[ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor

alan c aeclist at candt.waitrose.com
Thu May 10 15:22:07 UTC 2012


On 10/05/12 16:06, Philip Stubbs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a large quantity of scanned images that I would like to tag
> somehow. I could use a program like Shotwell, but the tags etc are
> stored in a database and not in the files. What I really want to be
> able to do is have a program that will load the image and display it,
> and have a couple of input boxes for a description and tags to be
> added. These can be saved in the Title and User Comments tags.
>
> If I cant find a program that can do it directly, I am thinking it may
> not be too difficult to have write a script that goes through the
> Shotwell database and adds the tags, but I don't want to re-invent the
> wheel.

I have a similar need, I think, because I have been asked to 'add 
subtitles' to photographs an dI heard that Title text can be added via 
exif - is this correct I wonder?
-- 
alan cocks



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