XnView Software

xnview wrote: Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:30 pm do you use setting to check EXIF orientation?

Ehm...??
Where can I find that?

A dumb, newbie question, I hesitate to ask . . .

It strikes me that often portrait images are displayed landscape. I need to selectively change the rotation.
I have no idea whether there are settings to change the rotation, so photos show up the correct way by default, instead of me changing a lot ...

Okay, thanks!

Am using XnViewMP.
Maybe that 'checkbox' is not available in MP ?
(only in Classic XnView)

On https://www.xnview.com/wiki/index.php/Image_Rotation it says

"
Permanent rotation
Also, you can rotate permanently the images based on the EXIF information. This will ensure that the images are oriented properly when viewing in any graphic programs. To do this, select all your images and select ...

I don't think so, sorry.

My question was not clear, for which I apologize.

It should read:
1. select multiple files
2. CTRL-I (Edit Metadata)
3. in 'Caption" : enter free text (example: New Playground)

then..

when writing:
automatically add caption -> headline and keywords (New Playground added ...

I would like to do the following, preferably with a minimum of clicks

After selecting files:

1. add description to Caption
2. then automatically have that description added to Headline and Keywords
3. have the file renamed after Caption + shooting date (like: New playground-ddmmyyyy hhmmss.jpg)
4 ...

Maybe attached example can be of help?

1. 2. As a text I have created a folder '2020' with a few subfolders
Select folder 2020 and click on 'Show files in subfolders'

Super!

The first one worked ( -k "-iptc:headline" "-exif:CreateDate" -w txt)
Didn't try the 2nd one, no reason to.

MANY thanks indeed!!

Really helpful.

Thanks.
I tried various options, but regretfully it didn't work. I let it rest.
Bad luck.
Nonetheless, thanks again.

@michel038

Hello to you,

Many thanks for the solution with ExifTool!


3) Tools, Open with, Configure programs, Add .... browse the installation folder of XnViewMP, go to AddOn and select exiftool.exe
- Double click in first column and name it Exif2txt.
- Double click in 2nd column and add this ...

Within a folder files are sorted on date.

When double clicking an image, it will launch XnViewMP.

Then, when clicking on 'Next' it will display another file than expected, I would expect the one on screen.
Probably because the default sort order is based on filename(?)

It would be nice if ...

Wow ..!!
This is super.
Thank you so much, truly appreciate this.

Okay, I understand.

Sad news...

XnView has something that is not possible in XnViewMP

Whereas I assumed XnViewMP is the more 'advanced' version of XnView.