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EXIFnaming 0.0.21

EXIFnaming

Renaming/Ordering/Modifying Photos using exiftool (https://exiftool.org/).
Developed for Panasonic Lumix TZ101 but other models may also work.
You are free to contact me for verifying the support of your Camera model.
Functionalities:

Ordering:
in folders by date

Renaming:
to pattern:
[AbrivationforPlace][YearMonthDay]_[Filenumber][SeriesType][SeriesSubNumber]_[PhotoMode]

Filtering:
move pictures acording to renaming pattern to subfolders.
for expample: all Braket series with 5 pictures to one folder

Tag writing:
write a single csv with minimal information and
let write all tags, title, description and so on into the exif information.

Geotagging

And many more...
Usage:
It is designed to be used via ipython.
You do need at least basic knowlege about python.
The different functions can either be used via the toplevel module or via the submodules.
Naming Conventions:

AbrivationforPlace
can be choosen freely
YearMonthDay
format can be choosen
Filenumber
handled by rename method
shows the number of the picture or the series
SeriesType
handled by rename method
SeriesSubNumber
handled by rename method
shows the number of the picture within this series.
PhotoMode

Scene:
mapping between Advaned Scene names and Abbreviations
Postprocessing:

HDR:

HDR-[HDR-Algorithm-Abr.]
HDR-[HDR-Algorithm-Abr.]-[Tone Mapping-Preset-Abr.]
HDR-[HDR-Algorithm-Abr.]-[Tone Mapping-Preset-Abr.]$[counter]
HDR-[HDR-Algorithm-Abr.]$[[start]-[end]]

examples:

"Colormix" Alorithm: HDR-C
"Natural balanced" Tone Mapping: HDR-C-Nb
secound version of HDR picture: HDR-C$2
HDR picture consists only of the second to fifth picture of bracket series: HDR-C$[2-5]
HDR picture consists of picture with counter 12,14 and 15: HDR-C$[12,14,15]

Panorma:

PANO
PANO-[submode]$[counter]

Tags
can be added to filename
have to be seperated by "_"

EXIF Conventions

Label:
Same as Filename used to retrive Filename if it was changed
Title:
Main Tags, but can be chosen differently
Description:
Contains main Description, Tags and Processing information.
Is Formated in a way that is nicely readable multiline and in plain view
Following Programms can read it: Flickr, FStop (Android), Google Fotos and maybe more
User Comment: Same as Description. Windows can display it.
Keywords/Subject:
Both are used store Tags of the pictures.
Following Programms can read it: Flickr, FStop (Android), Windows and maybe more
Location: xpm LocationCreated is used

EXIFnaming folder structure
The program creates a folder ".EXIFnaming" in your photodirectory:

gps: put here your gpx files for geotagging
infos: information files writen by multilple functions
log: logfiles
saves: renaming writes saves to restore old names
setexif: put here your csv files for tag writing

Camera Models

Can be used basically with all camera models which are supported by https://exiftool.org/
To use specialties of renaming like Series type or Scene mode, there has to be an implemention of ModelBase for your Camera Model
Contact me to improve the support of your Camera Model

Setup
Download https://exiftool.org/.
Then set EXIFnaming.settings.exiftool_directory to the location of the exiftool.exe.
You can do this for example by using .ipython\profile_default\startup\start.py.
Take also a look to other settings.