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IPTC, XMP, EXIF...etc, into Portfolio fields
« on: August 24, 2006, 09:54:28 AM »
Hello,

I want to setup Extensis Portfolio 8.0 to extract all the information contained in images and put that data into appropriate fields in an image database. I do this when I am moving images offline for archival. At this point I don't think I know where all this data is coming from and how it's handled by the various apps I use. I understand that this is an evolving condition and differs from application to application. The Photo Mechanic manual is helpful but maybe someone can clarify or share what they are doing.

My current understanding is this: the camera adds the EXIF data, I add IPTC data via the stationery pad in Photo Mechanic, and I'm not really sure what's happening with Photoshop CS 2 and the .xmp sidecar files. I realize that I've probably raised some fairly broad questions so let me narrow it down to this solution I'm trying to implement. I'd like to have a corresponding field in Portfolio for every field in the Photo Mechanic IPTC stationery pad.

The problem I'm stopped at now is to come up with the "Metadata code" for any new field. For example, the data in the Photo Mechanic stationery pad fields Supp. Cat. 1, 2, and 3 all gets put into a single Supplemental Category field separated by commas. I suppose that's ok but I'd like to break it out into separate field in Portfolio. I have created the "receiving" fields in Portfolio but need to tell Portfolio what the metadata code is for the data in the image file. The metadata code for the Supplemental Category is 532. I don't know where this number got assigned but how do I find out what the codes are for all fields in the Photo Mechanic stationery pad?

Thanks.

-Duane Mitchell

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Re: IPTC, XMP, EXIF...etc, into Portfolio fields
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2006, 03:40:38 PM »
Duane,

I want to setup Extensis Portfolio 8.0 to extract all the information contained in images and put that data into appropriate fields in an image database. I do this when I am moving images offline for archival. At this point I don't think I know where all this data is coming from and how it's handled by the various apps I use. I understand that this is an evolving condition and differs from application to application. The Photo Mechanic manual is helpful but maybe someone can clarify or share what they are doing.

My current understanding is this: the camera adds the EXIF data, I add IPTC data via the stationery pad in Photo Mechanic, and I'm not really sure what's happening with Photoshop CS 2 and the .xmp sidecar files. I realize that I've probably raised some fairly broad questions so let me narrow it down to this solution I'm trying to implement. I'd like to have a corresponding field in Portfolio for every field in the Photo Mechanic IPTC stationery pad.

The problem I'm stopped at now is to come up with the "Metadata code" for any new field. For example, the data in the Photo Mechanic stationery pad fields Supp. Cat. 1, 2, and 3 all gets put into a single Supplemental Category field separated by commas. I suppose that's ok but I'd like to break it out into separate field in Portfolio. I have created the "receiving" fields in Portfolio but need to tell Portfolio what the metadata code is for the data in the image file. The metadata code for the Supplemental Category is 532. I don't know where this number got assigned but how do I find out what the codes are for all fields in the Photo Mechanic stationery pad?

Supplemental categories are just a list in a single field.  Photo Mechanic just happens to show them as separate fields.  The number 532 is the IPTC field value for Supplemental Categories.

As for getting a list of the field values, here is the set of definitions right out of the source code for Photo Mechanic:


// IPTC DataSets (in numerical order)
// NOTE: we don't support all of these, only the "normal" ones
//       other fields should be preserved (up to some limit)
enum {
   // record 1
   IPTC_RECORD1_VERSION      = 0x0100,   // 0
   IPTC_DESTINATION            = 0x0105,   // 5
   IPTC_FILE_FORMAT            = 0x0114,   // 20
   IPTC_FILE_FORMAT_VERSION      = 0x0116,   // 22
   IPTC_SERVICE_ID            = 0x011e,   // 30
   IPTC_ENVELOPE_NUMBER      = 0x0128,   // 40
   IPTC_PRODUCT_ID            = 0x0132,   // 50
   IPTC_ENVELOPE_PRIORITY      = 0x013c,   // 60
   IPTC_DATE_SENT            = 0x0146,   // 70
   IPTC_TIME_SENT            = 0x0150,   // 80
   IPTC_CODED_CHAR_SET         = 0x015a,   // 90
   IPTC_UNO                  = 0x0164,   // 100
   // record 2
   IPTC_RECORD2_VERSION      = 0x0200,   // 0
   IPTC_OBJECT_TYPE            = 0x0203,   // 3
   IPTC_OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE      = 0x0204,   // 4
   IPTC_OBJECT_NAME            = 0x0205,   // 5
   IPTC_EDIT_STATUS            = 0x0207,   // 7
   IPTC_EDITORIAL_UPDATE      = 0x0208,   // 8
   IPTC_URGENCY               = 0x020a,   // 10
   IPTC_SUBJECT_REFERENCE      = 0x020c,   // 12
   IPTC_CATEGORY               = 0x020f,   // 15
   IPTC_SUPP_CATEGORIES         = 0x0214,   // 20
   IPTC_FIXTURE               = 0x0216,   // 22
   IPTC_KEYWORDS            = 0x0219,   // 25
   IPTC_CONTENT_LOCATION_CODE   = 0x021a,   // 26
   IPTC_CONTENT_LOCATION_NAME   = 0x021b,   // 27
   IPTC_RELEASE_DATE            = 0x021e,   // 30
   IPTC_RELEASE_TIME            = 0x0223,   // 35
   IPTC_EXPIRATION_DATE         = 0x0225,   // 37
   IPTC_EXPIRATION_TIME         = 0x0226,   // 38
   IPTC_SPECIAL_INSTRUCTIONS   = 0x0228,   // 40
   IPTC_ACTION_ADVISED         = 0x022a,   // 42
   IPTC_REF_SERVICE            = 0x022d,   // 45
   IPTC_REF_DATE               = 0x022f,   // 47
   IPTC_REF_NUMBER            = 0x0232,   // 50
   IPTC_DATE_CREATED         = 0x0237,   // 55
   IPTC_TIME_CREATED            = 0x023c,   // 60
   IPTC_DIG_DATE_CREATED      = 0x023e,   // 62
   IPTC_DIG_TIME_CREATED      = 0x023f,   // 63
   IPTC_ORIGINATING_PROGRAM   = 0x0241,   // 65
   IPTC_PROGRAM_VERSION      = 0x0246,   // 70
   IPTC_OBJECT_CYCLE            = 0x024b,   // 75
   IPTC_BYLINE               = 0x0250,   // 80
   IPTC_BYLINE_TITLE            = 0x0255,   // 85
   IPTC_CITY                  = 0x025a,   // 90
   IPTC_SUB_LOCATION         = 0x025c,   // 92
   IPTC_PROVINCE_STATE         = 0x025f,   // 95
   IPTC_COUNTRY_CODE         = 0x0264,   // 100 ISO 3166:1988
   IPTC_COUNTRY_NAME         = 0x0265,   // 101
   IPTC_ORIG_TRANS_REF         = 0x0267,   // 103
   IPTC_HEADLINE               = 0x0269,   // 105
   IPTC_CREDIT               = 0x026e,   // 110
   IPTC_SOURCE               = 0x0273,   // 115
   IPTC_COPYRIGHT            = 0x0274,   // 116
   IPTC_CONTACT               = 0x0276,   // 118
   IPTC_CAPTION               = 0x0278,   // 120
   IPTC_CAPTION_WRITERS         = 0x027a,   // 122
   IPTC_RASTERIZED_CAPTION      = 0x027d,   // 125
   IPTC_IMAGE_TYPE            = 0x0282,   // 130
   IPTC_IMAGE_ORIENTATION      = 0x0283,   // 131
   IPTC_LANGUAGE_ID            = 0x0287,   // 135
   IPTC_AUDIO_TYPE            = 0x0296,   // 150
   IPTC_AUDIO_RATE            = 0x0297,   // 151
   IPTC_AUDIO_RESOLUTION      = 0x0298,   // 152
   IPTC_AUDIO_DURATION         = 0x0299,   // 153
   IPTC_AUDIO_OUTCUE         = 0x029a,   // 154
   IPTC_JOBMINDER            = 0x02c7,   // 199
   IPTC_PREVIEW_FILE_FORMAT      = 0x02c8,   // 200  FotoStation?
   IPTC_PREVIEW_FORMAT_VERS   = 0x02c9,   // 201  FotoStation?
   IPTC_PREVIEW_DATA         = 0x02ca,   // 202  FotoStation?
   // IPTC prefs
   IPTC_PM_PREFS               = 0x02dd,   // 221 Photo Mechanic prefs (tag, color class, frame)
   // record 7
   IPTC_SIZE_MODE            = 0x070a,   // 10
   ITPC_MAX_SUBFILE_SIZE      = 0x0714,   // 20
   IPTC_SIZE_ANNOUNCED         = 0x075a,   // 90
   IPTC_MAX_OBJECT_SIZE         = 0x075f   // 95
};


BTW, the listing was perfectly formatted when I entered it...

HTH,

-Kirk

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Re: IPTC, XMP, EXIF...etc, into Portfolio fields
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2006, 07:38:00 AM »
Kirk,

Thanks for the reply, that explains why the supplemental fields in Photo Mechanic are showing up in one field in Portfolio. That works for me now that I know that.

As for the enumerator, I'm not sure how to interpret that as it applies to captioning images with a Photo Mechanic template and then importing into Portfolio. Are the numbers at the end of the each line the metadata code for that particular item of data? If so that's interesting and good to know should as I learn more about what other apps are bringing to the mix.

Meanwhile, the explanation of the Supplemental Categories in Photo Mechanic will work for me going forward in archiving images in Portfolio 8.

Thanks.

-Duane Mitchell

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Re: IPTC, XMP, EXIF...etc, into Portfolio fields
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2006, 07:55:59 AM »
Duane,

As for the enumerator, I'm not sure how to interpret that as it applies to captioning images with a Photo Mechanic template and then importing into Portfolio. Are the numbers at the end of the each line the metadata code for that particular item of data? If so that's interesting and good to know should as I learn more about what other apps are bringing to the mix.

Those are the actual IPTC record field numbers.  So if your software lets you enter numbers to customize what IPTC fields it "mines" for metadata, then you'll want to use these numbers.  Please note that they are in hexadecimal (base 16) and may need to be converted to decimal (base 10) to be entered into some applications.

-Kirk