Comments on: Lightroom Metadata Viewer Preset Builder (for Lightroom 1.1+) http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Coen http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-43988 Coen Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:38:38 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-43988 Hello Jeffrey, I just came upon your great work! Excellent. Do you have any idea if it is possible to automate and convert crop factors to FF format so that you can read the 35mm equiv of what you have shot with a cropped sensor? <span class='jfriedl'>Not exactly, but you can get a good sense, in terms of 35mm-equiv focal length, of what you shoot with both <a href='http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/data-plot' rel="nofollow">my data-plot plugin</a> and <a href='http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/focal-length-sort' rel="nofollow">my focal-length-sort plugin</a>. —Jeffrey</span> Hello Jeffrey,

I just came upon your great work! Excellent.

Do you have any idea if it is possible to automate and convert crop factors to FF format so that you can read the 35mm equiv of what you have shot with a cropped sensor?

Not exactly, but you can get a good sense, in terms of 35mm-equiv focal length, of what you shoot with both my data-plot plugin and my focal-length-sort plugin. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Paul http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-42481 Paul Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:02:43 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-42481 Ugh. I'll just put them in the keywords. Thanks for the help. Paul Ugh. I’ll just put them in the keywords. Thanks for the help. Paul

]]> By: Paul http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-42480 Paul Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:47:24 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-42480 Hi Jeffrey, I'm wondering if this is an appropriate tool to add camera data to scanned (film) files. I'd like to add camera make, ISO etc to the files, which is not an option with LR, as far as I can tell. Thanks. Paul <span class='jfriedl'>This is almost impossible to do with a plugin, if not impossible. There are some metadata items that Lightroom reads during import and only during import (they are ignored even when refreshing metadata from the file). So any reasonable solution has to stuff the data into the file or sidecar before import, where a plugin doesn't really have much access. Some kludgy tools may be hiding for a clever developer to build, but it would be a lot of work (the plugin would have to recreate the whole import dialog) for an unsatisfying result. Better to use exiftool or the like to stuff the data in ahead of time. —Jeffrey</span> Hi Jeffrey, I’m wondering if this is an appropriate tool to add camera data to scanned (film) files. I’d like to add camera make, ISO etc to the files, which is not an option with LR, as far as I can tell. Thanks. Paul

This is almost impossible to do with a plugin, if not impossible. There are some metadata items that Lightroom reads during import and only during import (they are ignored even when refreshing metadata from the file). So any reasonable solution has to stuff the data into the file or sidecar before import, where a plugin doesn’t really have much access. Some kludgy tools may be hiding for a clever developer to build, but it would be a lot of work (the plugin would have to recreate the whole import dialog) for an unsatisfying result. Better to use exiftool or the like to stuff the data in ahead of time. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Bo http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-34768 Bo Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:53:18 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-34768 As a big fan of your other work for LR I use export to Facebook/Picasa and your GPS-plugins. Q. Is there any way to add them to my custom metadata preset? Great work btw Stan, Herve and everyone else: I got the same error message first (Lua_pcall(L,2,1,0)==0 errror.) Because I did NOT read the instructions. It says to put the file in the ...Lightroom\Metadata Field Lists\ folder. 'should be created if it doesn't already exist' <span class='jfriedl'>You can add them via <b>info.regex.lightroom.export.facebook2.uploaded</b> and <b>info.regex.lightroom.gps.*</b> (the individual items being <b>Location</b>, <b>Altitude</b>, <b>Speed</b>, <b>Bearing</b>, and <b>Geoencoded</b>). Note, though, that I'll soon be releasing a new plugin that will allow you to manage all this from within Lightroom. —Jeffrey</span> As a big fan of your other work for LR I use export to Facebook/Picasa and your GPS-plugins.
Q. Is there any way to add them to my custom metadata preset?

Great work btw

Stan, Herve and everyone else: I got the same error message first (Lua_pcall(L,2,1,0)==0 errror.) Because I did NOT read the instructions. It says to put the file in the …Lightroom\Metadata Field Lists\ folder. ‘should be created if it doesn’t already exist’

You can add them via info.regex.lightroom.export.facebook2.uploaded and info.regex.lightroom.gps.* (the individual items being Location, Altitude, Speed, Bearing, and Geoencoded). Note, though, that I’ll soon be releasing a new plugin that will allow you to manage all this from within Lightroom. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Richard http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-33861 Richard Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:41:43 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-33861 Hi Jeffrey. Firstly, many thanks for creating this! Secondly, I would be willing to pay for a simple, stand alone app for customising lightroom. That lets you save and open templates etc... Just an idea. :) Hi Jeffrey.
Firstly, many thanks for creating this!

Secondly, I would be willing to pay for a simple, stand alone app for customising lightroom.
That lets you save and open templates etc…

Just an idea.
:)

]]> By: Tyler Ginter http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-32048 Tyler Ginter Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:54:11 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-32048 Thanks Jeff. I made a video tutorial on how to set this all up with additional metadata workflows. I appreciate you taking the time to make this preset. Has saved me so much time :) http://blog.tylerginter.com/?p=41 Thanks Jeff. I made a video tutorial on how to set this all up with additional metadata workflows. I appreciate you taking the time to make this preset. Has saved me so much time :) http://blog.tylerginter.com/?p=41

]]> By: Brenda Tharp http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-30924 Brenda Tharp Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:31:28 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-30924 duh - I should have seen the comments above and would have the answer! Sorry about that. I just went to end of page quickly and didn't see all of the postings. duh – I should have seen the comments above and would have the answer! Sorry about that. I just went to end of page quickly and didn’t see all of the postings.

]]> By: Brenda Tharp http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-30923 Brenda Tharp Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:27:01 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-30923 Hi - I was just directed to this site via Lightroomforums user - but does this preset builder work with LR 2.2? I'm looking for a way to see the original filename in my metadata - something that was there until I upgraded to 2.2. The filename is still in there, but not viewable. They suggested your preset builder would solve the problem. Thanks Hi – I was just directed to this site via Lightroomforums user – but does this preset builder work with LR 2.2? I’m looking for a way to see the original filename in my metadata – something that was there until I upgraded to 2.2. The filename is still in there, but not viewable. They suggested your preset builder would solve the problem. Thanks

]]> By: Jochen http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-28436 Jochen Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:13:33 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-28436 Super tool, thank you very much, but in my (german) Lightroom 2.1, the GPS field won't show up in the list, regardless if there are GPS data in the photo or not. Might this be a problem of the localization? The external function to call Google Earth e.g. to show the spot is ok. Super tool, thank you very much, but in my (german) Lightroom 2.1, the GPS field won’t show up in the list, regardless if there are GPS data in the photo or not. Might this be a problem of the localization? The external function to call Google Earth e.g. to show the spot is ok.

]]> By: Manny Gonzalez http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-28254 Manny Gonzalez Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:15:44 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-06-27/503#comment-28254 Jeffrey, Is there a way to add custom EXIF fields? I need to see the FRAME NUMBER EXIF FIELD but cant seem to find it... I have tried the following unsuccessfully: <blockquote> "com.adobe.imageFrame", "com.adobe.imageFrameNumber", "com.adobe.Frame", "com.adobe.FrameNumber", "com.adobe.DXFrameNumber", "com.adobe.DXFrame", "com.adobe.ExifFrameNumber", "com.adobe.ExifFrame", </blockquote> I found this field via Photo Mechanic... and in EXIF I believe it is field number: 0x9211 ImageNumber Thank you Jeffrey,

Is there a way to add custom EXIF fields? I need to see the FRAME NUMBER EXIF FIELD but cant seem to find it…

I have tried the following unsuccessfully:

“com.adobe.imageFrame”,
“com.adobe.imageFrameNumber”,
“com.adobe.Frame”,
“com.adobe.FrameNumber”,
“com.adobe.DXFrameNumber”,
“com.adobe.DXFrame”,
“com.adobe.ExifFrameNumber”,
“com.adobe.ExifFrame”,

I found this field via Photo Mechanic… and in EXIF I believe it is field number:
0×9211 ImageNumber

Thank you

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