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Hi,
just new to Piwigo (installed 2.5.2 working fine)
Used to work with Canto Cumulus with Web-Server for years, now trying to find adequate substitution.
As mentioned in the subject, I would like to write back IPTC informations which are altered in Piwigo.
Searched for some hours in the forum and by google just found old stuff or a plugin for old Piwaio version which doesn´t work anymore.
Any hint would be great,
thanks in advance
Ronnie
Last edited by ronnie.z (2013-07-29 13:42:34)
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Hi
I'm also interested in this (for both IPTC & EXIF). Please let me know if this is possible with PWG. I've searched the plugins and don't find anything that can do it.
BTW, do you have the name of the old plugin and where to find it?
Regards
Chris
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Hi Chris,
here it is:
http://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=15107
It seams exactly what I am looking for, but it is too old to work with current Piwigo
My intention is to work with Piwago more as database organizing images (including changes to IPTC informations) than just as a web-gallery.
And for me it doesn´t make sense to download images, edit informations by an external program as e.g. Bridge or similiar, transfere back to the server and synchronise later on in Piwigo to get database synchronized.....
Regards
Ronnie
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Hi Ronnie
I've taken a look at this and have a half working version.
I've added the following to my local config (you need the Local Files Editor plugin installed).
array_push($conf['show_exif_fields'],
'ImageDescription',
'DocumentName',
'Artist',
'Keywords',
'Comments',
'Subject');
These fields now show up when you click on the metadata icon when viewing a photo.
BTW, this Tag2File plugin has the following limitations:
- only for use by Administrators
- requires a third party tool installed either Exiftool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) or Exiv2 (http://www.exiv2.org/)
- it's not scalable as it is, it makes a list of ALL the photos in your db and inserts metadata one by one. If you know the internal Piwigo image IDs of the photos you need to update, you can update only those by using the test mode parameter.
Are you able to install 3rd party tools on your platform?
Which IPTC/EXIF fields are you interested in?
Regards
Chris
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Hi Chris,
it is nice to have someone else working on the same issue.
To be honest at the moment I am playing around with:
ResourceSpace, Piwigo, 4image Gallery Management System and (soon trying) NotreDAM
(kicked off Phraseanet already)
to find a system comparable to Canto´s Cumulus suiting best for my needs.
I am running an Ubuntu Server by myself therefor it is no problem to install several 3rd party tools like those you described.
The IPTC-fields I am interested in are:
Title
Description
Keywords
Copyright Notice
Author
eventually:
Headline
Instructions
Creator
and any IPTC field where the original image name could be stored (also possible e.g. in keywords field)
Regards
Ronnie
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Hi.
this is an interesting thread - may I ask about your opinion about the other open source DAM systems you are testing? What about ressourcespace, looks quite promising?
Have a nice day,
John
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