![]() ![]() Yes, I've been perusing that photometadata website for the last couple days. For example, Media Pro's custom fields have proven invaluable for info such as print size, pricing, etc., on my web galleries (information that I wouldn't want to share with a client anyway). I agree that proprietary nature of custom fields is a drawback, but they can be very useful for private notes or other information. I knew PM was powerful, but I'm a newbie so I haven't used it enough to fully understand its metadata power. I was probably thinking "display" not "leverage," but I wasn't aware that PM's Info panel could be customized to display so many EXIF variables. But I'm curious, if some of those EXIF fields are "not terribly obscure," why can't they be leveraged in PM or PM+ without the use of variables? I know PM doesn't have custom fields, but they'll probably be one of my feature requests for PM+. Oh, and I did ask the client what they use for a DAM, and the response was: "We don't use a single DAM our systems are so complex it would take forever to explain." I didn't press. Of course, if I can figure out how to get that data into an XMP field, even better.īy the way, I am working with the client with test files to see if I can they can read Media Pro custom fields (they're supposedly embedded into the image), but I'm still waiting for the results. ![]() Media Pro is the ideal tool for that task. ![]() csv file that I'll then import into FileMaker Pro to make Avery stickers/labels. In fact, since I'm still using Media Pro, I will be exporting this type of info (camera model, film type, negative sleeve number, etc.) from my Media Pro custom fields to a. I'm leaning toward UserComments EXIF, rather than keywords, so I can extract the info as a discrete piece of data (for exporting text like the. Your client may or may not find that useful to go along with your deliverables. csv file listing all that info for your selected images that you can open in Excel or GSheets. (Note you can see a full list of the available variables by clicking the Variables button right in that dialog)Īnd you'll end up with a. There is also a "UserComments" EXIF field if I wanted to put more info there, I would suggest considering that.Įdited to add: If you're using ExifTool to add info to the "UserComments" EXIF field, you can then use the (I'm not saying some guidelines like that don't exist somewhere, but I think they would go against the spirit of EXIF as I understand it: MAKE and MODEL have always intended to record the make and model of the camera taking the image, not the scanner used to scan the film.) Since there is already a "EXIF:FileSource" field where 1 = "Film Scanner" that was always sufficient for me. I've never heard of any guidelines for the EXIF fields for MAKE and MODEL not be used to record the make and model of the actual camera that was used. This is more of a philosophical answer, but I used to use EXIFtool to add camera make and camera model to my film scans. ![]()
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