Viewer2 FAQSep 18, 2009 |
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How can I import my images?
You can use dbtool to import a directory (and its subdirectories). E.g. to import images and the IPTC metadata:
dbtool iptcadd "C:\Photos"
Not all characters are showing up in Viewer2
If you see squares in place of non-latin characters in filenames, you can change the fonts Viewer2 uses by default. You should use a font that says “Unicode” somewhere in its name. Viewer2 doesn’t default to Unicode fonts as they use considerably more memory. You can use the Viewer2 configuration tool to change the fonts.
One suitable font that should be installed in most Windows versions is called Arial Unicode MS.
I liked the spiral of images, where did it go?
In my opinion the square shape is much more clean and efficient. However, some users prefer the spiral because it looks more appealing and unique, the spiral thingy is still available. You can enable it again by setting the option UseSpiral to a non-zero value.
I clicked on the program icon and can see only a blue screen
You are looking at an empty browser view. Try moving the mouse to the top of the screen to open the main menu. You can then click the “Open file…” icon to open any image file or the magnifying glass icon to search for files. Clicking on the left or right edge of the screen shows and hides the side menus that contain a list of all tags and a list of all files currently in the browser view.
You can also start the program by double-clicking any JPEG file on your desktop to open it in Viewer2, double-clicking the viewed image shows the browser again with all the images in the same directory as the viewed image.
How can I access IPTC data?
You can edit IPTC data for selected images by pressing F9.
If the “Synchronize IPTC keywords and tags” option is enabled, Viewer2 will add IPTC keywords as tags and edit the keyword list when tags are added or removed.
To manually add keywords as tags, select some images in the browser and click on “Suggest tags”. You will see a list of suggested tags (which also looks for known tags in the IPTC captions) and all the IPTC keywords in the selected images. Drag the keywords or Alt + Left click on the keywords to add them to the image as tags.
If you have Fast Search enabled, the search also looks for text in the IPTC metadata.
Alternatively, you can use dbtool to extract tags from the IPTC data. This is very useful for large quantities of images. Use the command “extractiptc” to extract all known tags from the IPTC data in all known images. This requires you have already added the tags you want to scan for. E.g.:
dbtool extractiptc
Will scan all images in the database for known tags in IPTC data. If a filename or IPTC data contains text similar to a tag, it will be tagged.
dbtool extractiptc c:\Pictures
Will scan only the images found in the specified path. You need to add the path first.
dbtool -prompt -fuzzy extractiptc
Will scan all images and prompt for assistance in unclear situations. This will find tags that are similar to the text found in the filename (or IPTC data).
