Write EXIF data

[Guest]

I have a database for family photographs. Recently I scanned the pictures.
The embedded picture metadata has data but nothing useful. For example, it
has the scan date rather than the date the picture was taken and the scanner
name rather than the camera. I would like to write the useful information I
have in the database to the picture files. I have seen some software on the
internet that does this on an individual file basis but I have several
thousand photos and would rather not retype all the information that is
already in the database. Is there an EXIF format routine or some other
solution available that would allow me to use the database information in
some sort of automated batch mode?

Thanks,

David

 

[Guest]

Use FotoStation - see www.medialogix.co.uk - does exactly that.

EXIF you can't really change as that generally is captured by your camera -
shutter speed etc.

Industry standard for image files is the IPTC metadata standard - you can
type in what you want so you can find images easily (and many other file
formats).

 

[Guest]

Hi Marek,

Thanks for your suggestion. I followed the link you provided to get a quick
look at FotoStation. It looks like a very capable product but also seems to
be a stand alone tool. I didn't see anything about writing data that is
stored in an Access database to the metadata fields in image files. I guess
I was thinking more of a metadata type description that I could embed in a
VBA routine that would read the data in a table and write it directly to the
image files.

Thanks again,

David