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Bug 313579 - Should use the ImageDescription EXIF tag as comment
Should use the ImageDescription EXIF tag as comment
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gthumb
Classification: Other
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Paolo Bacchilega
Paolo Bacchilega
: 435982 437890 479985 501670 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-08-16 01:58 UTC by Diego González
Modified: 2009-05-28 17:56 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Diego González 2005-08-16 01:58:17 UTC 
Gthumb should use the ImageDescripcion EXIF tag as the text describing the image
when it is available and should store the image comment in this tag instead of
using the xml file that it is using right now.
Comment 1 Michael Chudobiak 2006-12-02 20:05:53 UTC 
Well, you would probably want to use the UserComment field instead, because it supports Unicode. The ImageDescription field does not.

- Mike
Comment 2 Rene.Samselnig 2006-12-29 14:30:19 UTC 
Storing the comment with the image would be a great enhancement. Images with comments could be easily exported to other applications (like web-galleries) without using an extra xml-file.
Comment 3 Michael Chudobiak 2007-05-05 22:50:49 UTC 
*** Bug 435982 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Michael Chudobiak 2007-05-05 22:52:00 UTC 
See bug 409050. The metadata-ideas branch stores comments in xmp fields, if exiftool is present.

- Mike
Comment 5 Michael Chudobiak 2007-12-05 12:54:39 UTC 
*** Bug 479985 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Michael Chudobiak 2007-12-05 12:55:14 UTC 
The metadata-ideas branch has been dropped, so we'll need to re-examine this...

- Mike
Comment 7 Michael Chudobiak 2007-12-05 13:17:26 UTC 
*** Bug 501670 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Michael Chudobiak 2007-12-05 13:47:05 UTC 
*** Bug 437890 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Michael Chudobiak 2007-12-05 14:35:37 UTC 
We should use exempi to store comments in XMP tags.

The exempi code is a bit intimidating, though... Anybody want to code an XMP reader / writer for gthumb?

- Mike
Comment 10 Michael Chudobiak 2007-12-05 15:42:42 UTC 
I plan to add exempi XMP reading code to trunk in the next few weeks. Stay tuned. XMP-writing code can follow after that.

- Mike
Comment 11 Bram Mertens 2008-04-02 15:08:20 UTC 
Will XMP support provide access to the Comment section of the EXIF header as generated by e.g. jhead?

I'd like to be able to access the comment section of the EXIF header in gthumb (as is possible with the GIMP) so I can add headers using jhead and view them inside gthumb.

I came across the following page concerning XMP support in Jabref, perhaps it can help you coding XMP support? http://jabref.sourceforge.net/help/XMPHelp.php

Regards

Bram
Comment 12 Michael Chudobiak 2009-05-28 17:56:59 UTC 
Fixed in trunk. Should appear in 2.11.0.

- Mike