK4F18SMK7wsLJQNugtA at mail.gmail.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure to have already hacked this kind of situation with ACDSee.
>>>>>
>>>>> At least, please share some image to check if metadata are imported in
>>>>> digiKam.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note : there are 3 situations possible :
>>>>>
>>>>> 1/ information from ACDSee are stored in image file metadata.
>>>>> 2/ information from ACDSee are stored in XMP sidecar.
>>>>> 3/ information from ACDSee are stored in database.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only 1/ and 2/ are manageable by digiKam for interroperability. Do not
>>>>> ask me to import this information from a private database.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-03-08 16:55 GMT+01:00 Johannes Kapune <listen at kapune.de>:
>>>>>> Hi Heikki,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if ACDSee really embeds all properties into photos than my experience
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> that DigiKam will show them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So what special metadata do you searching for?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are sure that ACDSee does not store this data in a database
>>>>>> outside
>>>>> of
>>>>>> photos? You try to read all metadata inside DoigiKam from all your
>>>>> photos?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Johannes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 08.03.2015 um 14:16 schrieb Heikki Rekki:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have used ACDSeePro fewmyears now and I have some thousands on
>>>>>>> photos
>>>>>>> that I have cataloged there. ACDSee bites me in Windows and I want
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> change to Linux users. Is there any possibility to import ACDSee
>>>>>>> metadata ( all database properties) into DigiKam? ACDSee embeds all
>>>>>>> properties into photos, but I couldn't import them to DigiKam (in
>>>>>>> Windows).
>>>>>>> Heikki
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Digikam-users mailing list
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>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 4
>>>>> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 21:14:02 +0000
>>>>> From: Francis Corvin <francis_ at gmx.net>
>>>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>>>> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] DigiKam and ACDSee
>>>>> Message-ID: <54FCBB9A.10701 at gmx.net>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>>>
>>>>> ACDSee keeps metadata in its proprietary database by default. However,
>>>>> it has a command to embed them in picture files. So overall this should
>>>>> be doable.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only issue is whether some tags are used for the same purpose in
>>>>> DigiKam and ACDSee. In particular, ACDSee uses hierarchical
>>>>> categories---one of the most interesting features about ACDSee. Since
>>>>> no
>>>>> metadata model allows for this as standard, they use a fudge that I
>>>>> would not expect any other software to read. On a large collection,
>>>>> that
>>>>> would be a tedious manual process, unless you were good at scripting a
>>>>> text parser.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Francis
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2015-03-08 16:50, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>>> <pre wrap>
>>>>>> I'm sure to have already hacked this kind of situation with ACDSee.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At least, please share some image to check if metadata are imported
>>>>>> in
>>>>> digiKam.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note : there are 3 situations possible :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1/ information from ACDSee are stored in image file metadata.
>>>>>> 2/ information from ACDSee are stored in XMP sidecar.
>>>>>> 3/ information from ACDSee are stored in database.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only 1/ and 2/ are manageable by digiKam for interroperability. Do
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> ask me to import this information from a private database.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2015-03-08 16:55 GMT+01:00 Johannes Kapune <listen at kapune.de>:
>>>>>> </pre><blockquote type=cite><pre wrap>
>>>>>> Hi Heikki,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if ACDSee really embeds all properties into photos than my experience
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> that DigiKam will show them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So what special metadata do you searching for?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are sure that ACDSee does not store this data in a database
>>>>>> outside
>>>>> of
>>>>>> photos? You try to read all metadata inside DoigiKam from all your
>>>>> photos?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Johannes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 08.03.2015 um 14:16 schrieb Heikki Rekki:
>>>>>> </pre><blockquote type=cite><pre wrap>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have used ACDSeePro fewmyears now and I have some thousands on
>>>>>> photos
>>>>>> that I have cataloged there. ACDSee bites me in Windows and I want to
>>>>>> change to Linux users. Is there any possibility to import ACDSee
>>>>>> metadata ( all database properties) into DigiKam? ACDSee embeds all
>>>>>> properties into photos, but I couldn't import them to DigiKam (in
>>>>>> Windows).
>>>>>> Heikki
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Digikam-users mailing list
>>>>>> Digikam-users at kde.org
>>>>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
>>>>>>
>>>>>> </pre></blockquote><pre wrap>
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