reproduce "glossy" look of photos when scanning?

[Ed Foskey]

Thanks! I was afraid that is the case. I have nearly 1000 family photos that I want to sort that were taken in the days before GPS in any digital cameras (many are scans of prints from the pre-digital camera days. I have sorted many by location and have been making extensive use of GC’s ability to add GPS coordinates.-ed-PS. I used GC back when Apple still had system 7.5 and was just coming out with their Power PC lines. I left the Mac for about 8 years because of my work and am so glad to be on a Mac and to see that GC has evolved with the Mac. It is still my go to program for about 95% of my photographic work. Thanks for keeping it so strong. ====================Ed Foskeyedward@foskeyroad.com On Apr 14, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Thorsten Lemke lemke@lemkesoft.de [gcmac] <gcmac@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Dera Ed,ah - so, Photos works the old way like iPhoto.Metadata is stored in a custom database and only updated upon import of files.ThorstenI applied this to some of the photos following your steps. When I went into the Apple Photos program, it had no affect on those photos. Even after a reboot, it made no difference.-ed-====================Ed Foskeyedward@foskeyroad.com

[Victor Pierce]

When using GC to geotag existing jpeg photos I’d like to tell GC to save the geotagged photo by only adding the gps information to the metadata - without modifying the image graphic whatsoever. How do I tell GC to do this? Thanks, Victor Pierce

[thorstenlemke]

Dear Victor,just use the GraphicConverter browser for geotagging.That will be lossless.Thorsten When using GC to geotag existing jpeg photos I’d like to tell GC to save the geotagged photo by only adding the gps information to the metadata - without modifying the image graphic whatsoever.How do I tell GC to do this?Thanks,Victor Pierce

[Ed Foskey]

Victor,Please let me ad that using the browser for geotagging can be pretty fast. I was able to go through many photos today that were shot in multiple locations.-ed- ====================Ed Foskeyedward@foskeyroad.com On Apr 14, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Thorsten Lemke lemke@lemkesoft.de [gcmac] <gcmac@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   Dear Victor,just use the GraphicConverter browser for geotagging.That will be lossless.ThorstenWhen using GC to geotag existing jpeg photos I’d like to tell GC to save the geotagged photo by only adding the gps information to the metadata - without modifying the image graphic whatsoever.How do I tell GC to do this?Thanks,Victor Pierce

[havema1]

Attachments :gps.jpgAdding GPS via Google Earth.app is great.But what if I want to use Google maps or some known previously saved GPS coordinates for that instead?With Google maps I can click on a (non-pinned) spot and get gray pin, click the underlined GPS coordinates and then copy them separately into GC.But (at least with my current settings), when I paste latitude (52.503443) into GC's "Add or edit GPS values" field, there is an error "The value 52.503443 is invalid. Please provide a valid value". But if I continue to the longitude field, GC accepts the value and replaces the period (.) with a comma (,). I can then copy & paste longitude 13.328815 and hit OK to dismiss the dialog box. (I also need to enter whether the coordinates are North/South and West/East). But this workflow does not store the correct longitude even if I let GC auto-correct the longitude's period with a comma by moving to another field before dismissing the dialog. In fact, it seems that after this even the working workflow described below fails to save correct longitude!So the working workflow seems to be to manually replace the periods for commas. Then the map shows correct place for the image.But even then, would it be possible to copy & paste BOTH coordinates (52.503443, 13.328815) together from Google maps and let GC parse them correctly?And why do I need to enter North/South and West/East into the dialog box when pasting only "52.503443, 13.328815" works in Google Earth, Google Maps and Apple Maps? Aren't Positive latitudes north of the equator, negative latitudes south of the equator and so on?regards,- Matti

[Al Treder]

Matti,I hope this isn’t just my misinterpretation of your problem statement, but it seems to me that replacing a period with a comma has to make an incorrect conversion from decimal degrees to something like integer degrees and weirdly huge numbers of minutes. I don’t work with this feature of GC so I don’t know what units of geoposition are expected there, but surely it must be either decimal degrees or deg,min,sec.xxx? Al"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."    - Sir Winston Churchill On Apr 15, 2015, at 2:11 PM, matti.haveri@gmail.com [gcmac] <gcmac@yahoogroups.com> wrote:[Attachment(s) from matti.haveri@gmail.com [gcmac] included below]Adding GPS via Google Earth.app is great.But what if I want to use Google maps or some known previously saved GPS coordinates for that instead?With Google maps I can click on a (non-pinned) spot and get gray pin, click the underlined GPS coordinates and then copy them separately into GC.But (at least with my current settings), when I paste latitude (52.503443) into GC's "Add or edit GPS values" field, there is an error "The value 52.503443 is invalid. Please provide a valid value". But if I continue to the longitude field, GC accepts the value and replaces the period (.) with a comma (,). I can then copy & paste longitude 13.328815 and hit OK to dismiss the dialog box. (I also need to enter whether the coordinates are North/South and West/East). But this workflow does not store the correct longitude even if I let GC auto-correct the longitude's period with a comma by moving to another field before dismissing the dialog. In fact, it seems that after this even the working workflow described below fails to save correct longitude!So the working workflow seems to be to manually replace the periods for commas. Then the map shows correct place for the image.But even then, would it be possible to copy & paste BOTH coordinates (52.503443, 13.328815) together from Google maps and let GC parse them correctly?And why do I need to enter North/South and West/East into the dialog box when pasting only "52.503443, 13.328815" works in Google Earth, Google Maps and Apple Maps? Aren't Positive latitudes north of the equator, negative latitudes south of the equator and so on?regards,- Matti

[thorstenlemke]

Dear Matti,the separator of the numbers depends on your system settings.Thorsten Adding GPS via Google Earth.app is great.But what if I want to use Google maps or some known previously saved GPS coordinates for that instead?With Google maps I can click on a (non-pinned) spot and get gray pin, click the underlined GPS coordinates and then copy them separately into GC.But (at least with my current settings), when I paste latitude (52.503443) into GC's "Add or edit GPS values" field, there is an error "The value 52.503443 is invalid. Please provide a valid value". But if I continue to the longitude field, GC accepts the value and replaces the period (.) with a comma (,). I can then copy & paste longitude 13.328815 and hit OK to dismiss the dialog box. (I also need to enter whether the coordinates are North/South and West/East). But this workflow does not store the correct longitude even if I let GC auto-correct the longitude's period with a comma by moving to another field before dismissing the dialog. In fact, it seems that after this even the working workflow described below fails to save correct longitude!So the working workflow seems to be to manually replace the periods for commas. Then the map shows correct place for the image.But even then, would it be possible to copy & paste BOTH coordinates (52.503443, 13.328815) together from Google maps and let GC parse them correctly?And why do I need to enter North/South and West/East into the dialog box when pasting only "52.503443, 13.328815" works in Google Earth, Google Maps and Apple Maps? Aren't Positive latitudes north of the equator, negative latitudes south of the equator and so on?regards,- Matti• Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use. 

[havema1]

Attachments :photos_years.jpgHi,I scanned 10 000 slides and negatives from 1958-2003 and added EXIF dates to them via iPhoto* and GC. GC was GREAT help in renaming and rating them!!For a moment I thought I should also add GPS data to the files. But it seems that it is better to not guess where each shot was really taken (see the attachment -- there is spotty location data only after 2012 because even new DSLR cameras' GPS use so much power that people tend to keep it off. I guess there is confusion if I add GPS data to the very old images unless I do it uniformly right?).BTW, I have an iPad video from LAST SUMMER that somehow got 300 km erroneous GPS data that seems impossible to correct with current tools *I used iPhoto 9 to add the times because GC was somewhat slower and clumsier to show and verify them. I batch changed the times in iPhoto (Modify original files), Moved to trash the iPhoto files, emptied the iPhoto trash, and retrieved the trashed iPhoto event from the Finder Trash to the archive.p.s. my feature request for copy&paste "52.503443, 13.328815" style GPS data stemmed from adding GPS data to these 10 000 files. I guess it is easier to have a FEW pre-determined locations to add, than to ALWAYS use Google Earth.app to set the somewhat arbitrary locations via Google Earth.- Matti

[Ed Foskey]

Hi Matti,I did that with quite a few old pictures. I had a pretty good idea (at least the town/city) where they were taken and added that to the geocoding for the pictures. While I did not have specific locations, I had general locations. Just my thoughts on it.For example, I had a number of pictures of my mom from the 1940’s and 1950’s that were taken in a small town in Georgia where she grew up. I had all of them in a single folder and used the browse feature. I chose the name of that town and it marked them all for that town. Perfect or exactly where they were taken? No, but they are close enough for me.Good luck with your work with your photos. ====================Ed Foskeyedward@foskeyroad.com On Apr 17, 2015, at 1:54 PM, matti.haveri@gmail.com [gcmac] <gcmac@yahoogroups.com> wrote:[Attachment(s) from matti.haveri@gmail.com [gcmac] included below]Hi,I scanned 10 000 slides and negatives from 1958-2003 and added EXIF dates to them via iPhoto* and GC. GC was GREAT help in renaming and rating them!!For a moment I thought I should also add GPS data to the files. But it seems that it is better to not guess where each shot was really taken (see the attachment -- there is spotty location data only after 2012 because even new DSLR cameras' GPS use so much power that people tend to keep it off. I guess there is confusion if I add GPS data to the very old images unless I do it uniformly right?).BTW, I have an iPad video from LAST SUMMER that somehow got 300 km erroneous GPS data that seems impossible to correct with current tools *I used iPhoto 9 to add the times because GC was somewhat slower and clumsier to show and verify them. I batch changed the times in iPhoto (Modify original files), Moved to trash the iPh oto files, emptied the iPhoto trash, and retrieved the trashed iPhoto event from the Finder Trash to the archive.p.s. my feature request for copy&paste "52.503443, 13.328815" style GPS data stemmed from adding GPS data to these 10 000 files. I guess it is easier to have a FEW pre-determined locations to add, than to ALWAYS use Google Earth.app to set the somewhat arbitrary locations via Google Earth.- Matti

[havema1]

Hi Ed,I know "close enough" where 90% of the very old photos were taken. So maybe it is better to add the data to them before it is too late - Matti