Sunday, May 16, 2010

Iphoto 09 - Update available

Iphoto 09

Requirements

  • Mac OSX 10.4.2 or higher;
  • ExifTool. You can download ExifTool for Mac OS at the url ExifTool Page
  • (Optional, use it if your photos are stored out of iphoto library folder) resolveAlias perl script. Download version 1.1 at resolveAlias Download Link
  • Java Virtual Machine.You need also a Java Virtual Machine installed on your MAC: Sun Java Home Page. Probably you have already a java VM installed on your MAC;
  • IphotoToIPTC (this tool). Download version 2 at IPhotoToIPTC Download Link

Please report any bugs or suggestions.

Usage:
Simply unzip IPhotoToIPTC.zip in a MyFolder folder and from a shell type:
java -jar MyFolder/IPhotoToIPTC/Iphoto09ToIPTC.jar
or right click on the jar file and Open With Jar Launcher
When the java frame is open, open the Iphoto Library and enjoy it!!!

STEP 1: Install ExifTool and verify you have correctly installed a Java Virtual Machine
STEP2: Copy resolveAlias script in your /usr/bin folder.

Example: Open a terminal, and if you have downloaded resolveAlias in Downloads:

cd Downloads

chmod +x resolveAlias

sudo cp resolveAlias /usr/bin (osx will prompt for password)

STEP 3: Launch the application








Step 5: Customize your settings. If you use external files, check the 'Use External Files' box.
Choose backup dir (not mandatory), year to process. The checkbox 'process only empty tags' is useful if you don't wont to process images already tagged (that you know have not been modified). Use it for a faster use.
If you like my tool please consider a donation !!!


Saturday, November 14, 2009

IPhotoToIPTC ver 2 (for Iphoto 09 OSX )

NEW: Iphoto 09 Support !!!!!!!!!!

Requirements

  • Mac OSX 10.4.2 or higher;
  • ExifTool. You can download ExifTool for Mac OS at the url ExifTool Page
  • (Optional, use it if your photos are stored out of iphoto library folder) resolveAlias perl script. Download version 1.1 at resolveAlias Download Link
  • Java Virtual Machine.You need also a Java Virtual Machine installed on your MAC: Sun Java Home Page. Probably you have already a java VM installed on your MAC;
  • IphotoToIPTC (this tool). Download version 2 at IPhotoToIPTC Download Link

Please report any bugs or suggestions.

Usage:
Simply unzip IPhotoToIPTC.zip in a MyFolder folder and from a shell type:
java -jar MyFolder/IPhotoToIPTC/Iphoto09ToIPTC.jar
or right click on the jar file and Open With Jar Launcher
When the java frame is open, open the Iphoto Library and enjoy it!!!

STEP 1: Install ExifTool and verify you have correctly installed a Java Virtual Machine
STEP2: Copy resolveAlias script in your /usr/bin folder.

Example: Open a terminal, and if you have downloaded resolveAlias in Downloads:

cd Downloads

chmod +x resolveAlias

sudo cp resolveAlias /usr/bin (osx will prompt for password)

STEP 3: Launch the application








Step 5: Customize your settings. If you use external files, check the 'Use External Files' box.
Choose backup dir (not mandatory), year to process. The checkbox 'process only empty tags' is useful if you don't wont to process images already tagged (that you know have not been modified). Use it for a faster use.
If you like my tool please consider a donation !!!



Tuesday, October 27, 2009

IphotoToIPTC for IPhoto 09 Coming soon

Need to copy Iphoto 09 Keywords to image file IPTC tags ?

A new version of IPhotoToIPTC java tool will be available in a few days.

It supports:

- Iphoto 09 library extension;
- Tagging by year;
- Original images backup while tagging;

Next steps:
- Tagging by keyword (you can choose to process only images containing a certain keyword);
- Tagging by event (only images belonging a certain event)

Stay tuned!!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

IphotoToIPTC ver 1.1 for MAC OS X (10.4 or later)

IphotoToIPTC ver 1.1 for MAC OS X (10.4 or later)

This version supports EXTERNAL IMAGE FILES (OSX ALIAS). Now you can update tags when you store images in external folder.

This tool uses ExifTool to copy Iphoto 08 Keywords to original image file. Note that IphotoToIPTC is not compatible with previous versions of IPhoto !!!

Requirements
Please report any bug or suggestions.



Usage:

Simply unzip Iphoto08ToIPTC.zip in a MyFolder folder and from a shell type:

java -jar MyFolder/IPhotoToIPTC/Iphoto08ToIPTC_1.jar

or right click on the jar file and Open With Jar Launcher

When the java frame is open, open the Iphoto Library and enjoy it!!!



STEP 1: Install ExifTool and verify you have correctly installed a Java Virtual Machine

STEP2: Copy resolveAlias script in your /usr/bin folder. Example: Open a terminal, and if you have downloaded resolveAlias in Downloads:
cd Downloads
chmod +x resolveAlias
sudo cp resolveAlias /usr/bin
(osx will prompt password)

STEP 3: Launch the application











STEP 4
: Choose IPhoto Library
















Step 5:
Customize your settings
If you use external files, check the 'Use External Files' box.

Choose backup dir (not mandatory), year to process. The checkbox 'process only empty tags' is useful if you don't wont to process images already tagged (that you know have not been modified). Use it for a faster use.


If you like my tool please consider a donation !!!






Saturday, January 10, 2009

Iphoto 08 to Image File keyword manager (for MAC OS X)

IphotoToIPTC ver 1.0 for MAC OS X (10.4 or later)

This tool uses ExifTool to copy Iphoto 08 Keywords to original image file. Note that IphotoToIPTC is not compatible with previous versions of IPhoto !!!

Requirements
  • ExifTool. You can download ExifTool for Mac OS at the url ExifTool Page
  • Java Virtual Machine.You need also a Java Virtual Machine installed on your MAC: Sun Java Home Page. Probably you have already a java VM installed on your MAC.
  • IphotoToIPTC (this tool). Download version 1.0 at IPhotoToIPTC Download Link
Please report any bug or suggestions.



Usage:

Simply unzip Iphoto08ToIPTC.zip in a MyFolder folder and from a shell type:

java -jar MyFolder/IPhotoToIPTC/Iphoto08ToIPTC_1.jar

or right click on the jar file and Open With Jar Launcher

When the java frame is open, open the Iphoto Library and enjoy it!!!

STEP 1: Install ExifTool and verify you have correctly installed a Java Virtual Machine

STEP 2: Launch the application











STEP 3
: Choose IPhoto Library
















Step 4:
Customize your settings

Choose backup dir (not mandatory), year to process. The checkbox 'process only empty tags' is useful if you don't wont to process images already tagged (that you know have not been modified). Use it for a faster use.


If you like my tool please consider a donation !!!