Creating catalogues automatically using image metadata

Hi,
I've been looking all over for this and I have found various bits and pieces of information, but nothing comprehensive enough for a beginner. Perhaps I am researching it wrong... Could you please point me to a complete and easy to understand source, or give me some tips and details regarding the process? I asked around on the Indesign forum too and I was told it would be a good idea to inquire in this forum too.
I don't know if this makes a difference, but basically I'd like to be able to select a folder(s) full of images and place those images in a pre-made document automatically and group them by the category they are in (which it will also list automatically), while also displaying any other relevant metadata info in various fileds (when applicable). How would I go about doing this?
Thank you in advance.

Hi,
Thanks for answering.
I would like to generate PDFs. It think it would be the ideal format.
Are any other options easier?

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804488 wrote:
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Sorry , I crosspost this message,because no one reply.
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import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.imageio.metadata.*;
import javax.imageio.stream.*;
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//"gold",
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import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.imageio.metadata.*;
import javax.imageio.stream.*;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
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    http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9988198 */
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            BufferedImage[] frames,
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// see it work or fail with just the first and last.
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Any help, please?
Dave

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to reply and i appreciate the remarks- if a little harsh- we all have to start somewhere and i am fully aware of the limitations of Elements which is why i decided to add CC to my software. I can only say that if an inferior quality software from Adobe does the job well then CC must also be suited to doing the same which is why i can only think, from your comments, that i have not done something simple- however- following tutorials to get to the end result should have sufficed- it didn't so perhaps i will consider posting the difference between the two applications- and, perhaps suffer a few more 'harsh' comments. The learning curve is quite steep and i am a visual learner, but i'm also not totally incompetent:)
Kind Regards
Dave Munn
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Date : 02/02/2015 - 06:45 (GMTST)
To : [email protected]
Subject : why is elements better at photomerge than CC- CC does not appear to automatically fill image based on content but elements does when merging a panorama. Also the stitching is visable in CC but almost perfect in elements- why?
why is elements better at photomerge than CC- CC does not appear to automatically fill image based on content but elements does when merging a panorama. Also the stitching is visable in CC but almost perfect in elements- why?
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First a clarification: you are not addressing Adobe here in these user forums. You are requesting help from volunteers users just like you who give their time free of charge. No one has any obligation to answer your questions.
I'll give it my best shot anyway.
Few folks in this forum are really familiar with Elements, for which there's a dedicated, totally separate forum.
Different engineering teams, also.
From this perspective, it will be difficult to give you a direct answer to your "why?" question.
Personally, I blend very large panorama shots in Photoshop proper since I can't even remember when without any issues whatsoever, up to and including in Photoshop CS6 13.0.6.
Without being at your computer and without looking at your images, I couldn't even begin to speculate what you are doing wrong in Photoshop, which I suspect you are. The least you could show is post examples from your panoramas that have gone wrong.
I can tell you that panorama stitching requires significant overlap between the individual shots, besides common-sdense techniques like a very solid tripod and precision heads.
The only version of Elements I have ever used for any significant time was Elements 6 for Windows, which I bought in 2008 to use on a PC (I've been an avid Mac user for 30 years). I found Elements so limited and so bad that I successfully demanded a refund from Adobe. IU mention this only to emphasize that I can truly only address your question from a Photoshop (proper) and Mac user point of view. I couldn't care less about Elements, but if you have comparison examples of panoramas processed in both applications, by all means post those two.
Generally speaking Photoshop is a professional level application that makes no apologies for its very long and steep learning curve, while Photoshop has many hand-holding features for amateurs and beginners.
Perhaps the bottom line is that you should stick with Elements if you personally manage to get better results there.
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Using Adobe Premier Elements to create a video using the photos and it is make the photos blurry. Is there a setting to correct this?

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Iltowman
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DSLR [email protected]
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Publish+Share
Computer
AVCHD
with Presets = MP4 - H.264 1920 x 1080p30.
Is the quality of the photos in this mini test run better, the same, or worse?
About your photos (3872 x 2592 3:2)...video is 4:3 or 16:9. So to avoid black borders, you could consider
a. cropping the originals from 3:2 to 16:9 before import
or
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But, right now the focus is on image clarity rather than black borders.
Please review and consider.
Thank you.
ATR

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