Mike,
I'm sure there might be better tools for whole network searches, but Adobe
Bridge can search through network folders and sub folders. In fact it's
filtering is excellent and allows for good drilling down into the data. It
is actually free now if you sign up for a free Adobe CC account first, then
go to ProDesign tools and follow the download instructions.
http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cc-2014-direct-download-links.html
Alternatives are Media Pro (paid) or XNView (free).
Tony
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On 11 June 2015 at 09:08, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Tony, useful.
>
> Wonders: is there a tool for searching a whole folder / network / etc for
> embedded data?
>
> tt
>
> Mike
>
>
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>
> Tony Harris wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>> EXIF data is camera/date/time data, so yes not descriptive. I can't recall
>> if this can include GPS data, but I think it does.
>>
>> But to just reiterate again why I'm using IPTC, it is primarily for my
>> institution, end of really. It enables staff to catalogue and search and
>> use the images. We all know that we cannot control what happens outside of
>> the institution, so we are just doing the best we can.
>>
>> Regards
>> Tony
>>
>> *Please note my new telephone number – 020 7211 2426*
>>
>>
>>
>> [image: cid:image001.png@01CF86F9.22C2BC80]
>>
>> *Tony Harris*
>> Digital Media& Photography Officer
>> Government Art Collection
>> tony.harris @culture.gov.uk<[log in to unmask]>* |* 020 7211
>> 2426
>> [image: cid:image002.jpg@01CF86F9.22C2BC80]@govartcol [image:
>> cid:image003.jpg@01CF86F9.22C2BC80] /governmentartcollection |
>> www.gac.culture.gov.uk
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9 June 2015 at 11:10, Mike Ellis<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, even I with my terrible geek cred was able to extract, read, write
>>> EXIF data. So it can't be that hard... Flickr: my understanding is (tell
>>> me
>>> if I'm wrong) that this tends to be camera metadata, not descriptive?
>>>
>>> But - in a scenario where writing this data would cause a considerable
>>> bump in workflow, is there enough real-world usage to justify the time
>>> and
>>> expense doing it? That's really the practical question, I think.
>>>
>>> Back to watermarks, I say :-) (I don't)
>>>
>>> tt
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _____________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> *Mike Ellis *
>>>
>>> Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency:
>>> http://thirty8.co.uk<http://thirty8.co.uk/>
>>>
>>> * My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk<http://heritageweb.co.uk/> *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mia wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm sure most geeks can figure out how to access EXIF data pretty
>>>> quickly... And isn't it used extensively on Flickr?
>>>>
>>>> To ask a different question, can a museum worth its name justify
>>>> creating
>>>> *more* orphan works?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Mia
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my handheld computing device
>>>>
>>>> On 9 Jun 2015, at 10:55, Mike Ellis<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Some more really interesting stuff, thanks everyone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Even given the wave of positivenesses from the list, I'm still dubious
>>>>> from any kind of practical perspective (Google doesn't use it, social
>>>>> - the
>>>>> only way stuff gets shared in any quantities, really - strips it out,
>>>>> and
>>>>> not one of the people I've asked outside our [very specialist] sector
>>>>> know
>>>>> what IPTC or EXIF data is or how to access it).
>>>>>
>>>>> BUT the resounding response from the list is clearly "yes, use it" :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I totally accept that this might be useful for professional
>>>>> researchers,
>>>>> and from a geek point of view I'm impressed by the possibilities. I
>>>>> also
>>>>> really like that these images can potentially carry all their data with
>>>>> them, meaning the orphaning of images from their metadata could
>>>>> potentially
>>>>> become a non-issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> But - I'm looking at a scenario in which there is already a relatively
>>>>> complex workflow, and the overhead of adding this stuff is potentially
>>>>> considerable, so I have to ask whether the greater good is being
>>>>> served by
>>>>> doing it. The impression I'm getting is - no, not really.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I think what I'm taking away from this from a practical point of
>>>>> view
>>>>> is really this: if it can be done without making your workflow much
>>>>> more
>>>>> cumbersome, you might as well do it. So that's useful, thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> <sorry>There's also a terrible irony - sorry to bang the drum again -
>>>>> that we're all dead keen on IPTC and EXIF but are surfacing (object)
>>>>> images
>>>>> on pages which often have really, really terrible SEO.</sorry>
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway. Thanks all!
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _____________________________
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Mike Ellis *
>>>>>
>>>>> Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency:
>>>>> http://thirty8.co.uk<http://thirty8.co.uk/>
>>>>>
>>>>> * My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk<http://heritageweb.co.uk/> *
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Angela Murphy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Best article on this is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/blog/embedded-metadata-wont-help-seo.html
>>>>>> Not updated recently but the text makes clear how it could help -
>>>>>> and the many cases for embedded metadata not least the prospect for it
>>>>>> to be used increasingly in the future.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Angela
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9 Jun 2015, at 12:00, James Morley<[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've asked this question on the list before and the answer was a
>>>>>>> resounding
>>>>>>> 'no' but I'll ask again as it seems pertinent, and things move
>>>>>>> rapidly
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do any search engines, major or specialised, extract and use image
>>>>>>> metadata
>>>>>>> in indexing and rankings? It strikes me that there could be huge
>>>>>>> benefits
>>>>>>> to doing this in terms of search accuracy, certainly for object based
>>>>>>> collections. Also, if they did it would encourage people to add
>>>>>>> metadata
>>>>>>> and also it would encourage sites not to strip it out. Until the
>>>>>>> spammers
>>>>>>> got stuck in of course, so perhaps another argument for them to
>>>>>>> pursue
>>>>>>> image analysis/recognition.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers, James
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> James Morley
>>>>>>> Work: labs.europeana.eu / [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>> Personal: www.jamesmorley.net / @jamesinealing
>>>>>>> Also: www.whatsthatpicture.com / @PhotosOfThePast
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 8 June 2015 at 23:42, Reser, Gregory<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jeffery's Exif Viewer is very good. On Firefox you can add the
>>>>>>>> plugin to
>>>>>>>> your button bar for one-click viewing.
>>>>>>>> http://regex.info/exif.cgi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Embedded MetaData Explorer has a nice UI
>>>>>>>> http://embedmydata.com/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Greg Reser
>>>>>>>> UC San Diego Library
>>>>>>>> 9500 Gilman Drive, 0175K
>>>>>>>> La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Phone: 858.246.0998
>>>>>>>> Skype: gregreser
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>>>>>>>> Of Ben
>>>>>>>> Rubinstein
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 2:29 PM
>>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: IPTC / EXIF
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Mike,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The National Portrait Gallery embed half a dozen IPTC fields
>>>>>>>> concerned
>>>>>>>> with title, caption, 'instructions', copyright etc into all the
>>>>>>>> images for
>>>>>>>> their online collection (but not images published through the CMS),
>>>>>>>> on top
>>>>>>>> of whatever data comes from the image production chain.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We implemented this six+ years ago, and I don't know whether there's
>>>>>>>> ever
>>>>>>>> been evidence about how useful it is. But (once there's an
>>>>>>>> automated
>>>>>>>> pipeline
>>>>>>>> anyway) I don't think it adds much effort to the process, and I
>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> comes into the category of why wouldn't you do this? (Obviously, I
>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>> speak for the NPG.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (On a related topic - there's an excellent extension for Firefox,
>>>>>>>> "FxIF",
>>>>>>>> which (in spite of the name) puts the IPTC data of any image a
>>>>>>>> right-click
>>>>>>>> away. On Chrome I've only been able to find extensions which read
>>>>>>>> the EXIF
>>>>>>>> data, nothing that reports IPTC data - does anyone have a
>>>>>>>> recommendation?)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 04/06/2015 10:33, Mike Ellis wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone bother embedding museumy IPTC / EXIF data into
>>>>>>>>> (collections) images as part of their digitisation workflow?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If so, why? I'd suspect that a "so that people knew where the image
>>>>>>>>> came
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> from"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> reason may be one - but in reality do people actually _know_ about
>>>>>>>>> this data in order to get back to the source organisation? Or are
>>>>>>>>> tools like Google "upload an image" search or TinEye actually more
>>>>>>>>> used?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also - given that there is evidence that almost all social media
>>>>>>>>> sites
>>>>>>>>> strip out some or all of this data, is it still worthwhile?
>>>>>>>>> (http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/socialmedia/)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> cheers!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>>>
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