feature Request - ON1 Photo RAW (rating)

[RobiWan]

Hi,

some programs - here ON1 Photo RAW knows the 5 (stars) default ratings.
But they donn't know "rejected" (rating = -1). ON1 knows in this case only "like" and "unlike"

So if I need to write this values into XMP files I need give ExifTool extra parameter

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exiftool  -config onone.config "-XMP-onone:UserFlag=2" (unlike) or

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exiftool  -config onone.config "-XMP-onone:UserFlag=4" (like)

My onone.config means:

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# new XMP namespaces (eg. xxx) must be added to the Main XMP table:
    'Image::ExifTool::XMP::Main' => {
        # namespace definition for examples 8 to 11
## xxx => { # <-- must be the same as the NAMESPACE prefix
        onone => { # <-- must be the same as the NAMESPACE prefix
            SubDirectory => {
                ## TagTable => 'Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::xxx',
TagTable => 'Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::onone',
                # (see the definition of this table below)
            },
        },
        # add more user-defined XMP namespaces here...
    },

All works great. my problem is, I can't do it direct in IMatch, which uses exifTool to read/ write metadaa.
Mario - IMatch developer told me - ask Phil

Is there a chance that this will be included in ExifTool so I do not need extra parameters?

[StarGeek]

All works great. my problem is, I can't do it direct in IMatch, which uses exifTool to read/ write metadaa.
Mario - IMatch developer told me - ask Phil

So your config file works correctly on the command line? Though I don't see how it could as the config file in your post is missing the actual tag table part.

I'm a bit surprised at Mario's response, as the proper thing to do would be to add it to the imatch_et.config file. As there are no other XMP tags in the base imatch_et.config file, it shouldn't be to hard to add your tags.

I just tested this out by adding a couple of very simple XMP tags to the imatch config.  IMatch read the data and displayed once I added them to a panel.  And then editing them would save it out. But these were tags attached to an already existing namespace, so it might be different for a new namespace, but I don't think so.

Looking at a few of the Photools forum posts, I get the impression that adding new tags isn't something Mario wants to provide support for, as it would end up taking his time away from other things.

Is there a chance that this will be included in ExifTool so I do not need extra parameters?

That is up to Phil, of course, but a more complete example of the XMP-onone data would probably be required. If you have a sidecar XMP file with as much of the XMP-onone data filled out as possible, you could attach it to a post here. Or if it is embedded in a file, you could use this command to extract it

exiftool -XMP -b /path/to/files.jpg >sidecar.xmp

[Phil Harvey]

There has been only one request for writing On1 XMP tags, and that was 6 years ago.  I don't think it makes sense to add these to the ExifTool's pre-defined tags.  However, I could include an onone.config file in the distribution if I could have an XMP sample with the full set of tags that On1 can write.

- Phil

[RobiWan]

So your config file works correctly on the command line?

Of course it works. I have only posted an excerpt from the onone.config I use here. Maybe I have forgotten something.

There has been only one request for writing On1 XMP tags, and that was 6 years ago.  I don't think it makes sense to add these to the ExifTool's pre-defined tags. 

That's a pity, of course, but if nobody else is interested, I understand that you don't want to include it in Standard-set.
I have sent you an email with 2 XMP files and the complete onone.config.

[Phil Harvey]

OK, so there is only one On1 XMP tag.  I know this won't solve your issue, but I'll add config_files/onone.config to the distribution for anyone else who might want to write the XMP On1 UserFlag tag.

- Phil

[RobiWan]

I know this won't solve your issue,

Correct. Maybe with the time will more user asking for it

[RobiWan]

but I'll add config_files/onone.config

I'm not sure if I'm missing something, it's not in the latest .89 version yet?

[Phil Harvey]

The file exists in the full distribution (the .tar.gz version):

Image-ExifTool-12.89/config_files/onone.config

- Phil

[StarGeek]

You can also grab it from Github.