On Jan 23, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> An excellent computer science study exercise would be to write >> something that will digest a large volume of digital capture >> images' EXIF data. I'd like a utility like this to >> - store the significant bits of EXIF and IPTC data coordinated with >> file name and location for easy accessibility >> - possibly show a thumbnail of the image when the storage >> volume is on-line >> - allow editing captions, keywords, descriptions, copyright (IPTC >> basic data in other words) >> - present data about use habits: focal lengths, exposure modes, >> capture dates, exposure settings >> - display the above data in graphical or numerical form for ease of >> understanding > > Holy #$&@! This is almost exactly what I was going to ask for. > I'd add that the EXIF and IPTC editing should have a batch option to > apply a given change to a lot of files in one operation. > > With digital, *management* of your files and data is becoming > increasingly important. This is an area where I'd look for ideas and > opportunities.
DAM is a huge growth opportunity for photography (and music, and lots of other things...). For computer science studies, though, the most important part of the project is to display your expertise at designing the implementation to be transportable to multiple OS platforms. That's worth money to ANY software vendor. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
