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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Picasa "Sunset" version - Mini-Review and anchor-point

« Last post by tomos on March 16, 2018, 06:27 AM »

Related thread:
Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences
re
what works and what doesnt when syncing between Picasa and google photos (in particular related to scanned images).

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Picasa "Sunset" version - Mini-Review and anchor-point

« Last post by tomos on March 16, 2018, 06:23 AM »

in Options, I have 'Store name tags in photos' selected, but I cannot actually find this info anywhere in the file (using ExifToolsGUI, which in the past has found everything for me).

-tomos (February 17, 2018, 03:44 PM)

I have since found the name tags using ExifToolsGUI -- I dont know did it not initially show due to user error or maybe a delay in Picasa actually writing the info to the file. FWIW / unfortunately Photo Supreme image organiser (formerly idImager) does not show the info.

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Living Room / Re: Need help translating old German documents

« Last post by tomos on March 16, 2018, 04:59 AM »

Sent you a link to a copy with some info/translations.
I see above you say you cannot read the names or dates in the document -- have another look, if you still cant, I can manage that as well (as said per PM I do have problems with handwritten German, not used to it, but names and dates were readable for me).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Kirby Alarm 2.11 Reminders keep getting deleted after re-start ???

« Last post by tomos on March 14, 2018, 06:25 PM »

Probably helpful to give more info:
you posted about Kirby Alarm lately didnt you? A link to that would be helpful. FWIW I remember from that thread that is is no longer updated.

What OS?
Installed programme or portable?
What did you reinstall -- OS or Kirby?

That's a start

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Living Room / Re: [Breaking News] Prof. Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.

« Last post by tomos on March 14, 2018, 04:39 AM »

RIP 

-rgdot (March 13, 2018, 11:34 PM)

I sort of imagine him floating/flying around black holes and checking things out -- like in Interstellar

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Living Room / Re: Need help translating old German documents

« Last post by tomos on March 14, 2018, 04:27 AM »

Are they written in a legible script/font -- I mean legible to you/me ?
If it's anything like this https://en.wikipedia.../Blackletter#Germany or if it's handwritten and difficult to read, I wouldnt even try.
If it is readable, I would be willing to have a look at them and see if I can give an idea of they're about. Due to time it would probably take, I wouldn't offer to do a full translation.

Disclaimer: I'm not the best candidate, German not being my native language. I am fluent in "everyday" German, but this sounds like a different kettle of fish. Note also that translating documents can be *very* time-consuming -- why I wouldnt offer to actually translate everything anyway. Let me know if you're interested on those terms.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Nuke my SSD to use again?

« Last post by tomos on March 12, 2018, 11:50 AM »

33 answers there - any chance of a summary?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on March 11, 2018, 05:56 AM »

BTW, one good website that may be useful to you for Picasa and Google Photo is : https://sites.google...ite/picasaresources/

-jity2 (March 08, 2018, 05:52 AM)

belated thanks jity2:
have found helpful tips from there when searching. It's a difficult subject because of all the changes google have made over the last few years.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How can i add text or a Jpg image to 'Explorer' pane , see Example Below

« Last post by tomos on March 09, 2018, 04:10 PM »

I dont think that's possible.

There are two indicators of where you're at in terms of drives:

• the address bar -- as in your screenshot
• the tree in the left panel (cropped in your screenshot, shown below)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easy way to rename a file using the contents of a text file in batch or script

« Last post by tomos on March 08, 2018, 05:37 AM »

Not exactly what you're looking for, but may be of interest:

-tomos (March 08, 2018, 05:12 AM)

actually best go read that thread: there are various other suggestions there

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on March 08, 2018, 05:28 AM »

recovering info added in the info panel in google photo (i.e. info added online: this is not synced back to Picasa)

-tomos (March 07, 2018, 08:05 AM)

"how to" answered in Reply #1 above
https://www.donation....msg417413#msg417413

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easy way to rename a file using the contents of a text file in batch or script

« Last post by tomos on March 08, 2018, 05:12 AM »

Not exactly what you're looking for, but may be of interest:

Hi all,
How could I do the following?
I have a folder with files and a text file with a list of names (actually it's a spreadsheet with two columns)
What I'd want to do is to drag and drop each file to a listbox so it gets renamed

-kilele (December 22, 2016, 01:17 AM)

I had to rename a bunch of files using a text list just this week.
Used Oscar's Renamer after a 2006 (!) recommendation here on dc.
it isnt in development, but is still being sold
I used the trial -- it worked on Windows 7 x64
it was very fussy: wouldn't work for a while, I think possibly because of an extra carriage return at the bottom of the list of new names. But it did work in the end.

Also found a couple of sites showing how to do it using spreadsheet (and?). Can check my desktop history later and post link/s.

-tomos (December 22, 2016, 01:53 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2018, 01:58 PM »

Ok, what I meant more specifically is that if the filenames have some consistent date strings, for example "20161001183503.jpg", "2016-10-01.jpg" or "161001 tag tag.jpg" or some such then it would be easy to with a script copy those date strings to each file's EXIF.

-Nod5 (March 07, 2018, 01:41 PM)

yes, I got that -
I also didnt like the idea of having to add the (estimated) date string to each file name. Possibly a better solution in the long run, but is going to take a lot of time for 1500 photos.
I'm considering it though, mainly because it will make the naming system more extensible.

EDIT// I was starting to add date tags, e.g. 1953-09-00 for Sept '53 -- but I gave up fairly quickly (it's just mind-numbing doing that again and again...)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2018, 08:35 AM »

Then using Lintalist's script, I renamed (numbered) the files based on their new sequence.

-tomos (March 07, 2018, 08:23 AM)

the problem with numbering sequentially is if you want to add new images to the collection - i.e. it's not extensible.
I havent really thought about any solutions for this...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2018, 08:23 AM »

I went to a lot of effort (to be described below: with the help of dc user Lintalist) to manually sort the scans, and rename them according to a correct timeline. You upload your images to gphoto and they are only sorted by date, so you need a workaround. You can manually move an image in gphotos, but it is not a particularly user friendly process, and not really feasible for hundreds of pics anyway.
The workaround is to change the date field to the same date-time on all relevant files

Isn't there a lot of manual work involved to shift/edit dates for many files in Google Photos? If you already have the images locally with datestrings in the filenames then an alternative approach would be to change the exif metadata date strings to match those in the filename and then reupload in bulk to Google Photos. If the datestring in the filename has the same format for all files then a pretty simple script could do the trick.

-Nod5 (March 07, 2018, 08:17 AM)

yes, that sounds good:
I manually sorted the files locally: in thumbnail view in my filemanager (dopus) -- which took a lot of work too, but was the easiest solution for me (I think). I was dealing with images that went back as far as the 1880's, most though were 1950 to 1980. So a lot of it was guess-work i.e. no definite date for majority of the images.
Then using Lintalist's script, I renamed (numbered) the files based on their new sequence.

Edit// made the text you quoted a bit clearer in OP (that I did the manual sorting locally with filemanager)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2018, 08:07 AM »

reserved

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2018, 08:07 AM »

Re: Recovering info added in the Info field/panel in google photo (i.e. info added online: this is not synced back to Picasa)

• If you add text to the Description field it is shown online in google photos in the info field
• The field is called 'Caption' in Picasa: but is only shown if the field already has content
• It appears to have different names depending on what app you are using (more thumbs down)

Via Windows Explorer (Win.7):
Right-click file >Properties (or simply Alt+Enter). On the Details tab, the field is shown as 'Subject'. I could not find the field using Windows Explorer's columns (Win.7), well I found a 'Subject' field but it was empty.

Via Dopus viewer: Edit Metadata (from context menu) has it under 'Document properties'




Now, online you can add text to the Info field, but is not saved in the photo -- not is it synced back to Picasa.

Don't know if it'll download any added photo info but you can try Google data download (Link - need to sign in).

You can export and download your data from the Google products you use, like your email, calendar, and photos.

-4wd (January 22, 2018, 06:47 PM)

that did work!
The info comes through as a .json file e.g.
Photo-name.jpg.json

Spoiler

Code: Text [Select]

1. {
2.   "title": "1936 xxxx.jpg",
3.   "description": "1936 Jack and Neil, 1st and 2nd from left. Back of photo: \"xxxx - June 28-1936\". Additional info here please.",
4.   "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/.../1936%2Bxxxx.jpg",
5.   "imageViews": "0",
6.   "creationTime": {
7.     "timestamp": "1516701602",
8.     "formatted": "23 Jan 2018, 10:00:02 UTC"
9.   },
10.   "modificationTime": {
11.     "timestamp": "1516701796",
12.     "formatted": "23 Jan 2018, 10:03:16 UTC"
13.   },
14.   "geoData": {
15.     "latitude": 0.0,
16.     "longitude": 0.0,
17.     "altitude": 0.0,
18.     "latitudeSpan": 0.0,
19.     "longitudeSpan": 0.0
20.   },
21.   "geoDataExif": {
22.     "latitude": 0.0,
23.     "longitude": 0.0,
24.     "altitude": 0.0,
25.     "latitudeSpan": 0.0,
26.     "longitudeSpan": 0.0
27.   }
28. }

Which leads to the next question:

is there any software that will show the photo and read the info in the json file simultaneously?

-tomos (January 23, 2018, 04:56 AM)

this solution below was suggested by ayryq
Disclaimer: I havent tried it yet

ExifTool might do this automatically? I haven't tested it but see the following thread:
http://u88.n24.queen...dex.php?topic=8154.0

And get the executable from:
http://owl.phy.queen...u.ca/~phil/exiftool/

To clarify: What the command-line ExifTool will do is read the description from the json file(s), and write it to the metadata attached to the picture(s). Then you'll have to find another program that lets you view them together (though this should be easy).

-ayryq (January 23, 2018, 11:14 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Scanned photos from Picasa to google Photo: experiences

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2018, 08:05 AM »

EDIT//
Bad news:
Google has disabled Picasa's ability to upload / download / sync photos to google photo.

The Picasa Desktop application will no longer support uploading or downloading photos and videos, creating online albums, or deleting online photos, videos and albums...
If you want to upload photos and videos to Google Photos, you can use Backup and Sync at photos.google.com/apps.

https://productforum...c/picasa/brvRowxSDcM
//EDIT

Sharing scanned photos:
from Picasa to google Photo (& back again) and related stories...

Goal:
to upload / share a large collection of scanned (family) photos, ideally allowing others to comment;
also to be able to share subsets of same images, (ideally via albums created in picasa)

Uploaded 1500 family photos to google Photo (henceforth 'gphoto') over the last couple of months. It's been a challenge, to say the least, and not at all as successful as I would have hoped. But the photos are up, and shared, so I'm happy to have gotten that far.

Here some info about the problems, in the hope that it will help anyone else trying to do something similar.

Google photo will only sort photos by the date the picture was taken.
This is logical for photos, but not so much for scans -- even if you are super-organised it's difficult to get the correct sequence before scanning.
Summary of solution:
make date-time the same for relevant photos; sort by name; re-upload -- there are very important details below: read on if you're going to do this.

I went to a lot of effort (to be described below: with the help of dc user Lintalist) to manually sort the scans locally using my filemanager, and rename them according to a correct timeline. You upload your images to gphoto and they are only sorted by date, so you need a workaround. You can manually move an image in gphotos, but it is not a particularly user friendly process, and not really feasible for hundreds of pics anyway.
The workaround is to change the date field to the same date-time on all relevant files:

• in Picasa:
  First turn off the sync button for the album in Picasa.
  Then select all images in the relevant album or folder that you want to sort by name in gphoto. If focus is in the album or folder, Ctrl+A will do the job.
  menu: Tools > Adjust date and time -- add your new date, and select "Set all photos to the same date and time"
• in google Photo:
  select your images - in the top right corner click the three dots menu: >Edit date and time

Unfortunately, if your pics are already uploaded, they will not resort in gphoto (way to go google):
Then you will have to delete the images online (ensure the sync button is set to 'off' for the album in Picasa first) -- I deleted the online album too (there may be a workaround for this, but if you dont delete the album, and turn on sync for the album in Picasa -- the photos are also removed from the album in Picasa -- the pics were not deleted locally, but I would be very careful here in case: !!backups!! ).
=>
The Picasa album remembers the older date sort, and may default to it, so make sure the album is sorted by name before you turn sync on.
menu: Album/Folder > Sort by name
Then, when you do sync, they will sort by name on gphoto.

To be continued with the topics:

• showing related info (metadata) in the online image (description / caption field)
• face recognition not recognised in gphoto (but album can be downloaded to a local Picasa to read this info - mostly works...)
• manually sorting and renaming photos
• recovering info added in the info panel in google photo (i.e. info added online: this is not synced back to Picasa) [ => see following post ]

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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately

« Last post by tomos on March 02, 2018, 06:25 AM »

Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy
Documentary about the artist. Known for working out´ there 'in nature', although as he says here, he now see everything as 'nature'.

if you're not familiar with Goldsworthy's work, here from an image search:



if you think you'll actually look at the film, I'd recommend *not* looking at the trailer. I saw this in the cinema and was blown away by some of the ideas and images -- would have been less powerful if I had known what's coming (but then that's my favourite way to see a movie anyways). He came across as a very likeable guy, very down to earth, no BS (there's a lot of that in the art world). Some scenes in the film had me laughing out loud -- I'll just say he has some pretty bizarre ideas.

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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by tomos on March 01, 2018, 03:42 PM »

I came across this album of a dog and bird friend:
...
Plenty more photos of this beautiful pair at the link below:

https://imgur.com/gallery/byhNv

-Deozaan (March 01, 2018, 03:19 PM)

turns out they copied from here:
https://www.instagra.../tanja_brandt/?hl=de
or here (same photographer - Tanja Brandt):
https://www.ingoundelse.de/
--
I guess Ingo and Else are the dog and owl, or the other way round.
Seems she even has a book published with photos of them. Beautiful photos too

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by tomos on March 01, 2018, 03:26 AM »

^ the blog that inspired Stephen's comment.

Short and imperfect ("free" rather than "donationware") comments on the TrishTech blog, concluding:

Screenshot Captor is a complete screen capture tool with multi-monitor support. It can capture the screen or part of it using a number of methods. You can also use it to annotate and edit he captures screenshots easily.

-rjbull (February 26, 2018, 05:36 PM)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by tomos on February 28, 2018, 02:18 PM »

Stephen learn to take constructive criticism!

-mouser (February 28, 2018, 01:30 PM)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by tomos on February 28, 2018, 10:15 AM »

^ the 'emotionally involved' approach is pretty common these days, on the internet at any rate.
FWIW I (and I'm sure a lot of others) also have difficulties being, eh, 'unemotionally' direct -- but my problem is I dont say what I want to say (for whatever reasons**), and then when it does eventually get said, it comes out angry, or upset, instead of straight-forward and direct. Which not good, especially when dealing with people face to face. (But I'm getting better over the years.)

** e.g. think I shouldnt say that, etc.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by tomos on February 28, 2018, 04:02 AM »

[ Invalid Attachment ]

Israeli Gardener Born on Christmas Day Finds 700-year-old Ring With Image of St. Nicholas

-Arizona Hot (February 27, 2018, 11:47 PM)

hi Arizona:
wondering where did you get the picture - there's no picture at the link you give (or maybe there is but behind a paywall)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by tomos on February 27, 2018, 05:36 AM »

I don't see any reason to be so harsh on them -- it's a short little review with one confusing sentence.

-mouser (February 26, 2018, 09:14 PM)

I call a spade a spade.  You should know this of me

-Stephen66515 (February 26, 2018, 09:16 PM)

hmmm,
a simple bald statement of the problems with the text would have been more in that line.
You got emotionally involved -- and harsh, as mouser says -- that's different from simply telling things how they are.