I was wondering if I could somehow chain these operations in one command line:
-ext .jp2 -o %d%f.xmp -r DIR
-exiftool -tagsfromfile %d%f.xmp -all:all -r DIR
-exiftool -xmp-Exif:all= FILE
I also have a directory tree structure like this:
ROOT
--Folder 1
---Subfolder 1
---Subfolder 2
--Folder 2
---Subfolder 1
---Subfolder 2
--Folder 2
---Subfolder 1
---Subfolder 2
I need to replace a tag on all XMP files contained in Subfolder 2 of each main Folder. Is there a command that can do that?
The straightforward answer is:
exiftool -ext .jp2 -o %d%f.xmp -r DIR -execute -tagsfromfile %d%f.xmp -all:all -r DIR -execute -xmp-Exif:all= FILE
Although I think your commands need some work. The second command will also write the .xmp files, which probably isn't what you want. Also, you could avoid copying the XMP-Exif in the first or second command to avoid having to delete it later.
- Phil
Thank you for the answer! I edited the main post with a new question right as you answered it.
The tag i need to replaced as referenced in the main post is
<rdf:Description rdf:about=''
xmlns:photoshop='http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/'>
<photoshop:Source>
PLACEHOLDERTEXT</photoshop:Source>
</rdf:Description>
Let's see if I understand:
You want to copy XMP-photoshop:Source from the .jp2 files in each folder to the .xmp files in subfolder2? What is the name of subfolder2? Hopefully they are all the same, otherwise it gets a bit more complicated.
- Phil
I'll explain a bit:
The structure is named like this:
ROOT
-ID-222
--Originals
--Backup
-ID-223
--Originals
--Backup
in the Backup folder i have an x number of .jp2 files to which I've already written the xmp metadata but the tag data is wrong (the data is mismatched) so I want to replace the data with the correct one.
I've been doing this manually with ExifToolsGUI's Workspace method but I takes too long, because I have around 10k mismatched files and moving folder by folder will take way too long.
OK, so you want to write XMP-photoshop:Source to the .jp2 files in the Backup folders. From where?
- Phil
I suppose I could write it down in a .txt file since the data is the same for every picture contained in that folder.
Right now every picture's xmp file contains this:
<rdf:Description rdf:about=''
xmlns:photoshop='http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/'>
<photoshop:Source>
ABCD</photoshop:Source>
</rdf:Description>
but it needs to contain
<rdf:Description rdf:about=''
xmlns:photoshop='http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/'>
<photoshop:Source>
DCBA</photoshop:Source>
</rdf:Description>
This applies to every file in every backup subfolder contained in the ROOT
You could run this command for each folder:
exiftool -Photoshop:Source="Something" -ext jp2 FOLDER/Backup
Then you need to change "Something" and "FOLDER" for each folder.
- Phil
FOLDER/Backup
Is this the full path to the directory?
example: C:\Desktop\ROOT\ID-222\Backup
And do I need to use " ?
Quote from: KKP44 on June 25, 2018, 07:42:47 AM
FOLDER/Backup
Is this the full path to the directory?
Sure. It could also be the relative path from the directory in which you ran the command.
QuoteAnd do I need to use " ?
Only if the directory name contains spaces.
- Phil
1 directories scanned
24 image files read
Warning: Tag 'Photoshop:Source' is not defined
This is the error message ExifTool gives me when I run the following comand
-exiftool -Photoshop:Source="TEST" -ext jp2 "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Test\ROOT\id-233\Backup"
EDIT:
ok I've figured it out
-exiftool -xmp-photoshop:source="TEST" -ext jp2 "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Test\ROOT\id-233\Backup"
Does the trick. It changes the value and leaves everything else intact.
Thanks so so so much for you help and great work! <3
One more quick question:
Which part of this commmand exiftool -ext .jp2 -o %d%f.xmp -r DIR -execute -tagsfromfile %d%f.xmp -all:all -r DIR -execute -xmp-Exif:all= FILE creates the filename.jp2_ORIGINAL backup file?
Quote from: KKP44 on June 25, 2018, 07:47:58 AM
ok I've figured it out
-exiftool -xmp-photoshop:source="TEST" -ext jp2 "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Test\ROOT\id-233\Backup"
Does the trick. It changes the value and leaves everything else intact.
Thanks so so so much for you help and great work! <3
Great. Yes, I forgot the "XMP-" in my command. Glad you figured it out.
- Phil
Quote from: KKP44 on June 25, 2018, 07:57:06 AM
Which part of this commmand exiftool -ext .jp2 -o %d%f.xmp -r DIR -execute -tagsfromfile %d%f.xmp -all:all -r DIR -execute -xmp-Exif:all= FILE creates the filename.jpg_ORIGINAL backup file?
Any command that edits an existing file will create the "_original" backup. The second and third parts of the command may do this.
Quote from: Phil Harvey on June 25, 2018, 07:59:37 AM
Quote from: KKP44 on June 25, 2018, 07:57:06 AM
Which part of this commmand exiftool -ext .jp2 -o %d%f.xmp -r DIR -execute -tagsfromfile %d%f.xmp -all:all -r DIR -execute -xmp-Exif:all= FILE creates the filename.jpg_ORIGINAL backup file?
Any command that edits an existing file will create the "_original" backup. The second and third parts of the command may do this.
Is there a way to bypass the creation of backups?
EDIT: Found the answer in another topic. It's -overwrite_original if anyone stumbles upon this thread.
Thanks again for all your help!
Add -overwrite_original to the command.