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scbriml wrote:
2) Can the photo date be 'auto-filled' from the image EXIF data on the upload page? This is used by another site and makes uploading there a simpler process.
miamivice wrote:Just a question, will this tool/function be available only for new added shots?
scbriml wrote:1) Can this option be turned on for all photos already uploaded by a photographer?
scbriml wrote:2) Can the photo date be 'auto-filled' from the image EXIF data on the upload page? This is used by another site and makes uploading there a simpler process.
JKPhotos wrote:but just from a visual point of view it does make the caption field very large. Would look nicer if the information would be displayed directly behind the colons. That would save half the space actually. And as the date is already in the "Loaction date" field I would leave that Information out.
Catalin81 wrote:Hello. I've also seen this option now when I uploaded a picture. What I do not like is that if all the exif data of the images are read, why do not you set the date to automatically set exif, or can not? On the German Planespotters site, this is possible, image and registration, and with a click all the information appears, with the execution when an image is not on the site.
airkas1 wrote:scbriml wrote:2) Can the photo date be 'auto-filled' from the image EXIF data on the upload page? This is used by another site and makes uploading there a simpler process.
This is our aim, yes.
Any chance of having the box "ticked" in stead of "unticked" as a default setting? Ideally this would be something each photographer can adjust for himself as some kind of preference on their profile settings page.
*In the photo conrer, when I look at my screening queue photos, either on the "edit" or "detail" pages, I can't see whether or not the EXIF data will be displayed when accepted (i.e. to check whether or not I ticked the box while uploading).
airkas1 wrote:JKPhotos wrote:but just from a visual point of view it does make the caption field very large. Would look nicer if the information would be displayed directly behind the colons. That would save half the space actually. And as the date is already in the "Loaction date" field I would leave that Information out.
The layout has already been edited and it looks much nicer now in my opinion.
airkas1 wrote:Any chance of having the box "ticked" in stead of "unticked" as a default setting? Ideally this would be something each photographer can adjust for himself as some kind of preference on their profile settings page.
There are reasons why one would not want to include the EXIF, especially if a it more 'secrecy' is involved in the making of the photo. But perhaps for other photos, the photographer does want to enable the showing of the EXIF. This would be possible under the current conditions, but not if there is only 1 option (on or off). And if the default is 'on', then some photographers (who are not looking properly) might not notice and have the EXIF displayed against their will. So right now, the enabling of the EXIF has to be a conscious choice..
JKPhotos wrote:I don't want to share this info due to different reasons
airkas1 wrote:And just to have mentioned it; a better name for the values and proper displaying of the values is still in the works.
Example: FNumber: 71/10 --> Aperture: 7.1 (or similar)
airkas1 wrote:JKPhotos wrote:I don't want to share this info due to different reasons
Because you don't want anyone to know you're a lousy photographer?
airkas1 wrote:There are reasons why one would not want to include the EXIF, especially if a it more 'secrecy' is involved in the making of the photo. But perhaps for other photos, the photographer does want to enable the showing of the EXIF. This would be possible under the current conditions, but not if there is only 1 option (on or off). And if the default is 'on', then some photographers (who are not looking properly) might not notice and have the EXIF displayed against their will. So right now, the enabling of the EXIF has to be a conscious choice.
In the forum, can you gauge the interest from photographers in the following two features:
1) A "batch" option to extract all EXIF data from a photographer's already accepted photos. This would put all their photos in a queue to have the data extracted and display would be switched to YES for ALL photos, no exceptions. This will obviously be much easier than manually going through individual photos in the case of hundreds accepted over the past year.
In evaluating whether or not #1 would be a useful feature, we should be sure that photographers are aware that this would only apply to photos uploaded since the new site launched. Older photos appear to have been stripped of EXIF data after initial upload (and really, really old photos obviously will not have EXIF data if they were scanned).
2) A per photo option in Photo Corner that can be managed by the photographer, much like changing a watermark.
I think #2 makes sense and is absolutely needed. The batch option is actually more effort so I'd like to make sure it's something that a significant number of photographers would actually utilize (especially give that it would only really apply to photos from the last year and a half or less).
G-CIVP wrote:Don't make it optional. It enhances the validity and transparency over the authenticity of the uploaded image.
WingsFan wrote:It is a terrific new addition. Would there be a corresponding photo search function that goes with it? Even cross-data feature that connects these new fields would be very useful.
airkas1 wrote:Harry, as a regular forum user, could you also please indicate whether you want option 1 (keeping in mind that it can only be done for photos that were accepted after the site relaunch) and option 2?
airkas1 wrote:WingsFan wrote:It is a terrific new addition. Would there be a corresponding photo search function that goes with it? Even cross-data feature that connects these new fields would be very useful.
Glad to hear you like it.
Could you also please comment on option 1 and 2? We would like as much feedback as possible.
For some reason, LensModel tags are not being extracted from photos with the function I am using. Not 100% sure why, but might have to do with the type of EXIF tag it is. I'll look into this but I wanted to get this live rather than wait so for now LensModel will not show up in the EXIF list.
Miguel1982 wrote:Option 2 for me as well. Not interested in using precious develoment effort in a function that will be used once by each photographer (interested in having EXIF displayed) at most.
Miguel1982 wrote:O course one can always re-upload older shots and have the EXIF processed there...
kann123air wrote:It's important to consider the main reason why many of us want EXIF data to be visible when making this decision. I don't really care about seeing a sunny side-on's data; rather, I'd be more interested in studying such information from creative/low light shots.
Amrit
airkas1 wrote:Miguel1982 wrote:O course one can always re-upload older shots and have the EXIF processed there...
I was wondering about this as well, but haven't tested it yet. Will do that later.
JKPhotos wrote:I reuploaded a shot yesterday (as you might have noticed - or not ) and any option to add/ edit info or data like EXIF wasn't available.
spompert wrote:Or is option 1 only for the photographers who want this?
JKPhotos wrote:I only shoot sunny shots, there is honestly nothing to learn from that.
airkas1 wrote:Amrit, but would you use option 1 as well or is it not something you would be interested in?
scbriml wrote:2) Can the photo date be 'auto-filled' from the image EXIF data on the upload page? This is used by another site and makes uploading there a simpler process.
LGM wrote:scbriml wrote:2) Can the photo date be 'auto-filled' from the image EXIF data on the upload page? This is used by another site and makes uploading there a simpler process.
It will be nice!
kann123air wrote:I don't know if I'm on board with this. I travel for spotting quite a bit and would hate to keep updating the date and time settings on my camera.
scbriml wrote:kann123air wrote:I don't know if I'm on board with this. I travel for spotting quite a bit and would hate to keep updating the date and time settings on my camera.
I travel extensively as well and I find it causes me more confusion if I don't keep my camera date & time correct. It's not as though changing it takes more than a few seconds.
I actually have "Set camera time" as an item on my spotting trip checklist. But then, I am a geek!