Application of Keyword/Category Hierarchy is Inconsistent
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:56 am
Hi,
I have tagged a lot of jpg files with XnView and in doing so I have noticed some inconsistency in the way that keywords/categories are saved in the file metadata. I always apply categories by checking the boxes next to them in the category tree pane (and not by dragging and dropping, for instance). I have lots of hierarchies in my category tree and I have XnView set up so that when I check the box next to a lower level category in my tree, all the parent categories above that child category are checked as well.
What seems to be happening is that when I add categories to multiple images at once, some of the images are tagged correctly, with the category hierarchy maintained in the metadata, and some of the images don't have the hierarchy reflected in the metadata.
So here's a simple example. I have a parent category named "Color," and this category contains child categories that are the names of colors, like "Red," "Blue," "Green," and "Yellow." So I navigate to a folder with some of my images in it and I select a bunch of images that contain the color red and I check the category named "Red." And when I do this the parent category "Color" is also checked. So then I update the image data from the database and I check the metadata of the images to see if the tagging worked. What I find is that some of the images have been tagged like this: "Color/Red", and some of the images have just been tagged "Red".
This is a problem because now my images have been tagged with what are basically two different categories, so if I try to use any other image organizing program (or update the XnView database) I end up with two "Red" categories in my tree because one shows up under the parent tag "Color" and one shows up in the root or top level of my category tree. And this makes it really difficult to keep my photos organized the way I want (it ends up almost defeating the purpose of tagging my images if they are not tagged correctly).
Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know why it might be happening? If I can't solve this problem it may end up being a deal breaker, which is sad because XnView is one of the few image organizing programs that I actually like and use.
Thanks!
*I have XnView MP version 0.68.
I have tagged a lot of jpg files with XnView and in doing so I have noticed some inconsistency in the way that keywords/categories are saved in the file metadata. I always apply categories by checking the boxes next to them in the category tree pane (and not by dragging and dropping, for instance). I have lots of hierarchies in my category tree and I have XnView set up so that when I check the box next to a lower level category in my tree, all the parent categories above that child category are checked as well.
What seems to be happening is that when I add categories to multiple images at once, some of the images are tagged correctly, with the category hierarchy maintained in the metadata, and some of the images don't have the hierarchy reflected in the metadata.
So here's a simple example. I have a parent category named "Color," and this category contains child categories that are the names of colors, like "Red," "Blue," "Green," and "Yellow." So I navigate to a folder with some of my images in it and I select a bunch of images that contain the color red and I check the category named "Red." And when I do this the parent category "Color" is also checked. So then I update the image data from the database and I check the metadata of the images to see if the tagging worked. What I find is that some of the images have been tagged like this: "Color/Red", and some of the images have just been tagged "Red".
This is a problem because now my images have been tagged with what are basically two different categories, so if I try to use any other image organizing program (or update the XnView database) I end up with two "Red" categories in my tree because one shows up under the parent tag "Color" and one shows up in the root or top level of my category tree. And this makes it really difficult to keep my photos organized the way I want (it ends up almost defeating the purpose of tagging my images if they are not tagged correctly).
Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know why it might be happening? If I can't solve this problem it may end up being a deal breaker, which is sad because XnView is one of the few image organizing programs that I actually like and use.
Thanks!
*I have XnView MP version 0.68.