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From: Tom on 27 May 2010 03:37
Hi,
I have many old photos where the description is written into the
comment section of the JPG file itself. Is there any way to access
this information when importing those collections into iPhoto? Or
else, is there a way the description of a photo in an iPhoto album can
be inserted into the file itself?
Thanks,
Tom
From: Fred McKenzie on 27 May 2010 21:40
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Tom <flurboglarf(a)mailinator.com> wrote:

> Is there any way to access
> this information when importing those collections into iPhoto? Or
> else, is there a way the description of a photo in an iPhoto album can
> be inserted into the file itself?

Tom-

I understand there are EXIF editor programs, but I've never worked with
one.

In iPhoto, select a photo and then click the Photos - Show Extended
Photo Info in the menu bar at the top. I don't see a comments field
with the EXIF data it provides, but I've never added any comments.

I just found that when you have a photo selected, you can right-click
(Control-Click) on it, select Get Info and see additional information
that you can add and edit.

I also see that you can select File - Get Info (or command-I) for a
photo on the desktop, and you have an editable comments field at the top
of the Info window.

I don't know how these three options might play together.

Fred
From: Tom on 28 May 2010 14:32
On May 28, 3:40 am, Fred McKenzie <fm...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> In iPhoto, select a photo and then click the Photos - Show Extended
> Photo Info in the menu bar at the top.  I don't see a comments field
> with the EXIF data it provides, but I've never added any comments.
In my version of iPhoto (iPhoto '08 v.7.1.5) it says only Show Photo
Info, but anyway, I don't see anything editable there either.
> I just found that when you have a photo selected, you can right-click
> (Control-Click) on it, select Get Info and see additional information
> that you can add and edit.
I don't see that within iPhoto.
> I also see that you can select File - Get Info (or command-I) for a
> photo on the desktop, and you have an editable comments field at the top
> of the Info window.
Yes, but that seems to be again something different. It looks like an
entry for the Spotlight database, whereas the file comments I meant
are apparently in the file itself.
If you happen to have Xee, you can open a photo, then go to File->Get
Info and scroll all the way down in the Info window that opens then.
At the bottom, after EXIF other properties, there is a section
entitled File comments, which is the one that contains the comments I
added in those old (pre-iPhoto) photos of mine; this field is only
present, however, if such a comment has been added, otherwise it is
apparently omitted, so I don't know if it's something intrinsic of the
file format or something added by the program I used for editing.
Tom
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