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Mac-iPhoto-Exif-1.00
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/ Mac::iPhoto::Exif

NAME

Mac::iPhoto::Exif - Write iPhoto meta data to Exif

SYNOPSIS

 console$ iphoto2exif --directory /data/photo/2010/summer_vacation

or

 use Mac::iPhoto::Exif;
 my $iphotoexif = Mac::iPhoto::Exif->new(
    directory   => '/data/photo/2010/summer_vacation'
 );
 $iphotoexif->run;

DESCRIPTION

This module write meta data from the iPhoto database like keywords, geo locations, comments, ratings and faces to the pictures Exif data.

The following exif tags are being used:

  • PersonInImage

  • Keywords

  • UserComment

  • Rating

  • GPSLatitude, GPSLongitude, GPSLatitudeRef, GPSLongitudeRef

  • Rating

ACCESSORS

directory

Limit operation to one or more directories.

ArrayRef of Path::Class::Dir

exclude

Exclude one or more directories.

ArrayRef of Path::Class::Dir

iphoto_album

Path to the iPhoto AlbumData.xml database.

Path::Class::File

loglevel

Be more/less verbose.

Accepted loglevels are : debug, info, warn and error

Default: info

changetime

Change file time according to exif timestamps

Default: true

backup

Backup changed filed

Default: false

METHODS

parse_album

Return the iPhoto album as a XML::LibXml::Doc object

run

Run the iPhoto to Exif conversion

log

Log message

DISCLAIMER

This module has been extensively tested on my machine (OSX 10.6.6, iPhoto 9.1.1) and deemed to work correctly. However I do not guarantee that it will work correctly on any other machine/setup. So make sure that you have backups of your valualble pictures before running this program!

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU.

IN NO EVENT WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENCE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE.

SUPPORT

Please report any bugs or feature requests to mac-iphoto-exif@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Mac::iPhoto::Exif. I will be notified and then you'll automatically be notified of the progress on your report as I make changes.

AUTHOR

    Maroš Kollár
    CPAN ID: MAROS
    maros [at] k-1.com
    
    L<http://www.k-1.com>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Mac::iPhoto::Exif is Copyright (c) 2009, Maroš Kollár - http://www.k-1.com

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.