auto-tagging photos when "detecting" panoramic or hdr shots

Started by juju22, May 16, 2012, 12:40:27 PM

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juju22

Hello everyone (and Phil :)

I'm trying to push exiftool a bit further. In my current workflow, I do a lot of manual tagging (adding keywords). There is two case where maybe exiftool could do the job and save me time:
- When detecting "would-be HDR" (High Dynamic Range / Pictures merging candidates): if I have 3 pictures at almost the same time (1-n sec), same meta, but (normally) just a light level difference (ExposureCompensation meta), add tags 'autotagged' 'hdr'
- When detecting "would-be panoramic merge" (later to batch with hugin): If I have a sequence of picture with a time difference less than n sec (usually 1-2), same other meta, add tags 'autotagged' 'pano'. A could-be problem is when I'm doing pano and also taking 2-3 shots w bracketing/different ExposureCompensation. Usually sequence is between 3 to 10 images (x3 if bracketing).

Any idea if it's possible ? or asking too much :-) ?

Thanks a lot.

Julien

Phil Harvey

Hi Julien,

This is asking a bit much for ExifTool alone, since ExifTool processes images individually.  You would need some overseeing application to support the hdr/pano decision logic.

- Phil
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juju22

ok, no problem Phil :-)

I know I can be very demanding  ;D

Thanks for the quick answer