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DaveC
Hi,
I have finally discovered how much supplemental information (metadata) can
be stored with a JPEG image file. JPEG comments, IPTC, the Exif data
written by my digital camera. This is a revelation!
Also just figured out that my old PhotoShop 7 (and PhotoShop Elements?) will
allow me to view and enter/edit the JPEG image metadata. Changes my entire
concept of organizing and displaying photos.
Questions:
Before I spend a month annotating (adding metadata) to hundreds of old
photos, is there a tutorial that could help me decide which pieces of data
are worth entering (title, keywords, ...) and what I should think about when
entering the information?
Are there software packages which make this task easier? From John Inzer's
recent post I think I understand about XP and renaming, but this is about a
lot more than just renaming.
Can I get in trouble adding metadata to a JPEG image file? Might it
overwrite other metadata or somehow screw up the image data. (When I added
some metadata using PS 7 and then closed the image I noted that - with my
casual permission - it saved the image as a much more compact JPEG. That
was probably not such a good idea since the orginal JPEG was my only high
quality copy)
If I put one of these images on a web page does the metadata go with it; and
can someone on the web view the metadata?
If I put one of these images on a web page can I get the metadata title,
caption, ... to automatically transfer over to the contents of a HTML alt
tag. (I think I understand that the Google and other web crawlers index the
alt tag contents so Google et all can search for images. Which is a pretty
nice feature of Google, and I would like to contribute to the image index)
Are there photo organizing software packages that allow searches of the
metadata without necessarily messing with my present organization - which is
just separate folders and subfolders with descriptive titles and some files
with descriptive names)
Does the concept of jpeg metadata extend to sound bites? I would love to go
through old photos and record my extemporaneous reactions as part of the
image file. I would also love to own a camera that could attach a brief
audio recording to selected photos in near real time.
Thanks for your comments,
DaveCu
I have finally discovered how much supplemental information (metadata) can
be stored with a JPEG image file. JPEG comments, IPTC, the Exif data
written by my digital camera. This is a revelation!
Also just figured out that my old PhotoShop 7 (and PhotoShop Elements?) will
allow me to view and enter/edit the JPEG image metadata. Changes my entire
concept of organizing and displaying photos.
Questions:
Before I spend a month annotating (adding metadata) to hundreds of old
photos, is there a tutorial that could help me decide which pieces of data
are worth entering (title, keywords, ...) and what I should think about when
entering the information?
Are there software packages which make this task easier? From John Inzer's
recent post I think I understand about XP and renaming, but this is about a
lot more than just renaming.
Can I get in trouble adding metadata to a JPEG image file? Might it
overwrite other metadata or somehow screw up the image data. (When I added
some metadata using PS 7 and then closed the image I noted that - with my
casual permission - it saved the image as a much more compact JPEG. That
was probably not such a good idea since the orginal JPEG was my only high
quality copy)
If I put one of these images on a web page does the metadata go with it; and
can someone on the web view the metadata?
If I put one of these images on a web page can I get the metadata title,
caption, ... to automatically transfer over to the contents of a HTML alt
tag. (I think I understand that the Google and other web crawlers index the
alt tag contents so Google et all can search for images. Which is a pretty
nice feature of Google, and I would like to contribute to the image index)
Are there photo organizing software packages that allow searches of the
metadata without necessarily messing with my present organization - which is
just separate folders and subfolders with descriptive titles and some files
with descriptive names)
Does the concept of jpeg metadata extend to sound bites? I would love to go
through old photos and record my extemporaneous reactions as part of the
image file. I would also love to own a camera that could attach a brief
audio recording to selected photos in near real time.
Thanks for your comments,
DaveCu