JPEG tagging

Hi all,

I have noticed recently that XP can 'tag' JPEG images with various bits of
information just like the info you can add to MP3 files. I have a freeware
MP3 taggin program that allows me to tag MP3 files easily and quickly. Does
anyone know if there is a tagging program for JPEG images? I've done a
search and not come up with much. Also, does anyone know if, when doing a
file search, you can search within the tags?

Thanks for any help.

Matt

The Stoat wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have noticed recently that XP can 'tag' JPEG images
> with various bits of information just like the info you
> can add to MP3 files. I have a freeware MP3 taggin
> program that allows me to tag MP3 files easily and
> quickly. Does anyone know if there is a tagging program
> for JPEG images? I've done a search and not come up with
> much. Also, does anyone know if, when doing a file
> search, you can search within the tags?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Matt
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Right click an image file or a selected
group of image files...

From the menu...choose...Properties /
Summary tab / Advanced button.

Under...Description...choose a category
and start typing. This info can be searched
for and if you open a folder and choose...
View / Details... you can see the info in
the right pane.

Search...
All files and folders / A word or phrase in the file...

A long list of categories (columns) can be
added if you right click the Column bar
and select your choices.

Also you may like the MS Digital Image
Suite 2006 Library. A 60 day evaluation
version can be downloaded from the
following link:

Unlike the retail version...the trial does not
have the ability to create VCDs and does
not support RAW files.

Microsoft Digital Image
Starter Edition 2006
http://tinyurl.com/8x6ea

Be aware that it's a 109 MB download....

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

John,

I never realized that all of this fascinating data is stored with a digital
camera .jpg file! I just checked properties and found my exposure times,
f-stops, exposure compensation, ...

I manually filled in some subjects and keywords for individual images.
However, when I go back and click the details view of files in a folder (and
display columns with subject and keyword details) my manually entered
SUBJECT data appears but there is nothing under the KEYWORDS column. Is
this a bug? I have XP Pro.

I would like to use Windows Picture and Fax viewer as a simple way of doing
a slide show on my computer. However, I can't figure out how to control the
order in which the slides are shown. I can sort the images on the basis of
information in one of the detail columns, such as the date/time picture was
taken. But I would like more custom control. I could manually enter slide
order as a number under "subject" and then sort on subject prior to running
the slide show - but that takes a lot of work and order changes would be
tedious. Any ideas?

Thanks,

DaveC

DaveC wrote:
> I manually filled in some subjects and keywords for
> individual images. However, when I go back and click the
> details view of files in a folder (and display columns
> with subject and keyword details) my manually entered
> SUBJECT data appears but there is nothing under the
> KEYWORDS column. Is this a bug? I have XP Pro.
========================================
My keywords don't show in the column either
but I am able to search for them. Sorry...I have
no explanation for that.
========================================
> I would like to use Windows Picture and Fax viewer as a
> simple way of doing a slide show on my computer.
> However, I can't figure out how to control the order in
> which the slides are shown. I can sort the images on the
> basis of information in one of the detail columns, such
> as the date/time picture was taken. But I would like
> more custom control. I could manually enter slide order
> as a number under "subject" and then sort on subject
> prior to running the slide show - but that takes a lot of
> work and order changes would be tedious. Any ideas?
=========================================
Try opening your folder in the Filmstrip View
and left click/drag the files into the order you like.

After you arrange the images the way you want
them, WinXP can batch re-number them. Just
select all the images and then right click the
"first one" and choose Rename. (If you prefer
not to rename your original files...just make
a new folder and copy your images into it)

Birthday (1).jpg

windows will re-number the rest.....

Birthday (1).jpg
Birthday (2).jpg
Birthday (3).jpg


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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

The following info was previously posted
by Yves...maybe it will offer some ideas also:

=====
When you rearrange your thumbnails by drag and drop they will stay in
the
order and the slide show will play them in this order. However, if you
close
the folder and open it again you will find that your rearrangement is
lost.
This is because any software open files in numerical/alphabetical order.
To change this, you can rename the files so they open in the order you
want.
You make the arrangement you want in your folder.
You select all the pictures in the folder (hold the Ctrl key down and
press
the letter A). All the photos are now highlitghted.
Right click on the FIRST photo in the folder.
Click on Rename on the opening menu.
Change the name of the file to something you can recognized, say:
2002Christmas (1).jpg
Note that there is a space between the s and (
and that .jpg must be there.
Now, you press Enter.
All the files will be renamed automatically:
2002Christmas (1).jpg
2002Christmas (2).jpg
etc. in the order you placed your thumbnails.
They will now open in this order in any software

Now you can push this trick further.
Suppose you have pictures of Christmas, New Year and Easter in the same
folder and you want to display them in that order for a slide show but
you
still want to recognize them as Chistmas, NewYear and Easter by file
name.
You select all the Chistmas pictures, after arranging them in the order
you
want, right click on the first one and rename it
1_2002Christmas (1).jpg and press Enter
You do the same for New Year and rename
2_2002NewYear (1).jpg and press Enter
You do the same for Easter and rename
3_2002Easter (1).jpg and press Enter
Close the folder and open it again to verify your new order.
The order will be Christmas, NewYear, Easter instead of Christmas,
Easter,
NewYear if you had just renamed Christmas (1).jpg NewYear (10.jpg and
Easter
(1).jpg
Since you can rename a group of files any time you want you can change
the
order again as you add new pictures in this folder. Simple to remember,
files are sorted in numerical order first and then alphabetical order,
so
just use numbers in front.
====


> DaveC wrote:
>> I manually filled in some subjects and keywords for
>> individual images. However, when I go back and click the
>> details view of files in a folder (and display columns
>> with subject and keyword details) my manually entered
>> SUBJECT data appears but there is nothing under the
>> KEYWORDS column. Is this a bug? I have XP Pro.
> ========================================
> My keywords don't show in the column either
> but I am able to search for them. Sorry...I have
> no explanation for that.
> ========================================
>> I would like to use Windows Picture and Fax viewer as a
>> simple way of doing a slide show on my computer.
>> However, I can't figure out how to control the order in
>> which the slides are shown. I can sort the images on the
>> basis of information in one of the detail columns, such
>> as the date/time picture was taken. But I would like
>> more custom control. I could manually enter slide order
>> as a number under "subject" and then sort on subject
>> prior to running the slide show - but that takes a lot of
>> work and order changes would be tedious. Any ideas?
> =========================================
> Try opening your folder in the Filmstrip View
> and left click/drag the files into the order you like.
>
> After you arrange the images the way you want
> them, WinXP can batch re-number them. Just
> select all the images and then right click the
> "first one" and choose Rename. (If you prefer
> not to rename your original files...just make
> a new folder and copy your images into it)
>
> Birthday (1).jpg
>
> windows will re-number the rest.....
>
> Birthday (1).jpg
> Birthday (2).jpg
> Birthday (3).jpg



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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

John,

I have already thought of renaming the image files with an index number,
but I don't want to do it automatically and loose my original names - which
I use for photo titles. Also tried rearranging the thumbnails. Irritating
that the order can be lost so easily.

I have downloaded a copy of Exifer and am now experimenting with adding and
changing exif data including date/time picture taken. My slide show is
basicaly chronological so I could use this date/time except I want to insert
some new slides. I should be able to give the new slides a phony date/time
that inserts them where I want.

I presume that some slide show software must do this easily, but from
reading the online documentation I can't determine that. The software
packages do a lot of really fancy stuff, but maybe they have overlooked the
simple stuff.

Thanks,

DaveC

Keywords isn't a property Explorer looks for.

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"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message news:%239ONrjn6FHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> DaveC wrote:
>> I manually filled in some subjects and keywords for
>> individual images. However, when I go back and click the
>> details view of files in a folder (and display columns
>> with subject and keyword details) my manually entered
>> SUBJECT data appears but there is nothing under the
>> KEYWORDS column. Is this a bug? I have XP Pro.
> ========================================
> My keywords don't show in the column either
> but I am able to search for them. Sorry...I have
> no explanation for that.
> ========================================
>> I would like to use Windows Picture and Fax viewer as a
>> simple way of doing a slide show on my computer.
>> However, I can't figure out how to control the order in
>> which the slides are shown. I can sort the images on the
>> basis of information in one of the detail columns, such
>> as the date/time picture was taken. But I would like
>> more custom control. I could manually enter slide order
>> as a number under "subject" and then sort on subject
>> prior to running the slide show - but that takes a lot of
>> work and order changes would be tedious. Any ideas?
> =========================================
> Try opening your folder in the Filmstrip View
> and left click/drag the files into the order you like.
>
> After you arrange the images the way you want
> them, WinXP can batch re-number them. Just
> select all the images and then right click the
> "first one" and choose Rename. (If you prefer
> not to rename your original files...just make
> a new folder and copy your images into it)
>
> Birthday (1).jpg
>
> windows will re-number the rest.....
>
> Birthday (1).jpg
> Birthday (2).jpg
> Birthday (3).jpg
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
> How to ask a newsgroup question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>

David Candy wrote:
> Keywords isn't a property Explorer looks for.
================================
Must be why they don't show up )

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

If you use Office's Find (File Open Dialog - Click Tools on toolbar for a menu - Find ..) allows searching on all OLE properties.

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> David Candy wrote:
>> Keywords isn't a property Explorer looks for.
> ================================
> Must be why they don't show up )
>
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>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
> How to ask a newsgroup question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>