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k3b edited this page Feb 12, 2018 · 11 revisions

Folder based autoprocessing for copy/move photo(s)

For every Folder/Album you can define a ".apm" (Auto ProcessingRule-) File that defines

  • a pattern for photo-file-names
  • exif meta data that every photo should get.

In the Folder-Picker Foldernames that start with "§ " contain a ".apm"- AutoProcessingRule-File

The command "Edit Photo Autoprocessing" in the folder-long-press-contextmenu in the Folder-Picker allows you to edit a ".apm" rulefile

If you move or copy one or more images into a folder with ".apm" file

  • then file is renamed if the old filename does not match the photo-file-names-pattern and
  • exif-metadata (tags, gps, title, ....) will be added if the image does not have it yet.

Example

The folder /sdcard/DCIM/photos/holiday/2017Crete/Hotel has a ".apm" rulefile with these rules

  • filename: [yyyymm]CreteHotel[001]
  • tags: holiday, hotel, greece
  • geo lat/lon: 35.5/23.9
  • title: holyday crete 2017 hotel

if you copy/move images to folder /sdcard/DCIM/photos/holiday/2017Crete/Hotel

  • the oldest images (taken in september 2007) will be renamed to 200709CreteHotel001.jpg, the next 200709CreteHotel002.jpg, ...
    • filenames that already follow the naming-rule are not renamed.
  • non empty meta data (tags,geo, description, title, rating, date taken) from ".apm" rulefile will be applied to the images.
    • geo is only applied if the photo does not have geo yet
    • date/time values are relative so you can fix the photo date if you forgot to set camera date
    • title/description starting with "+" will be appended to existing title/description

See also * #93 implementation details.

	* the command "Edit Photo Autoprocessing" in the folder-long-press-contextmenu in the folderpicker allows you to edit a ".apm" rulefile
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