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sjaszczak
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EXIF extractor
      #653887 - 11/05/2008 13:03

Hi guys,

Am thinking of building a database for my photos in Excel.

First question: Does anyone know of any good ready-made programmes that are free? If not then I'll just do my own.

Second question: Are there any good EXIF extractors that I can use to get all the useful info from large batches of photos and export into a csv file so I can get it into Excel easily?

Also, if any of you would like to pass on any opinions on how best to catalogue photos, that would also be appreciated. I know that's a matter of personal preference but it's tricky for me to decide!

Thanks,

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beejaybee
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Re: EXIF extractor [Re: sjaszczak]
      #653915 - 11/05/2008 15:02

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if any of you would like to pass on any opinions on how best to catalogue photos


Make a directory for each subject / group & symbolically link all the images which belong into it. (One image may appear in many directories without eating up disk space).

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john_g
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Re: EXIF extractor [Re: beejaybee]
      #653918 - 11/05/2008 15:41

This may be at least a partial answer to your second question: http://www.photome.de/home_en.html

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john_g
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Re: EXIF extractor [Re: sjaszczak]
      #653920 - 11/05/2008 15:52

Or, having just done a simple search for "EXIF" and "Excel", maybe this will do exactly what you want and, even if it doesn't, you can probably easily hack it into shape.

http://www.wordfactory.nl/mb/g1/wfexifman.html

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RDW
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Re: EXIF extractor [Re: sjaszczak]
      #653976 - 11/05/2008 18:54

Quote:

Hi guys,


Second question: Are there any good EXIF extractors that I can use to get all the useful info from large batches of photos and export into a csv file so I can get it into Excel easily?

Thanks,



I use ExifTool for this kind of thing:

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/exiftool_pod.html

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