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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-05-20 11:07:01-07]

[I am posting this on behalf of Michael who had trouble posting
in this forum because it doesn't like funny apostrophe characters
and accented characters, which I converted to a more conventional
form - PH]

Code:

Hello everybody I found this nice tool and I am testing some thinks.
But I found no result for my Problem
I want to write three Informations to the jpg's in all folder / or in in the
actual folder

The German Names are:
Autor = Michael Feske
Copyright = Freie Universitat Berlin
Kommentar = mein Komenntar zu den Bildern
Erfassungdatum = actual Date and Time

What must I do that it works from commandline?

exiftool -keywords="mein Komenntar zu den Bildern" makes a new field with
Name Markierung.
exiftool -contributer="Michael Feske" makes somethink but I don't see this.
exiftool -copyright="Freie Universitat Berlin" is working correctly

Can enybody help me?

Greetings Michael

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-05-20 11:15:25-07]

Hi Michael,

Try this:

exiftool -author="Michael Feske" -copyright="Freie Universitat Berlin" -comment="mein Komenntar zu den Bildern" "-modifydate<now" FILE

Here I am guessing that you want to write the ModifyDate, but there
is also an XMP MetadataDate tag that could be used.

Of course, you may want to write the information to other locations.
See FAQs 2 and 3 for a bit of guidance here.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-05-20 11:38:42-07]

Hello Phil,

thanks for your fast answer.

In copyright its writing, the other fields are emty :-(

can i send you a screenshot?

I am using this line

U:\Programme\ExifTool\exiftool -author="Michael Feske" -copyright="Freie Universität Berlin" -comment="mein Komenntar zu den Bildern" "-modifydate<now" U:\Programme\ExifTool\*.jpg

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-05-20 11:41:16-07]

This command line will write the specified tags.  The
problem is that the software you are using is presumably
expecting different tags (perhaps EXIF:Artist instead of
Author for example).  Please read
https://exiftool.org/faq.html" target="_blank">FAQ 2 and 3.
With a bit of experimenting you should be able to figure out
what your software is looking for.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by mfeske on 2009-05-20 11:51:28-07]

Hello Phil,
thanks for your fast answer.
In copyright its writing, the other fields are emty :-(
can i send you a screenshot?
I am using this line

Code:

U:\Programme\ExifTool\exiftool -author="Michael Feske" -copyright="Freie Universita&ltt Berlin" -comment="mein Komenntar zu den Bildern" "-modifydate<now" U:\Programme\ExifTool\*.jpg

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[Originally posted by mfeske on 2009-05-20 14:52:50-07]

Hello Phil,
now I try it with this commandline:

Code:

D:\vetmed_converter\script\exe\exiftool -author="Michael Feske Autor" -contributor="Michael Feske Contributer" -Writer-Editor="Michael Feske Writer-Editor" -copyright="Freie Universitaet Berlin copyright" -CopyrightNotice="Freie Universitaet Berlin Copyright Notice" -keywords+="das ist ein eyword" -keywords+="das ist noch ein keyword" -Contact="+4930838 max.muster at.fu-berlin.de contact" -comment="erster kommentar" -comment="zweiter kommentar" -Comment="IPTC bearbeitet am: "%date%" von: "%Username% "-modifydate<now" D:\vetmed_converter\picture\incoming\*.jpg

I am searching with a suffix in my text for the correct position, i make small steps but steps :-) But why is -comment+= not working as -keyword+= ? With right click of mouse in windows I only see keyword and Copyright Notice. Where is the differnet between -copyright and -copyrightNotice. The other field with Titel, theme, comment are emty.

Thanks a lot for this tool and your support

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-05-20 15:07:13-07]

Hi Michael,

So we're talking about the tags displayed by Windows.  This is useful
information.

In general, Windows tends to prefer the EXIF XP tags (XPTitle, XPComment,
XPAuthor, etc...), but there are execptions.  See these tags in the
https://exiftool.org/TagNames/EXIF.html" target="_blank">EXIF
tag name documentation for details.

Windows also reads some standard EXIF and IPTC tags, but as far as I
know ignores XMP information.

Copyright is an EXIF tag, while CopyrightNotice is an IPTC tag.

Have fun.  Welcome to the world of metadata! https://exiftool.org/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" border="0" />

The += only works to add a value with List-type tags (tags with a "+"
in the Writable column of the tag name documentation.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by johnrellis on 2009-05-20 17:00:25-07]

Phil,

You wrote, "Windows also reads some standard EXIF and IPTC tags, but as far as I know ignores XMP information."

I believe this applies to XP Windows Explorer. But Vista Windows Explorer generally does a reasonable job of exposing the metadata from all the standard groups. The order of precedence for reading properties is XMP, IPTC, EXIF, the old Microsoft internal tags:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb643802.aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb643802.aspx

And according to this tech note:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945359" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945359

if you install the free Microsoft Pro Photo Tools,  then that will change the XP Windows Explorer Properties window to show metadata the same way as on Vista.

   John

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-05-20 17:18:01-07]

Hi John,

Thanks for pointing this out.  I don't have access to a Vista system.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by mfeske on 2009-05-20 19:34:40-07]

Hello Phil,
can you make an example for this type of tag, is it mormal look likes the other?

I have the Problem with Umlaute which -lang I must use that i can use Umlaute?
Theire is an error message by convertign that it is not correct utf format

Greetings Michael

I try with
-XPAuthor=Prof. Dr. than I have an Error with -XPAuthor=Prof._Dr. theire is no error, must i use a special sign for space?

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-05-21 11:09:56-07]

You must put quotes around arguments with spaces.

Code:

-XPAuthor="Prof. Dr."

Read FAQ number 10 for help with special characters (your umlaute problem).

- Phil

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[Originally posted by mfeske on 2009-06-17 07:24:25-07]

Hello Phil,

Code:

-XPAuthor="Prof. Dr."

isn t working, the entrance is "Prof." only,

Code:

-XPAuthor="Prof._Dr."

is working and the entrance is Prof._Dr. not nice but it works.

For Umlaute Problem I try so many, but it is a problem this time.

Greetings
Micha

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-06-17 11:07:40-07]

Hi Micha,

I think you must be using the wrong quotes.  Be sure they
are the standard ASCII double quote marks.  You have the
same problem with single quotes in this forum.  I'm sure
your problems are related to the character set you are using.

- Phil