IPTC support / Photoshop "File Info..."

simonridgway

Joined: 2002-10-26
Posts: 1

Posted: Sat, 2002-10-26 12:04

Just installed Gallery for the first time and I'm very impressed. It does *nearly* everything I need!
One main question though...

Does gallery support IPTC headers in JPEG files in its current form? I know that JHEAD can read the EXIF data in the image file - can it also read the IPTC data?

Since I already add detailed captions to all my images using the IPTC/Photoshop caption standard it would be great if gallery could display and search on this data without me having to reenter it for every picture.

If its not currently available, is there any chance of adding this functionality as a mod/hack to the existing files or could it possibly be in included in Gallery 2? I know I'm not the only person who would want this feature - IPTC is a standard captioning format supported by many photo applications and at the moment the only other web script I can find which supports it is Imagefolio which seems to be inferior in almost every other way!

Any help greatly appreciated.

ThatAdamGuy

Joined: 2003-06-16
Posts: 13

Posted: Mon, 2003-06-16 22:40

I've searched through the forum, but I've only found older notes on this subject. From what I understand, IPTC support is not built in to Gallery, but is available from a patch (which only works on an older version of Gallery).

Am I correct in this understanding? And will IPTC support indeed be added in 1.35? Is it already in 1.35b10?

Thanks in advance for any info you can offer

beckett

Joined: 2002-08-16
Posts: 3474

Posted: Tue, 2003-06-17 07:29

Yes, there's a patch on the SourceForge site.

We plan to add IPTC support sometime in the near future. It has not yet been tackled, but will probably be based along the lines of the patch mentioned above.

-Beckett (

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ThatAdamGuy

Joined: 2003-06-16
Posts: 13

Posted: Tue, 2003-06-17 07:46

Hey there,

I apologize for possible cluelessness here, but I did indeed check out the patches area of SourceForge but didn't see anything relating to IPTC. Is it placed somewhere else on SF?

Thanks in advance for helpin' me out here

beckett

Joined: 2002-08-16
Posts: 3474

Posted: Tue, 2003-06-17 10:07

Oops... no patch. ;)
There is a feature request... but no code there!

Here's the link you'll want:
http://tim.digicol.de/gallery_iptc/

-Beckett (

)

simonridgway Joined: 2002-10-26 Posts: 1	Posted: Sat, 2002-10-26 12:04
	Just installed Gallery for the first time and I'm very impressed. It does nearly everything I need! One main question though... Does gallery support IPTC headers in JPEG files in its current form? I know that JHEAD can read the EXIF data in the image file - can it also read the IPTC data? Since I already add detailed captions to all my images using the IPTC/Photoshop caption standard it would be great if gallery could display and search on this data without me having to reenter it for every picture. If its not currently available, is there any chance of adding this functionality as a mod/hack to the existing files or could it possibly be in included in Gallery 2? I know I'm not the only person who would want this feature - IPTC is a standard captioning format supported by many photo applications and at the moment the only other web script I can find which supports it is Imagefolio which seems to be inferior in almost every other way! Any help greatly appreciated.
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ThatAdamGuy Joined: 2003-06-16 Posts: 13	Posted: Mon, 2003-06-16 22:40
	I've searched through the forum, but I've only found older notes on this subject. From what I understand, IPTC support is not built in to Gallery, but is available from a patch (which only works on an older version of Gallery). Am I correct in this understanding? And will IPTC support indeed be added in 1.35? Is it already in 1.35b10? Thanks in advance for any info you can offer

beckett Joined: 2002-08-16 Posts: 3474	Posted: Tue, 2003-06-17 07:29
	Yes, there's a patch on the SourceForge site. We plan to add IPTC support sometime in the near future. It has not yet been tackled, but will probably be based along the lines of the patch mentioned above. -Beckett ( )

ThatAdamGuy Joined: 2003-06-16 Posts: 13	Posted: Tue, 2003-06-17 07:46
	Hey there, I apologize for possible cluelessness here, but I did indeed check out the patches area of SourceForge but didn't see anything relating to IPTC. Is it placed somewhere else on SF? Thanks in advance for helpin' me out here

beckett Joined: 2002-08-16 Posts: 3474	Posted: Tue, 2003-06-17 10:07
	Oops... no patch. ;) There is a feature request... but no code there! Here's the link you'll want: http://tim.digicol.de/gallery_iptc/ -Beckett ( )

IPTC support / Photoshop "File Info..."

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