Flag to see at first glance if image contains IPTC data

[gt13013]

In thumbnails view, I would appreciate a way to see at first glance which images contain IPTC data and which images do not.

Is there a way to get this information in IrfanView?

If not, some small flag could be a solution.
For an example, see in this old documentation (Pixvue does not exist anymore) http://snipurl.com/cp8bo :
- page 3 (central image, with big thumbnails)
- page 4 (upper image, even the small icons had flags in Pixvue)
- pages 11 and 12 (for the different flags that were used in Pixvue)

Gerard

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Well, it is already there, sort of. In thumbnail options you can select numerous different codes to decide what information to show in the Thumbnail tooltip.

Important/interesting IPTC tags/placeholders, according to IPTC specification:



Placeholder Tag name/function



$I5 - Object Name

$I7 - Edit Status

$I10 - Priority

$I15 - Category

$I20 - Supplemental Category

$I25 - Keywords

$I30 - Release Date

$I35 - Release Time

$I40 - Special Instructions

$I45 - Reference Service

$I47 - Reference Date

$I50 - Reference Number

$I55 - Created Date

$I60 - Created Time

$I65 - Originating Program

$I70 - Program Version

$I75 - Object Cycle

$I80 - Byline (Author)

$I85 - Byline Title

$I90 - City

$I92 - Sublocation

$I95 - Province State

$I100 - Country Code

$I101 - Country

$I103 - Original Transmission Reference

$I105 - Headline

$I110 - Credit

$I115 - Source

$I116 - Copyright

$I120 - Caption

$I121 - Local Caption

$I122 - Caption Writer

[gt13013]

@ Bhikkhu Pesala

Yes, I know this feature, but it does not answer my question.

By the way, do you know a way to get the "popping" information stay longer on the screen? It would be nice if it was staying on screen as long as the mouse pointer stays on the thumbnail... Very often I do not have the time to read the information before it goes away.

Thanks,
Gerard

[Skippybox]

Not really. You can search for files with certain IPTC data using CTRL+F. You can also enter IPTC codes in the thumbnail options to see the data while doing a mouse-over. You can also just press CTRL+I for the IPTC. But, no super quick ways.

XnView will show icons for different data on thumbnails and is probably great for what you are after. PixVue should still be available on the web, too.

[gt13013]

@ Skippybox,

Yes, Pixvue is available on my website for instance ;-) http://snipurl.com/cpfx7
But I get problems when trying to use it with Vista.

Thanks for the Xnview information. But since I use Irfanview for years and have some experience with it, I would prefer an Irfanview's solution.

Perhaps it could be some feature to add to the future versions...

[Skippybox]

Did you see the screenshot of XnView? What do you think?

[gt13013]

Yes, it seems exactly what I would like to get in Irfanview.
Thanks

[gt13013]

After some attempts to use XnView, I definitively prefer to use Irfanview.
That is the reason why I reiterate my "Feature request":

1) For the thumbnails view, please add a flag showing at first glance which images contain IPTC data. This flag could be placed at the bottom of the image, near the file name.

2) In the thumbnails view, make the information poping on screen stay as long as the mouse stays on the thumbnail.

Thanks,
Gerard

[silber1]

This thread helped me a lot.
Irfanview has so many nice and universal features, that such a flag would be an other great feature!
I have hundreds of scanned transpries and old photos which have many information about their contents.
I want to preserve this information by using TPTC into my jpg's.
Irfranview is a great help for doing that. I tried many other programs, but all have some shortcome using IPTC.

So I will strongly support gt13013 proposal and desire to have such a little flag for all pictures which have any TPTC date added.

Gerhard

[gt13013]

Hello,
I just would like to recall this feature that I suggested 1 year ago:
I would find very helpful if some flag could appear in thumbnails view, just below the thumbnails, telling immediately if the image already has IPTC metadata, or not.