IPTC metadata tags 200-210 ?Fotostation

[dacscomp]

Hi
I am currently using a program (Imatch) which allows me to add data to IPTC tags 201,202 etc. Is this possible using Exiftool? I would be doing this as part of my current commandline procedures. eg I would like to add data to the 'high tags' as I do for 'named' tags eg  -ObjectName  etc.

Is this possible?

[Phil Harvey]

These tags are already defined by the IPTC standard.  However, you can override standard tag definitions with user-defined tags if you want.

- Phil

[dacscomp]

Hi

But where, in the IPTC tag names I can't find these tags - IPTC Fotostation Tags  are [no tags known]

Is there a web page you can point me to to get these Tag Names?

Thanks

[Phil Harvey]

I thought we were talking about iMatch, not FotoStation.

Regardless, you are asking the wrong person.  You should be asking the makers of the software for their documentation.

But if you own the software, it is probably easier for you to figure out what you want to call them by running some simple tests.

- Phil

[dacscomp]

Hi
Misunderstanding here...

I can access the tags using Imatch - Sample from my Script below:

         iptc.Fields.Item(200) = str200
         iptc.Fields.Item(201) = str201
         iptc.Fields.Item(202) = str202
         iptc.Fields.Item(203) = str203
         iptc.Fields.Item(204) = str204
         iptc.Fields.Item(205) = str205
         iptc.Fields.Item(206) = str206
         iptc.Fields.Item(207) = strbyline

... I would like to do the same with exiftool & eventually not use Imatch.

Does that clarify what I am after?

Dave

[Phil Harvey]

If these are stored in the IPTC ApplicationRecord, then the config file could look like this:

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%Image::ExifTool::UserDefined = (
    'Image::ExifTool::IPTC::ApplicationRecord' => {
        200 => {
            Name => 'IPTC200',
            Format => 'string[0,64]',
        },
        201 => {
            Name => 'IPTC201',
            Format => 'string[0,64]',
        },
        202 => {
            Name => 'IPTC202',
            Format => 'string[0,64]',
        },
        203 => {
            Name => 'IPTC203',
            Format => 'string[0,64]',
        },
        204 => {
            Name => 'IPTC204',
            Format => 'string[0,64]',
        },
        205 => {
            Name => 'IPTC205',
            Format => 'string[0,64]',
        },
        206 => {
            Name => 'IPTC206',
            Format => 'string[0,64]',
        },
        207 => {
            Name => 'IPTC207',
            Format => 'string[0,64]',
        },
    },
);
1; #end

I don't have a sample so I can't be sure they are stored in the application record.  (You can use the -v2 option to check this.)

Here I have given the tags simple names, but you can call them what you want.  Also, I have made them string-type with an allowed length between 0 and 64 characters, but you can set this to whatever you want.

After activating this config file you should be able to write these tags.

- Phil

[dacscomp]

Many thanks for that...

And finally - I am running Exiftool in 'Windows' Where should the config file be saved?

Regards

[Phil Harvey]

See the comments in the sample config file for details.

- Phil