EXIF-O-Matic v1.1.8 (2003.05.21)
Welcome to EXIF-O-Matic!
Most digital cameras store loads of meta-data within the image files
that they create, these datum make up the EXIF standard. They include
things like the exact time the photo was taken, the f-stop, the flash
setting, etc. I wanted to view this information in my online photo
album, but I couldn't find a nice EXIF library that exported to HTML,
so I wrote a small application around Drew Noakes' extraction library
http://drewnoakes.com/code/exif/
Created by your friends at the Institute of the Future. http://www.instituteofthefuture.org/exifomatic/
Getting Started
( Note to PC Users - double click the "EXIF-O-Matic.bat" file to run the program. If it looks like a window appears and then vanishes, you probably need to download Java from
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html )
Keep an eye on the status bar at the bottom of the window, it gives instructions and feedback about what is going on. It's pretty simple -
- Choose File->Open to load an image and view it's EXIF tags
- Click the "Export File" button to save a text or html version of the tags
- Click the "Process Folder" button to export the tags of all the images in the same folder
Support
If you have questions of bugs, please email
exif@instituteofthefuture.org
To uninstall EXIF-O-Matic, just delete this folder.
- Notes
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- Mac Classic Java support is quite behind the times now, so it's not really worth my effort to get this working in that OS
- This shouldn't do anything bad to your system, as it is such a simple applicaton. But in case it does, I'm not liable for any damage you inflict upon yourself!
Postcardware
In homage to the old days of BBSing, I've released this software as "postcard-ware". That means that if you use this and like it, all I ask is that you send me a postcard from where you live. Come on - postcards are cheap, and our sun-starved scientists love communicating with the outside world! Our address is:
Institute of the Future
807 Ridge Dr.
McLean, VA 22101
If you REALLY like this program, then consider going to the webpage listed above and donating a bit of money to me via PayPal. Just $5 or so.
CHANGES
v1.1.8 (2003.05.20)
- added a preference for the field separator in exported TXT files, which now defaults to be a tab
- added the image filename to start of exported TXT files
- fixed strange new bug that required it to sit in the Applications directory on Mac OSX v1.1.7 (2003.05.10)
- updated template to validate to HTML and CSS official specs
- added OS/2 release, just because someone said it works fine v1.1.6 (2003.04.11)
- fixed big "process folder" bug, it now works right
- tested and works with Java 1.4 on OSX v1.1.5 (2003.02.11)
- added preference to optionally export "Unknown" tags
- updated to use metadataExtractor library v2.1
- cleaned up interface (now resizable, fixed button sizes, moved image name to window titlebar, new menus on non-OSX systems)
- fixed ouputed HTML file date to have correct month number
- fixed launch scripts on Windows and Linux v1.1 (2002.12.30)
- updated to use new "metadataExtractor" library v2.0
- (OSX) added file type handler for JPEG images v1.0.4 (2002.12.02)
- (OSX) added drop-tray border to image thumbnail for a more Aqua-like look :-) v1.0.3 (2002.11.26)
- only backend code changes, integrated revised IotF libraries v1.0.2 (2002.11.20)
- added an alert to let the user know when and why it finds an error in the formatting of a file's EXIF tags v1.0.1 (2002.11.19)
- (Linux) fixed shell script, thanks to David Rudder v1.0 (2002.11.18)
- Released for PC, Mac OS X, and Linux
- Created by Rahul Bhargava, Institute of the Futute