What's IPTC caption information? This all sounds very interesting but I'm kind of lost. Does this give you an ability to give more descriptive information about your images?
Thanks for filling me in; I'm not familiar with a lot of this technical jargon. Kathy On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Anne Mamiya <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Paul. You are correct that IrfanView does not write EXIF > information. I opened my file in Adobe Elements and then saved it. > Apparently it must save the IPTC caption information in the EXIF > Description field as well. Now when I add the picture into Legacy, I get > the notification about the picture containing embedded comments and would I > like to import them into the description field. Thanks so much for your > assistance! > > Anne > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Gray [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 1:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] IPTC Caption and Legacy Description > > Anne, > > Legacy does not import the description from the IPTC Caption field. It uses > the EXIF field 'Description'. I believe that IfranView allows you to view, > but not update EXIF tags. > > The only application that I know (although I am sure others exist) that > lets you edit the EXIF tags is EXIFTool (best when paired with EXIFGUI for a > readable interface). I'm not sure whether others like Adobe Photoshop, > Picasa etc. support this. However, from my limited knowledge in this area, > it appears there is an increasing trend towards using "XMP tags" at least > for photo identification. > > There are others who will probably chime in with more specific > recommendations. > > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Mamiya [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: September-05-10 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] IPTC Caption and Legacy Description > > I am reorganizing my photos and entering IPTC information on my photos > using IrfanView. I have been reading the archives and several posts mention > that the IPTC Caption field will automatically import into the Description > field when attaching a photo to an individual. I am not finding that the > case. > Is there an option somewhere within Legacy that must be set for this to > happen? I have looked and cannot find one. Thanks in advance for your > help. > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
