[kde-linux] KuickShow under KDE 4

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 28 June 2009 17:39:48 jim wrote:
> First, I wish to thank all who responded to my requests. Your inputs
> help a lot.
>
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> >It sounds as though you don't have kipi-plugins installed.  Install them,
> >then in Gwenview try Plugins > Images > Metadata
> >Anne
>
> Anne,
> I have the kipi-plugins installed. The Plugins->Images->Metadata contains
> selections such as 'Edit EXIF..', 'Remove EXIF..' etc. If I select 'Edit
> EXIF' on a photo with embedded UserData, The dialog that appears shows only
> a blank 'Captions' edit window, no UserData edit window.
>
On Edit Exif I see fields for

Name
Title
Artist
Copyright
Caption

The entry fields are greyed out until the checkbox is activated, after which 
Ican make my entry.

> Bogus Zaba wrote:
> >Not sure what version of Gwenview you have and what environment you are
> >running it in, but my Gwenview (version 1.4.2 running in KDE 3.5.9 under
> >Slackware 12.2) has the MetaInfo tab in the properties dialog and is
> >full of information I never knew I had until recently, like camera
> >manufacturer,  aperture, focal length, date & time. I take it this is
> >what you are after ?
> >
> >Bogus
>
> ROGER THAT Bogus, sounds exactly like what im after. That should be the
> EXIF data imbedded in the photo file. Does it include an edit window for
> UserData?
>
> My Gwenview 'properties' dialog ONLY contains 'General', 'Permissions', and
> 'Preview' tabs.??
> My environment: Fedora 10, KDE 4.1.2, Gwenview 2.1.2.
>
> Anne, does your KDE 4 version of Gwenview show a properties/metadata-info
> tab?
>
I have a metadata info panel.  I've put up a screenshot for you at 
http://www.lydgate.org/images/Pictures/gwenview.png - be patient:  it's big, 
so slow-loading :-)

> If I can get Gwenview working like Bogus states, then I can use that until
> the 'official' Kuickshow gets sorted out, sounds like it would be hard to
> get the current version working on my system. (I may try to anyway, just
> for fun). Or maybe Ill just write a python program to view the metadata
> UserInfo. I wrote a test version a while back that used fixed off-sets into
> the image file. It worked for most photos, but not all. I will need to get
> more info on the EXIF metadata specs.
>
Anne
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