IPTC Editing and Syncing

adrianmarsh

Joined: 2008-04-05
Posts: 7

Posted: Sat, 2008-04-05 20:28

Hi,

At the moment I edit photos using Thumbsplus which enables me to add photo IPTC Keywords.

I store the photos on a NAS, and then have uploaded them to Linux machine for Gallery2 to use.

So I've two questions,

1) I'd like to be able to have friends and family add and modify the IPTC tags of photos. Is that possible? or is the Keyword database seperate from the IPTC tags in each photo?

If they were to edit them, I'd like it to be in a controlled fashion, so that I dont end up with keywords like "Adrian" vs "ADRIAN" vs "aDRiAN"

2) I'd like to sync back to the NAS for backup, and editing with Thumbsplus. I could do this with the "albums" folder thats hidden away in the Gallery2 data files, but if I edited a photo, then its probable that I'd need to re-sync its Thumbnail and IPTC (etc) data back to the Gallery database. Other www thumbs tools I've used have a "refresh" type function, where the original images are re-scanned, and if changed re-indexed.

I know the mechanism for Gallery2 is different here, with the only route in being via the www interface, but I wonder if theres another way to achieve both Thumbsplus editing and making use of Gallery

3) Some of the source folders have some odd text files in them. Is it possible to have Gallery2 "ignore" certain filenames, and is it possible to globally remove any in the database? Eg, .ini files created by other tools I don't want imported, and it seems very long-winded to delete by going to each folder and choosing each one.

Thanks,

Adrian

diodata

Joined: 2009-04-30
Posts: 20

Posted: Fri, 2009-05-01 21:33

Did you ever find an answer to your question? I'd also like to edit IPTC metadata in photos (that are already in Gallery) and then sync back to the Gallery database the values of keywords, caption, coordinates, etc.... Thanks.

alexei2001

Joined: 2004-08-10
Posts: 4

Posted: Sat, 2009-05-02 03:06

I've been interested in doing this as well (synchronizing changes made in Gallery to the original files). I have found a c++ program that someone wrote a long time ago that synchronizes source files with gallery files and vice versa. However it syncs the entire file and I have not been able to get it fully working yet. It was written before there were changes made to the Gallery_Remote:Protocol (http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery_Remote:Protocol) to add an auth token to communications. So some changes are necessary.
The program is named galsync and it's available at http://netninja.com/projects/galsync/

There is also another program out there, Pix2Gallery2, written in C# that is mainly geared to syncing with Adobe Photoshop Elements (PSE). But it seems to be a one way sync ONLY from PSE to gallery. If you are interested in learning c#, you could modify Pix2Gallery2 to enable a multi-directional sync (file->Gallery, Gallery->file, or both ways.

Pix2Gallery2

Pix2Gallery2 is a C# implementation of Gallery Remote that uses .NET 2.0 and runs on Windows Vista. It is tested with Gallery 2.2.1 and will not work with Gallery 1.x. Includes functionality to upload from Adobe Photoshop Elements verisons 5 and 6.

If someone has written something that does sync source files <-> with Gallery, please post a comment in this thread. I'm subscribed to be notified of posts on this thread.
Thanks,
-Alexei

adrianmarsh Joined: 2008-04-05 Posts: 7	Posted: Sat, 2008-04-05 20:28
	Hi, At the moment I edit photos using Thumbsplus which enables me to add photo IPTC Keywords. I store the photos on a NAS, and then have uploaded them to Linux machine for Gallery2 to use. So I've two questions, 1) I'd like to be able to have friends and family add and modify the IPTC tags of photos. Is that possible? or is the Keyword database seperate from the IPTC tags in each photo? If they were to edit them, I'd like it to be in a controlled fashion, so that I dont end up with keywords like "Adrian" vs "ADRIAN" vs "aDRiAN" 2) I'd like to sync back to the NAS for backup, and editing with Thumbsplus. I could do this with the "albums" folder thats hidden away in the Gallery2 data files, but if I edited a photo, then its probable that I'd need to re-sync its Thumbnail and IPTC (etc) data back to the Gallery database. Other www thumbs tools I've used have a "refresh" type function, where the original images are re-scanned, and if changed re-indexed. I know the mechanism for Gallery2 is different here, with the only route in being via the www interface, but I wonder if theres another way to achieve both Thumbsplus editing and making use of Gallery 3) Some of the source folders have some odd text files in them. Is it possible to have Gallery2 "ignore" certain filenames, and is it possible to globally remove any in the database? Eg, .ini files created by other tools I don't want imported, and it seems very long-winded to delete by going to each folder and choosing each one. Thanks, Adrian
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diodata Joined: 2009-04-30 Posts: 20	Posted: Fri, 2009-05-01 21:33
	Did you ever find an answer to your question? I'd also like to edit IPTC metadata in photos (that are already in Gallery) and then sync back to the Gallery database the values of keywords, caption, coordinates, etc.... Thanks.

alexei2001 Joined: 2004-08-10 Posts: 4	Posted: Sat, 2009-05-02 03:06
	I've been interested in doing this as well (synchronizing changes made in Gallery to the original files). I have found a c++ program that someone wrote a long time ago that synchronizes source files with gallery files and vice versa. However it syncs the entire file and I have not been able to get it fully working yet. It was written before there were changes made to the Gallery_Remote:Protocol (http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery_Remote:Protocol) to add an auth token to communications. So some changes are necessary. The program is named galsync and it's available at http://netninja.com/projects/galsync/ There is also another program out there, Pix2Gallery2, written in C# that is mainly geared to syncing with Adobe Photoshop Elements (PSE). But it seems to be a one way sync ONLY from PSE to gallery. If you are interested in learning c#, you could modify Pix2Gallery2 to enable a multi-directional sync (file->Gallery, Gallery->file, or both ways. Pix2Gallery2 Pix2Gallery2 is a C# implementation of Gallery Remote that uses .NET 2.0 and runs on Windows Vista. It is tested with Gallery 2.2.1 and will not work with Gallery 1.x. Includes functionality to upload from Adobe Photoshop Elements verisons 5 and 6. If someone has written something that does sync source files <-> with Gallery, please post a comment in this thread. I'm subscribed to be notified of posts on this thread. Thanks, -Alexei

IPTC Editing and Syncing

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