#Camera bits photo mechanic plus serial number
#Camera bits photo mechanic plus full
#Camera bits photo mechanic plus software

For example, the following code replacement will be used based on a base filename “DJW_****” or “_DJW****”.

#Camera bits photo mechanic plus serial number

Therefore, if a photo is ingested and no code generator creates a code that we have a replacement for, the photo credit (IPTC Creator) will be “Unknown” with a blank Creator Job Title, and the photo will be copied into “/Photos/E/Other”.Īfter these declarations for Hot Code, the user can add their normal code replacements, but now users can be identified by filename or model in addition to the serial number of the camera. And for the folder name perhaps we use “all” for the default. For the photographer “title” used for Job Title field of IPTC, maybe we just leave that blank as a default. For the “last” name of the photographer used as part of the folder name path, perhaps we create a folder “Other” when no code is found. So, for the “full” name of a photographer that is placed in the Creator field of IPTC, we may want to say “Unknown” if no code is found. Unlike regular Code Replacements, which has only a single default string for all non-existent codes looked-up, Hot Codes has a default value for each of the Hot Code Names. Now, we add some default values in case a photo is ingested that has no code for any of the various code generators.

#Camera bits photo mechanic plus full

Therefore, we add a single line to the hot code replacement file to define our “Hot Codes Names” (NOTE the “first” column mentioned above is actually the “second” column if this were treated as a spreadsheet): //# full last title editor And the fourth column, which is the folder name for the assigned editor (e.g. The third column, which is the photographers job title, we can call that “title”. The second column, which is just the last name (or nickname) of the photographer, we can call that “last”.

If we want the first code replacement, which is the full name of the photographer, we can just call that “full”. Hot Code Names are like the column headers that one would traditionally add for a spreadsheet to identify the values in that column. Variables have curly braces surrounding the variable name. Variables are built-in names that access certain pieces of metadata.

However, things start to get more complicated when you throw in Photo Mechanic “Variables”.

#Camera bits photo mechanic plus software

Obviously, this is hardly a unique idea (you can buy system-wide software that will at least simulate the first code replacement). To access the second replacement listing the position and team, the user can type “=wc8#2=” and this can extend to multiple variations of the replacement (third, fourth, etc.). When the user types “=wc8=” then as soon as the closing delimiter is typed, this is instantly replaced with “ Alex Ovechkin”. The user “invokes” a code replacement using a special delimiter character they can set, for example ‘=’. A user creates a “code replacement file” which is just a tab delimited text file with codes in the first column, and replacements in subsequent columns.įor example, this is a code “wc8” with two replacements: wc8Ělex OvechkinĚlex Ovechkin, Left wing for the Washington Capitals It is used a lot for sports photographers when they caption photos. It is a technical explanation of a new feature in Photo Mechanic 6 called Hot Codes as well as an explanation of how the invention came about)Ĭode replacements essentially are shorthand codes that have replacements (1 or more). (This post is by Camera Bits’ founder, Dennis Walker.