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General Discussion / What puts which metadata where?

« on: 2014-08-18 14:53:11 »

Ok, TP7 /does/ run under Win8 64-bit very nicely.

TP9 I notice also damages the metadata so that PhotoFun can no longer tell me what camera settings were used (probably in the Manufacturer Info) but TP7 does not do this.

So it is back to TP7 for me. What a waste of milk.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Assign Metadata to multiple files (V9beta3)

« on: 2014-08-18 14:51:57 »

Ok, TP7 /does/ run under Win8 64-bit very nicely.

TP9 I notice also damages the metadata so that PhotoFun can no longer tell me what camera settings were used (probably in the Manufacturer Info) but TP7 does not do this.

So it is back to TP7 for me. What a waste of milk.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Assign Metadata to multiple files (V9beta3)

« on: 2014-08-17 20:02:26 »

The dummy duplicate lines did not work but resulted in an "unable to write" error message.

This is such a shame because it completely cripples TP9.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Assign Metadata to multiple files (V9beta3)

« on: 2014-08-17 19:11:55 »

Assigning metadata to multiple files in TP9sp1

I can, one time, write the metadata to multiple files. I cannot repeat the same actions by saving and reloading the metadata file (.tp_meta)

If I have saved the metadata file then when I reload it, only every other line is read in, only the even-numbered steps (e.g. open the file in Notepad).
This is TP9sp1 in Win 8 64-bit. It behaved differently on XPsp3 32-bit, there it would simply crash the program.

I shall try a work-around of placing dummy/duplicate instructions on the odd-numbered lines. This is not a fix, this is a bodge.

I for one need a stable reliable batch metadata editor that can write multiple lines of metadata (IPTC) to many files at once.
I usually write the same stuff and so a batch file is needed.

The batch editor in TP7 had a few shortcomings, it would not write all the necessary data, but it did work. I am not sure TP7 will even run on Win 8.

Help! Somebody please fix the batch metadata editor?

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General Discussion / What puts which metadata where?

« on: 2014-08-12 03:43:03 »

What I didn't emphasize is how important the metadata edit is.

I've been using TP for many years instead of other photo cataloguing software because it could quickly complete the IPTC fields, and occasionally do a little edit to straighten or crop the picture with little resampling data loss.

Cataloguing the pictures is of secondary importance, windoze can do that.
I find myself obliged to use PhotoFun Studio (not a lot of fun) to correctly import Panasonic files without stripping data and to preview their proprietary rw2 raw files without the customary purple tinge, it also catalogues the pictures. So does Photoshop Elements, Lightroom and several others. PhotoME (Photo Metadata Editor) is a very powerful free metadata viewer/editor but it can only do one file at a time.

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General Discussion / What puts which metadata where?

« on: 2014-08-12 03:16:20 »

The problem with TP9 metadata handling is it is completely fritzed.

The Keywords can be added to the database from the Database menu. From the database they should find their way into the file's metadata. They can also be added from the file properties. They can also be added from the metadata by way of the metadata editor, but that mangles the process.

If I open the "Batch edit file metadata" and save my file and then run it, then (1) it doesn't so what I wanted and (2) the next time I load the file it will be different to what I saved.

TP9 cannot set the "Creator" metadata field at all, this is the creator and owner of the file, probably the most important field after "Copyright".

I too am looking for a way to quickly and reliably add keywords and set IPTC fields, and it has to be done in bulk because I have a lot of stuff to process.

So please, if anyone knows how to do this, or if someone is working on it to fix it, do tell.