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Is there any way for Smugmug to import tags (esp people tags) and/or other meta data from photos during upload?

I've been trying out the people tagging feature in Windows Live Photo Gallery and it works pretty well, but there doesn't appear to be any way to get the same tags added to Smugmug.

I've tried the Smugmug HTML5 uploader and Omar Shahine's excellent Windows Live plugin.

Update

Oops. It looks like Omar Shahine's plugin does add the people tags from WLPG.

Problem solved then.

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The problem with this is that there is no standard place where the data is stored. So it would have to be done on a case by case basis. So while possible (especially in this case as Microsoft has documented how they do it here) it is a lot of work to grab it from all the various methods programs use. Maybe eventually there will be a standard and it will make life easier. Or maybe SmugMug will go ahead and start adding in code to handle it on a case be case basis.

Edit: After some more searching it looks like SmugMug can pick up keywords from the photo tags in some cases, but not for captions. So theoretically if someone wrote a tool to copy the info to the IPTC keywords field in the photo before uploading it would at least pick that up to use as a keyword.

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Maybe exiftool could help? – Emil Sit Jan 26 '12 at 14:17
@jschoen - thanks for your answer. It also looks like the smugmug API supports adding keywords during a file upload so the people tags could be added as keywords (assuming WLPG exposes those to plugins). I'll try to contact Omar Shahine to see if this feature can be added. Otherwise I might have a side dev project on my hands... – Geoff Appleford Jan 26 '12 at 15:07
@Geoff let me know if you do, maybe I can help out, I have been wanting to build some type of automated upload tool to handle my stuff for a while. I use SmugMug for family pictures, and always forget to upload them. – jschoen Jan 26 '12 at 15:34
Smugmug does pull in tags/keywords applied using Lightroom. – Mike Kelly Jan 26 '12 at 23:03
@jschoen - I have the same problem with getting behind on uploads. I've tried snugup (Windows based). It worked fairly well but didn't give me the flexibility I wanted. But I also don't have time to spend tagging all the photos hence why I'm trying WLPG people tagging. I keep you posted on any developments. – Geoff Appleford Jan 27 '12 at 13:26
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I have been using Lightroom since 1.0 and it has had been taking the captions and keywords up with the image. I also have used Star*Explorer and it was successful at uploading with the keywords. I have not used WLPG so I am not sure about the compatibility but with LR I have not had any issues, both using internal uploader and separate.

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