Rating module - photoshop metadata import?

oddhNP

Joined: 2005-01-18
Posts: 37
Posted: Thu, 2007-05-03 19:05

Hi,

I have a question regarding the rating module. Would it be possible to import ratings from the XMP metadata in jpeg-files created with Photoshop/Lightroom? This is a rating standard most serious amateurs and professional photographers use, and we then put these ratings on the images in our cataloging software.

What I really would like is to give guests a possibility of watching only the images with f.ex. three stars or better.

Please?!?

Regards,
Odd Harald Hansen
 
valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509
Posted: Fri, 2007-05-04 13:57

first you need a tool in g2 that can read XMP data.
our existing exif/iptc module can't. but we're planning to add XMP support...but that can take months until someone starts implementing it.

second, you need to add a API for the rating module such that other modules can set / change rating after reading out XMP data.

third, i'm not sure whether the rating module of G2 is related to the XMP rating data.
the rating module is there such that users / visitors can rate items. each item receives hundreds of ratings and we show the average.
the XMP rating data is probably a single value by a single person. that's just an assumption. but i think it's not quite the same.

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oddhNP

Joined: 2005-01-18
Posts: 37
Posted: Mon, 2007-05-07 20:01

Hi Valiant,

thanks for giving the status. I think you are right that I need another type of rating module than the one that exists.
One way for me to make a preliminar functionality on my web-page is to create keywords called "3 Stars", "4 Stars" etc. The problem then is that I can only search on one keyword at a time, so there won't be a way for guests to look at "all 3 stars images of churches" for example.

Hopefully someone starts building this with some time, I will look for it!