Yes, I'm still using Picasa for face tagging. Unfortunately, it sometimes recognizes the same face twice. The result is images with duplicate RegionNames.
I'm wondering if there is a way to identify files with duplicate names in the RegionNames tag?
I don't want to do any manipulation, just identification.
You could use the config file from this post (https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php?msg=40891). You would just check for the existence of the tag and not copy anything.
exiftool -config /path/to/ExifTool-RemoveRegionInfoDuplicates.config -if "$RemoveRegionInfoDuplicates" -Filename /path/to/files/
Note that this doesn't list what the duplicate names are, just that they exist.
This works well for one file. Is there a way to get it to list the files in a directory that failed? Right now it just says how many.
I spoke too soon. It's flagging files that don't have duplicate names. Maybe it's getting a hit because there is a common last name? But the full names are different.
That's what I get for not testing things. Adding the -struct option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#struct---struct) should make it work.
Also, this command was for Windows CMD (not Powershell). If on Mac/Linux, change the double quotes into single quotes.
Example
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -RegionName Y:\!temp\x\y
======== Y:/!temp/x/y/Duplicated names.jpg
[XMP-mwg-rs] RegionName : Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood, Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood
======== Y:/!temp/x/y/NoDuplicates.jpg
[XMP-mwg-rs] RegionName : Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood
1 directories scanned
2 image files read
C:\>exiftool -config RemoveRegionInfoDuplicates.config -G1 -a -s -struct -if "$RemoveRegionInfoDuplicates" -Filename Y:\!temp\x\y
======== Y:/!temp/x/y/Duplicated names.jpg
[System] FileName : Duplicated names.jpg
1 directories scanned
1 files failed condition
1 image files read
I'm still getting an incorrect failed condition result with that command. For reference, the tag looks like this:
Region Name : John Jacob Smith, Adam Robert Smith
Quote from: jroos on September 11, 2024, 11:18:15 AMI'm still getting an incorrect failed condition result with that command. For reference, the tag looks like this:
Region Name : John Jacob Smith, Adam Robert Smith
I'm not sure I understand. There are no duplicates in that tag, so a failed result would be correct.
It works correctly here
C:\>exiftool -P -overwrite_original -RegionName="John Jacob Smith" -RegionName="Adam Robert Smith" "Y:/!temp/x/y/Duplicated names.jpg"
1 image files updated
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -RegionName y:\!temp\Test4.jpg
[XMP-mwg-rs] RegionName : John Jacob Smith, Adam Robert Smith
C:\>exiftool -config RemoveRegionInfoDuplicates.config -G1 -a -s -struct -if "$RemoveRegionInfoDuplicates" -Filename Y:\!temp\x\y
1 directories scanned
2 files failed condition
0 image files read
Bah, easier way which I should have though of in the first place
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -RegionName Y:\!temp\x\y\
======== Y:/!temp/x/y/Duplicated names.jpg
[XMP-mwg-rs] RegionName : John Jacob Smith, Adam Robert Smith, Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood, Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood
======== Y:/!temp/x/y/NoDuplicates.jpg
[XMP-mwg-rs] RegionName : Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood
1 directories scanned
2 image files read
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -if "$RegionName ne ${RegionName;NoDups}" -filename Y:\!temp\x\y
======== Y:/!temp/x/y/Duplicated names.jpg
[System] FileName : Duplicated names.jpg
1 directories scanned
1 files failed condition
1 image files read
This got me on the right track. For the record, here is what works for me:
exiftool.exe" -G1 -a -s -if "${RegionName;s/,?\s*Ignored,?\s*//g} ne ${RegionName;s/,?\s*Ignored,?\s*//g;NoDups}" -r FOLDER
In Picasa I actually tag faces I want to ignore with the name "Ignored" so they don't get re-recognized if I have to reset the database. Unfortunately, many images end up with multiple "Ignored" tags. So I strip "Ignored" tags before doing the dedup comparison.
Thank you very much for your help.