Scripting Annotations
Does anyone know how to get a list of all the people in the catalog via a script? I'm also looking how to delete a keyword via script.
Here is what I'm trying to do... When I add photos they come from lightroom with people names as keywords. I want to run a script that will look through the keywords and if they are in the list of people already added to the catalog then add the name as a person and remove the name as a keyword.
I can remove the name from the keywords, but then it leaves an empty keyword in the catalog. I want to delete that empty tag.
Any Help would be appreciated.
Here is what I'm trying to do... When I add photos they come from lightroom with people names as keywords. I want to run a script that will look through the keywords and if they are in the list of people already added to the catalog then add the name as a person and remove the name as a keyword.
I can remove the name from the keywords, but then it leaves an empty keyword in the catalog. I want to delete that empty tag.
Any Help would be appreciated.
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Why not put the names in via the People database in Media Pro?
It is that function that has kept me as a fan of the product since iView Pro. From the People database you can then use a script to add the names to the description and to the keywords.
I think it is a brilliant function unmatched elsewhere.
David0 -
What is the people database? I do not know this in MP1 or is it a separate programm?
I'm aware of the 'people' catalog field but that exact what's the original question is about; how to fil it with names residing in the keywords field...
Roelof0 -
Are you using Windows or Mac?
I wrote a Mac script to move selected Keywords to Subject Codes. It could be the basis of a script to do what you want.0 -
[quote="rmoorlag" wrote:
What is the people database? I do not know this in MP1 or is it a separate programm?
I'm aware of the 'people' catalog field but that exact what's the original question is about; how to fil it with names residing in the keywords field...
Roelof
The People catalogue field is a database and is my initial IPTC info location for the majority of my pictures. The database has nearly 6000 judo names with their country and weight category.
Part type a name such as "Sei" and immediately the name Seisenbacher Peter AUT 86kgs comes up or similar names such as Seidle John AUS 100kgs. Once entered the name is permanently attached to the image or catalogue and can be copied to the caption in database format and a comma is then inserted after the surname.
New names are added all the time after an event and may only be used once. If the pictures are being published or going on a website I will then add the names to the Keywords using a script.
David0 -
The People catalogue field is a database and is my initial IPTC info location for the majority of my pictures. The database has nearly 6000 judo names with their country and weight category.
Ok, You are using the EM2 vocabulary editor as a 'database'. However, it's just a flat text file:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25580003/people_txt.JPG
it's even possible to constrain editing to defined terms to avoid typos.
However, i think both your and my remarks are not answering the original question...
Roelof0 -
I think it is a pretty good database and because I keep adding names at every event I can't constrain the names as you might do if you were following a football club or league. It is my ideal first port of call after ingesting with Photo Mechanic and the feature that has kept me using iVPro, EM2 & MP through all its difficulties.
If I was using another catalogue program or LR then, yes, the names would have to be in the Keywords but 6000+! It would be impossible as my pictures go back to the seventies. I think it is a pretty good feature.
David0
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