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FlickExport Aperture > only update metadata in flickr
Hello,
Like several people, I'm sure, I regularly make changes to the pictures in my library not modifying the actual picture (adding tags, ratings, geolocation ...)
I think it would be a good idea to have an option to update only the metadata from an already uploaded picture.
For now, if you want to update any data in a picture, you have to replace this picture.
It can work for a few pictures, but it's unusable if you want to update several hundreds of pictures at once
I could see it working by being replacing the checkbox "replace picture in flickr" with 3 radio buttons : "upload new", "replace picture", "update metadata only".
And if metadata only was selected, you'd skip the uploading (and possibly the image preparation) part...
Maybe i'm not seeing the sdk limitations tough :)
Like several people, I'm sure, I regularly make changes to the pictures in my library not modifying the actual picture (adding tags, ratings, geolocation ...)
I think it would be a good idea to have an option to update only the metadata from an already uploaded picture.
For now, if you want to update any data in a picture, you have to replace this picture.
It can work for a few pictures, but it's unusable if you want to update several hundreds of pictures at once
I could see it working by being replacing the checkbox "replace picture in flickr" with 3 radio buttons : "upload new", "replace picture", "update metadata only".
And if metadata only was selected, you'd skip the uploading (and possibly the image preparation) part...
Maybe i'm not seeing the sdk limitations tough :)
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Inappropriate?I would definitely agree with this. I like to import photos I've taken, upload them right away and then do the tagging and metadata updating. This would help support that workflow.
Thanks.
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Inappropriate?Hello again all,
To follow up on this subject,
I've been busy writing a script that does all that and more :
- Sync back tags from flickr to Aperture,
- Auto set Public/Private status based on a custom tag in aperture)
- Insert a "Stars" tag like this : "1star"->"5stars" based on Aperture's Rating.
that would pave way for an easy way to create "Best pictures" sets...
- Set content type (Screenshot / Photo ...) (also based on a custom "Picture Type" tag)
It works, but it's currently very rough, since I can script but creating a GUI for mac is something else to me :)
For those coders interested, the script is written in Ruby, using rb-appscript (ruby applescript interface), and flickraw (ruby Flickr API).
If somebody wants to help me polish this (maybe somebody with knowledge of rubycocoa), I'd be glad to get help...
I've written that as a class, with usage as follows :
flickrsync = FlickrSync.new
flickrsync.debug=2
flickrsync.actions=%w("sync_tags" "sync_sets" "sync_privacy")
flickrsync.remove_tags_to_flickr = %w(exported_to_flickr)
flickrsync.remove_tags_to_aperture = %w("1 Star" "2 Stars" "3 Stars" "4 Stars")
flickrsync.auth
flickrsync.process_selected
my email is "romain at unity dot fr"... -
Inappropriate?Great idea, Romain! I could really use a way to pull down the thousands of tags I have in Flickr to Aperture as keywords (and even better, keep them in synch). I'll email you to check on progress on this.
I’m excited
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Inappropriate?I was about to suggest this exact idea. Often times people will go back and re-organize / re-tag photos later and it would be great to have the option to only upload the new data, to avoid all the processing and bandwidth required for photo uploads. However, even the 'replace photo' feature of this plugin does NOT update any new metadata (only the photo), which is the bigger problem.
I’m frustrated
