by PhilEvans (Posted Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:49 pm)
Apologies if this is a really basic question, but I'm new to XnViewMP (and IPTC).
What I want to be able to do is to 'tag' photos in some way with custom tags (like 'holiday', 'family', 'mum' etc), maybe multiple tags per picture, and have those stored in the file data so that I can then easily search by those tags, and so that if I sync my photos with another machine, it picks the tags up.
XnViewMP's 'category' feature seems perfect for this: when I assign something to a category it adds that category as an IPTC keyword.
BUT - I can't see how to set any 'watch' folders, so if I sync my photos - how can I tell XnViewMP to read the IPTC from those photos and update its DB (especially if I don't know which photos were updated)?
Also - when I remove photos from a category, the IPTC isn't updated. If I select "View->Update files from catalogue" then this forces the IPTC to change, but I have to first select the photos - but since I've removed them from a category this means ages of digging round in my file structure to work out which pictures need updating.
I guess these questions are related really; it boils down to: how can I ensure that the IPTC information and the category information are kept in sync?
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Apologies if this is a really basic question, but I'm new to XnViewMP (and IPTC).
What I want to be able to do is to 'tag' photos in some way with custom tags (like 'holiday', 'family', 'mum' etc), maybe multiple tags per picture, and have those stored in the file data so that I can then easily search by those tags, and so that if I sync my photos with another machine, it picks the tags up.
XnViewMP's 'category' feature seems perfect for this: when I assign something to a category it adds that category as an IPTC keyword.
BUT - I can't see how to set any 'watch' folders, so if I sync my photos - how can I tell XnViewMP to read the IPTC from those photos and update its DB (especially if I don't know which photos were updated)?
Also - when I remove photos from a category, the IPTC isn't updated. If I select "View->Update files from catalogue" then this forces the IPTC to change, but I have to first select the photos - but since I've removed them from a category this means ages of digging round in my file structure to work out which pictures need updating.
I guess these questions are related really; it boils down to: how can I ensure that the IPTC information and the category information are kept in sync?
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