Build 1048 - How to update Description when updated via Exiftool

[fhahn]

I have about 1500 pictures that were already in Daminion that I needed to update the Description field. Instead of doing them a few at a time in Dominion, I created a CSV file and used Exiftool to update this Description field via the command line.

 

I have not been able to get Daminion to recognize the changes.

 

I have tried clicking on the "Show Un-Synced Files" menu item thinking it might show a list of the files that had different data. Nothing was displayed.

 

I then clicked on a folder that had updated files, selected all of the files in the middle thumbnail preview, and then selected "Read Tags from File." This also did not update the Description.

 

I then deleted the folder, had Daminion remove the files from the catalog, and then rescanned the folder. The old descriptions came back.

 

The only way I could get Daminion to see the updated Description field was to delete old data from the file using ExifToolGUI. I emptied the XMP:Description filed and then had Daminion read the tag data and then it found the new data.

 

Here is an example of the CSV file that I used:

 

SourceFile,ImageDescription,

d:/backups/photos/1997/canon_elan/roll007/1997.10.01_-_img_0150.jpg,Halloween at the YMCA,

d:/backups/photos/1997/canon_elan/roll007/1997.10.01_-_img_0151.jpg,Halloween at the YMCA,

 

The field that I updated via exiftool would be the Exif:ImageDescription field.

 

Is there a better way to get Daminion to recognize data changes in the file?

 

Should I be updating multiple fields in the photos when using Exiftool?

 

Thanks.

 

Frank Hahn

[Murat]

Hello Frank

 

Daminion reads Description from multiple metadata fields according to the below list:

 

• XMP:DC:Description
  
• IPTC:Caption
  
• EXIF:ImageDescription
   
  

 

More info here

 

So you need to update the XMP:DC:Description field to update the file description by "Read Tags from File" or "Rescan Folders" command.

 

Please take into account that the "Import from CSV" command works for newly importing files only. It will not update your tags if the files are already existed in your catalog.

[fhahn]

Thanks for the tip. I created a new CSV file with the additional columns and let exiftool do its job.

 

The one thing I had to change was the field name of XMP:DC:Description. I had to change it to XMP-DC:Description. I replaced the first colon with a dash.

 

Frank Hahn