International Photo Metadata Conference 2008 on Malta

The second international conference on photo metadata took place on Malta today during the annual Cepic congress. The first one was in Florence a year ago. This is a brief summary of this day. I will follow up with longer articles on each part later.
What really impresses me is the progress of work since last [...]

Josh Weisberg (Microsoft) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

Josh did a great job explaining how they handle Photo Metadata in Microsofts new operating system – Windows Vista. He stated by explaining why metadata should be stored inside the media file “The Truth Is In The File”. – “This enables metadata portability – wherever the file goes, the metadata goes”. But today metadata is [...]

Peter Stig (Hasselblad) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

Peter talked about how Hasselblad (the camera software once begun as an Imacon scanner software) handles metadata in their camera software. They have supported the IIM version of IPTC metadata since the very first version. They also have an history log where you can see how the images has been processed, data from the can [...]

Celemens Molinari (Fotoware) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

Clemens demonstrated Fotowares latest software version (5.3). The now have full support for XMP both as embedded and as sidecar files. You can create your own panels to enter an edit metadata. But you can also import panels from Adobe Photoshop. The software are multilingual but has no support for automatic translation. Though it can [...]

Hiroschi Maeno (Canon) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

Canon has a image verification kit that works all their more advanced camera starting from the 20D model and upwards. Then new EOS 1D Marks III allows separate validation of metadata and image content. To use this feature you must activate this feature in the camera prior to shooting (there was a discussion regarding it’s [...]

Joe Shorr (Apple) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

Photographers love metadata – but they hate to enter it. Apple Aperture together with Applescript makes it possible to create scripted folders that append metadata to images.
In Apertue you can create custom metadata views the selected fields. Under Aperture there is a database that stores all metadata, form this you can manipulate metadata as tables. [...]

Gunar Penikis (Adobe) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

Workflows are becoming more digital. Digital cameras capture and upload straight into the production process. We use the same file for several outputs; print, web, CD, handheld, wireless, eBook, RSS, video. In this flow metadata is a core part. ”If you can’t describe it, you can’t control it”.
Gunar talks a lot about how XMP (extensive [...]

Sarah Saunders (BAPLA) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

Why do we need metadata?

Copyright protection (orphan works)
Identify the picture/author/source
No need to re-key information
Effective workflow

This with orphan works is a very important part. Without labeling of who is the photographer and what copyright is valid for the image publisher might in the future use the images without payment. They can claim that the copyright [...]

Jeff Sedlik (PLUS) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

If keyword are chaos – then intellectual property (copyright) marking is mayhem.
The mission of PLUS – Simplify & Facilitate Image Licensing.
Specific Focus:

Global Metadata Standards for the Communication of Image Rights.
Supporting Systems

PLUS Must Provide Broad Benefit

Any and all licensing models.
Commissioned and stock images.
Photography, illustration, artworks.
Any country/law/language.
Before, during & after transaction.
No pricing.
Benefit everyone, everywhere.

This with the “no [...]

Harald Löffler (IPTC) – Speech at the Photo Metadata Conference

Wouldn‘t it be nice …
…to have an automatic image workflow from the photographer to the publisher?
… to know all the time, when and where and by whom a photo was created?
… to get your revenue share?
… not to rekey again, what others have already done earlier?
… to create high quality colour images for different [...]