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Category size limit?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:59 pm
by SpeedDevil
If you go into the IPTC data, into "Categories" - the Category field is listed as "3 char max" - why is that?
Something like Irfanview doesn't have this limit, so what happens if you open a picture which has a category of say 20 characters?
Re: Category size limit?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:35 am
by xnview
Category is limited by 3 chars, but you have supplemental categories
Re: Category size limit?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 1:13 pm
by SpeedDevil
I know its limited by 3, that is what I wrote.
I asked WHY - when other programs don't limit it by 3, why do yours?
Re: Category size limit?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 1:51 pm
by xnview
SpeedDevil wrote:I know its limited by 3, that is what I wrote.
I asked WHY - when other programs don't limit it by 3, why do yours?
it's in specification. photoshop limit it too
Re: Category size limit?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:28 pm
by SpeedDevil
xnview wrote:SpeedDevil wrote:I know its limited by 3, that is what I wrote.
I asked WHY - when other programs don't limit it by 3, why do yours?
it's in specification. photoshop limit it too
So Irfanview allows longer strings they are doing it wrong?
What happens when such an image is loaded into your program? Does it crash? Do you reduce the size?
How about a power option to increase it to 50 or something like that - 3 is really to little to be of use.
Re: Category size limit?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:29 pm
by xnview
SpeedDevil wrote:
So Irfanview allows longer strings they are doing it wrong?
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/ima ... c_naa.html
What happens when such an image is loaded into your program? Does it crash? Do you reduce the size?
Only 3 characters will be use
Re: Category size limit?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:29 pm
by SpeedDevil
Wow. That is so silly.
How about an option to extend the length?
(There is an windows explorer plugin who also allows a much longer
http://www.photothumb.com/iptcext field - bit dangerous if its suddenly reduced
I see even IPTC realized it was too little, in their new formats this field is not restricted
Re: Category size limit?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:44 pm
by SpeedDevil
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Re: Category size limit?
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:35 pm
by herb
Hello,
I work with XnView 1.96.2.
With XnView we have 2 possibilities to enter a value for Category:
- In "edit IPTC" window it is limited to 3 characters.
- But it is also possible to edit this field in "preview" window in tab "IPTC".
After double clicking "Category" it is possible to enter more than 3 characters only.
So please allow also more than 3 characters in "edit IPTC" window.
Thanks.