ImageIngester/ImageVerifier User’s Manual For ImageIngester 3.5 and ImageVerifier 1.3 Manual Version 3.5 September 16, 2011 ImageIngester.com Marc Rochkind [email protected] WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. © 2007-2011 Marc Rochkind. All rights reserved. ImageIngester/ImageVerifier User’s Manual Version 3.5 Page 2 If you want to start ingesting now and read the manual later... 1. Download ImageIngesterPro for Mac OS X or Windows XP/Vista/7 from ImageIngester.com and install it. 2. Connect your camera or card and make sure it’s visible in the Finder or Windows Explorer. (If you’re prompted to do something with it by the operating system or another photo ingestion program, say no.) 3. Click on the Set button in the Destination group (about mid-way down on the left). 4. Change the Primary Root Folder to where you want ingested images to go. 5. Check Create Backup under Pre-Conversion Backup Root and then set the path to where you want backed-up images to go. 6. Close the Destination Details panel. 7. Press the Start button at the top-right of the main window. 8. You’ll be prompted to choose the camera or card. Navigate to the card’s DCIM folder and choose it. 9. That’s it… your images will be ingested to the Primary folder! If you don’t like the way your files have been named, or how they’ve been arranged into folders, or that your raw files didn’t get converted to DNGs, or that you didn’t get a chance to enter keywords, or that you didn’t see thumbnails, then… that’s what the rest of this manual is for! © 2007-2011 Marc Rochkind. All rights reserved. 2011-09-16 ImageIngester/ImageVerifier User’s Manual Version 3.5 Page 3 Table of Contents The Digital Photography Workflow .......................................................................................5 What ImageIngester Can Do .................................................................................................5 Getting Started ......................................................................................................................7 Hardware and Software Requirements ....................................................................................7 Support ..............................................................................................................................7 Staying Current ...................................................................................................................8 Downloading and Installing II ................................................................................................8 Mounting the Camera or Card ................................................................................................8 A Quick Tour of the User Interface ......................................................................................10 The Main Window ...............................................................................................................10 Settings and Presets ...........................................................................................................11 The Tools Menu ..................................................................................................................12 Basic Features .....................................................................................................................13 Copying Images .................................................................................................................13 Choosing Images ...............................................................................................................16 Multi-Card Ingestion ...........................................................................................................18 Automatic Ingestion ............................................................................................................19 Backing Up Images ............................................................................................................19 Burning Discs ....................................................................................................................21 Renaming Images ..............................................................................................................21 Arranging Images Into Folders .............................................................................................25 Converting Images to DNG ..................................................................................................31 Verifying Images ................................................................................................................33 Extracting JPEGs from Raws ................................................................................................33 Launching a Viewer .............................................................................................................33 Checking For Updates .........................................................................................................34 External Logging ................................................................................................................34 Storing Ingestion Details .....................................................................................................34 Unsaved Preset Reminder ....................................................................................................34 GPS Tagging ......................................................................................................................34 Advanced Features ..............................................................................................................42 Tracking Clients, Projects, Cards, and Ingestions ....................................................................42 IPTC and UserData Database Tables .....................................................................................42 Adding Bulk Metadata to Raw Images ...................................................................................42 Establishing Adobe Camera Raw/Lightroom Develop Settings ...................................................47 Entering Catalog Sets and Keywords .....................................................................................49 Filtering By Image Type ......................................................................................................50 Handling Multi-Camera Shoots .............................................................................................50 Examining Image Internals .................................................................................................57 More About Workflow .........................................................................................................57 ImageIngester and DAM Workflow ........................................................................................57 A Simplified Workflow .........................................................................................................59 ImageIngester and Lightroom ..............................................................................................61 Reference Material ..............................................................................................................61 Macros .............................................................................................................................61 Macro Lab .........................................................................................................................68 Database ..........................................................................................................................70 Locating Presets, Databases, Templates, and Log ....................................................................72 © 2007-2011 Marc Rochkind. All rights reserved. 2011-09-16 ImageIngester/ImageVerifier User’s Manual Version 3.5 Page 4 ImageVerifier ......................................................................................................................75 Overall Operation ...............................................................................................................75 More About Detection of Invalid Files With Structure Checking ..................................................76 Hash Checking ...................................................................................................................76 Dealing with Invalid TIFFs ...................................................................................................78 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................78 © 2007-2011 Marc Rochkind. All rights reserved. 2011-09-16 ImageIngester/ImageVerifier User’s Manual Version 3.5 Page 5 The Digital Photography Workflow In pre-digital times,