Hi I noticed that this has EXIT instead of EXIF in the first change.
Regards On 03/10/16 11:48, Gilles Caulier wrote:
Git commit c3916a85906a6f2d2594ee48d1dbfbbd68b02517 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 03/10/2016 at 10:45. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. apply patch #101381 from Christopher Yeleighton BUGS: 369656 FIXED-IN: 5.3.0 M +28 -15 digikam/tool-metadataeditor.docbook http://commits.kde.org/digikam-doc/c3916a85906a6f2d2594ee48d1dbfbbd68b02517 diff --git a/digikam/tool-metadataeditor.docbook b/digikam/tool-metadataeditor.docbook index 51f17c4..0b2dac1 100644 --- a/digikam/tool-metadataeditor.docbook +++ b/digikam/tool-metadataeditor.docbook @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <abstract> <para> -The Metadata Editor is a tool for adding and editing Exif, Iptc, or Xmp metadata from an image. +The Metadata Editor is a tool for adding and editing EXIT, IPTC, or XMP metadata attached to an image. </para> </abstract> @@ -20,42 +20,55 @@ The Metadata Editor is a tool for adding and editing Exif, Iptc, or Xmp metadata <title>Metadata Editor</title> <para> - Inside each digital photo hides metadata in the Exif, Iptc, or Xmp formats, and &digikam; provides tools for viewing and editing this useful information. + Image metadata is textual information + that can be attached to digital images in order to annotate, describe and categorise them. + This information is useful for searching and indexing images and for accessibility services. + There are three standard formats in which image metadata can be stored: EXIF, IPTC and XMP. + They concentrate on different properties of the image and are used for different purposes. + &digikam; provides tools for viewing and editing image metadata in all these formats. </para> <para> The application offers metadata editing tools available through the <guimenu>Edit Metadata</guimenu> menu entry. - The metadata editor conveniently organizes all metadata into sections for each kind of metadata chunk, making it easier to find and edit - specific entries. For example, to edit hardware-related information, switch to the <guilabel>Device</guilabel> section. Here you can modify device manufacturer, - device model, exposure-related settings, and other information. + The metadata editor conveniently arranges all metadata into sections for each kind of metadata chunk, + making it easier to find and edit specific entries. + For example, to edit hardware-related information, switch to the <guilabel>Device</guilabel> section. + Here you can modify device manufacturer, device model, exposure-related settings, and other information. </para> <para> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject><imagedata fileref="&path;tool-metadataeditor-exif.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> - <textobject><phrase>The Metadata Editor Working on Device Information from Exif</phrase></textobject> + <textobject><phrase>The Metadata Editor Working on Device Information from EXIF</phrase></textobject> </inlinemediaobject> </para> <para> - In addition to Exif, IPTC and XMP formats are supported, so you can perform the described actions on metadata stored in these metadata chunks as for Exif. - Remember that Exif is dedicated to store camera information, where Iptc and Xmp are more used to store post process text information as rights management. - So, it's not recommended to edit the metadata that the camera creates but more to add the author/copyright/&etc; information, excepted if you need to fix wrong - internal values. + In addition to EXIF, IPTC and XMP formats are supported, + so you can perform the described actions on metadata stored in these metadata chunks as for EXIF. + Remember that EXIF is dedicated to store camera information, + where IPTC and XMP are more used to store post-process text information such as rights management. + So, it is not recommeded to edit the metadata injected by the camera that took the photograph; + on the other hand, you can add information about the author, copyright etc. + <ulink url="http://www.exiv2.org/metadata.html"; >Detailed description of supported entries</ulink > is available online. </para> <para> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject><imagedata fileref="&path;tool-metadataeditor-xmp.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> - <textobject><phrase>The Metadata Editor Working on Right Management Information from Xmp</phrase></textobject> + <textobject><phrase>The Metadata Editor Working on Rights Management Information from XMP</phrase></textobject> </inlinemediaobject> </para> <para> - Note that you can synchronize some specific metadata entries from one chunk to another one, as for example the comments which is available into - Exif, Iptc, and Xmpp as different forms. When relevant checkbox are set in the section, relevant chunk entries are backported and adjusted in most - compatible format. -</para> + Note that you can synchronise some specific metadata entries from one chunk to another one, + as for example the comments + which is available in EXIF, IPTC, and XMP as separate entries. + Mark the check boxes corresponding to the entries you wish to copy from one format to another.</para > + <caution + ><para > + Note that synchronising metadata may produce undesired results + because EXIF is limited to pure ASCII character set.</para ></caution> </chapter>
