Apply metadata to a set of photos?

[auywy]

Apologies as I can't find this described in the manual. Is there anyway to quickly apply metadata modifications to a set of selected images? For example fill in Copyright and Author fields for all selected JPEGs.

Even if that was possible, I think the original images aren't actually modified due to AfterShot's non-destructive editing? So I'll still need to embed the changes in another way...

Any other alternatives besides me relying on the exiv command?

[afx]

Apologies as I can't find this described in the manual. Is there anyway to quickly apply metadata modifications to a set of selected images? For example fill in Copyright and Author fields for all selected JPEGs.

Selective copy&paste, presets or copy sets could be used for this.

Even if that was possible, I think the original images aren't actually modified due to AfterShot's non-destructive editing? So I'll still need to embed the changes in another way...

If you want to modify the source files, then you could use exiftool. That usually is your best bet for safe updates.

cheers
afx

[claus]

In my experience You have to use the thumpnail-only-display and not the thumpnail with preview!
Then I can apply metadata to all selected pictures.
Greetings Claus

[afx]

In my experience You have to use the thumpnail-only-display and not the thumpnail with preview!
Then I can apply metadata to all selected pictures.

Unfortunately not.
You probably used the keyword tool instead of the metadata tool while you where in the thumbs only view.
The keyword tool works on all selected images vs. the metadata tool that only works on the hot image.

cheers
afx

[sauron]

I've been experimenting with this for a while, not for adding copyright information, but for geo-tagging. I've been using asGPS to geo-tag files, but that adds the tags only to the ASP xmp file, and I wanted to embed them into the RAW file. When I shoot I generally record a GPX track file, and then use that to geotag images after downloading them, before I import them into ASP. I regard the geotag data as integral to the image, so wanted it embedded, as though shot with it.

Anyway, the attached bit of code is what I'm using - it will recursively go through a directory, and for every image that has an associated xmp file, it extracts GPS and IPTC location data from the xmp file, and embeds them directly into the RAW file. I'd intended to do some more work on this before posting it, but the recent news about ASP has pushed me to post it now.

The approach used is fairly generic - it should be easy to extend to add a fixed data set to all images (like copyright/creator details), or to parse other parts of the ASP xmp file and extract keywords, ratings, etc. Being able to do this is something that makes me less worried about putting time into the ASP catalogue - the tagging data can be easily embedded into the RAW, where it can be read by any other image processing program.

Some notes:-

• As it stands, the code only processes cr2 files. Just change the regex on line 93 to your appropriate file extension.
• The code in lines 109-111 is extracting IPTC data from the ASP xmp file. It should be fairly straightforward to see how to extract alternate data sets if you want.

Hope this is useful to someone - I may yet find time to make it a bit friendlier and re-post it, but the basic functionality is there now, so hopefully it'll be of help. It's tested on Linux - YMMV on other platforms.

[astarix]

I was struggling with this too. I think the controls are inconsistent with other copy/paste actions.

Use CTRL+1 to copy IPTC and metadata.

If you use CTRL+SHIFT+V, it will apply the settings only to the selected image.

If you use CTRL+V then it will apply to all selected, whether that's in the F8 window or F7 image list.

It does actually say as much here:http://product.corel.com/help/AfterShot ... ences.html

[beneix]

If you want to modify the source files, then you could use exiftool. That usually is your best bet for safe updates.

Aha, this is interesting! I've been using EXIFTool with BAT scripts for a long while to do rudimentary metadata management but now I'd like to move to a more streamlined approach and it's time to start proper DAM with my 17,000+ photos. Since I am a user of Bibble since Bibble 4, I would love to stick with ASP (if it survives the recent turmoil). I have only been using Bibble 5 and ASP as RAW converters and image processors so far, never touched the DAM functionality before.

I would prefer for metadata to be updated in image files where possible. I was under the impression that ASP did that, but you have put me right, Andreas. So...what are people using for DAM? I have been looking at ASP, Daminion, LR, idImager, iMatch and some others. Ideally, I'd like to have as few tools as possible in my workflow, but if that is not possible I want the best of RAW + the best of DAM -- what would that be?

[afx]

Look for a DAM that has extensive scripting capabilities like iMatch.
This allows a high degree of customization and adjustment to your needs.
If a feature is not there, it often can be scripted or there might be already a script for it.
This allows me to do things like tag all raw files for which I currently have JPGs online at SmugMug for example.

cheers
afx

[beneix]

Look for a DAM that has extensive scripting capabilities like iMatch.

OK, I may give iMatch another chance. When I tried it on my 32-bit XP system with 2GB RAM, it kept having very bad memory leak issues when importing photos, such that I had to import in batches of 200 images, close iMatch and restart. Now I have a 64-bit W7 system and perhaps I'll not get the same issues there -- time for a test!

Thanks.

[ferdinand-paris]

OK, I may give iMatch another chance. When I tried it on my 32-bit XP system with 2GB RAM, it kept having very bad memory leak issues when importing photos, such that I had to import in batches of 200 images, close iMatch and restart.

As a long-time heavy user of iMatch and active participant in the forums, I have never seen or heard of this. I doubt whether iMatch itself was the issue. You should at least provide Mario with the details so that he can comment.

F_P