Batch Import of metadata for images

I have a big collection of images, but all the individual keywords and descriptions of the images are stored in an external file (Excel table / XML File). Is there some way to batch import all the information without having to do this by hand (it'll take ages...).
The image names correspond to the names given in the Excel table. I would appreciate any advise.
TNX
Tim
(Windows XP on PC and Lightroom installed)

No, you would have to go through another program such as iView and script - Excel's VBA can automate iView. Alternatively, you would be able to use VBA to generate XMP sidecars.
John

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I'm hoping someone can help me with the following problem:
I have a large amount of PDFs and XMP files. Each PDF needs metadata imported from a corresponding xmp file of the same name. All the files are located in the same folder.
Is it possible to do this with a batch sequence? Are there any javascripts available that can handle this? Or do I need third party programs to do this job?
Any help is appreciated.
Owl

I can imagine, that it’s complex. And it would be far beyond my scope to program it myself. That’s why I was asking where to look for. I was considering it a common task and expected solutions already existing, but probably it isn’t. All I’ve found so far, was a PDFlib product, but it doesnt seem to offer a real batch process for multiple files, or an easy way to adjust it myself.
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Is this a bug in OWB 11.2 - importing table metadata for character columns

The Oracle® Warehouse Builder Data Modeling, ETL, and Data Quality Guide provides an overview of the data types supported.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/owb.112/e10935/orcl_data_objx.htm
It says that for VARCHAR2 data type it saws (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/owb.112/e10935/orcl_data_objx.htm#CHDFIADI )
"Stores variable-length character data. How the data is represented internally depends on the database character set. The VARCHAR2 data type takes a required parameter that specifies a maximum size up to 4,000 characters"
That means , I guess, it says that when I import a table, any columns of type VARCHAR2(10) in the database should have its length show as characters in OWB, so a column of type Varchar2(10) in the Oracle database, should be shown as Varchar2(10) when imported into OWB table metadata via the OWB import function.
However, if I have a database that set-up as a single-byte and import a table using the OWB import function a column that has a size of e.g. 10 in the database, is imported as OWB table metadata and the size is 10. Correct, I am happy.
However, if the database is modified to support multi-byte characters, ALTUF16 encoding with the semantics set to "CHAR", then when I import the same table into OWB, OWB reports the size as 40, I guess its 40 bytes as in 10 characters @ 4 bytes per character.
Is this a bug in OWB, as the datatype in the Oracle DB is varchar2(10), should OWB after importing a table not also report the column as VARCHAR2(10) ? Currently, is shows the column as varchar2(40).

I noticed that myself in our project.
Our varchars2 are defined as VARCHAR2(xxx CHAR) - OWB puts the size*4
In fact if you have special characters like umlauts (ü,ä,ö,...) it will use 4 bytes per character.
You can try it yourself. Define a Varchar2(1 CHAR) and manually change the size of the Column in your mapping inside OWB (in filters, joins or your target table).
Then shoot an umlaut through the mapping and will end up with a "too small" error.
Dont mind the size*4 issue - we totally ignored it and run without error since 4 years now.

Batch Procedure Not Working For Image Resizing in Fireworks 8

Scaling graphics with a batch process. You can alter the
height and width of images being exported using the Scale option in
the Batch Process dialog box. To set scaling options for
batch-processed files:
Select Scale from the Batch Options list and click Add. In
the Scale pop-up menu, select an option:
Scale to Fit Area makes images fit proportionally with the
maximum width and height range you specify.
If you have chosen either Scale to Size or Scale to Fit Area
in the Scale pop-up menu, you can also choose to scale only
those documents that are currently larger than the target
size. To do so, select the Only Scale Documents Currently Larger
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This routine us not working as described: It is only
modifying files larger than the dimension I wanted, whereas in the
Fireworks MX, it would upsize smaller images to this requirement.
Just FYI, we did not have the box checked to only apply to
documents that are currently larger than the target size.
IS THIS A BUG IN THE FIREWORKS 8 ???
This is one of the primary reasons we use this software
ALL RESPONSES WELCOME, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT WILL FIX THIS
ISSUE !!!!
JSEVonda

I agree the option should not be there if it doesn't work.
Quite
honestly, I think the FW team missed it in the last upgrade.
And you're talking about more than just scaling - you are
most likely
including an export command as well, this was not indicated
in your
original post. Keep in mind your scaling occurs BEFORE any
saving of the
file at any new optimization setting. Maintaining a low
compression
would help, yes, but I'm not referring to quality loss
through
compression, I'm referring to quality loss through data
extrapolation
(interpolation?). When you resample an image to a large pixel
count, you
are asking the software to use an algorithm to create pixel
data that
did not exist in the original file. Whether it's Photoshop or
Fireworks,
quality loss will happen in a bitmap file. In short, you're
asking the
software to make an educated guess about the data in these
new pixels.
As for your end results - you did not indicate the original
size of your
files (pixel dimensions), nor how much you are upsampling. If
your
files are not being upsampled too greatly, and/or there is a
great deal
of pixel data to begin with and/or the final upsized images
are not
really large then it's possible that you do not notice any
significant
loss in quality.
My assumption was you were working with small files in terms
of
resolution. Generally, though, web images are not large to
begin with
and do not have a huge pixel count, so resizing them upwards
would
usually be noticeable.
All I am pointing out is that the file would not have the
same quality
as the original, even if the option was working. Whether that
difference
in quality is noticeable . . .
For example, I took an image that was 72 x 54 pixels, resized
it 200 %
to 144x108 pixels. Bigger image, but quality is low and
noticeable.
I do the same thing with a file that is 1024 x 768 and I can
still see
some loss, but it doesn't look quite as bad. IT is however,
noticeably
more blurry than the original.
And now how about a possible FW solution? ;-)
Open ONE file in FW
Set your jpeg quality to 100 (Type the value, do NOT use the
slider)
Go to Modify > Transform > Numeric Transform
Set your new image size to the desired dimensions
Click OK
Go to Modify > Canvas > Fit Canvas
Find those three steps in the History panel and save it as a
custom
command.
You will now be able to access this step in the Batch Process
Wizard, in
the Commands menu. or in the Commands menu in FW.
Add your other batch steps. You do not need the export option
because we
set that up in the custom command, but you might want to use
the Rename
operation.
Click Next
Choose an export directory if you wish
Save the script to create a complete custom command that
handles both
sizing and exporting and file renaming and a custom location
for saving
the file.
This one script can then be used either from the Batch
Process Wizard OR
from the Commands Menu in FW.
One note, if you choose a custom location for the files to be
saved,
that directory gets written into the command, so whenever the
batch is
run - that is where the new files will go.
As for other programs, Photoshop comes to mind. I'm sure
there are
other, specialized batch processing programs out there which
could do
exactly what you want.
HTH!
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JSEVonda wrote:
> Well if that is the case, they should have notified the
users to tell them, as
> that is one of the primary reasons we even use the
product. On that note, from
> reading above replies, the upsampling did not degrade
any image quality if you
> simply chose "custom", as it allowed you to set the
image quality to 100% of a
> jpeg, during the batch routine, if you so desired.
>
> That said, what other product will do the task of
"upsampling" as you call it,
> in a batch format, as I do not want to have to go thru
over 1000 images each
> week and upsize them one at a time.
>
> JSEVonda
>

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