I have used the Import File script step to import whole folders of
images and a very important side benefit is that you also get the File
Name, File Path and Image Thumbnail. Knowing the image path, lets me
parse the path to get other useful information based on the directory
structure (such as the year and topic the imported file came from)
that I put in the database along with the image. This is very useful
in searching the database for the images I want. {NOTE: This only
work because as the images are saved from the camera to the server, I
am careful about creating a YEAR folder with TOPIC folders inside.}
If I want to import a single image into the database, I have found no
such nice solution. The Import Picture script step lets me select the
desired image and gets it into the container field, but does not let
me know the FILE NAME or the PATH from whence it came. Any ideas how
to set up a script to import single images and also keep track of the
filename and where it came from? Getting a thumbnail may be nice for
a list view of images, but is not all that important to me.
-Landy
- Importing single photos into FMP10 database of images Landy Atkinson
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