If the picture was taken with a smartphone or GPS-enabled camera then the data will already include the latitude and longitude (subject to your settings and to the device picking up strong enough satellite signals).Whilst this can be done manually, here I am really talking about using a GPX file from a tracking app to apply a location. This location (normally) denotes where the image was taken. Geo-tagging is the process of assigning a geographical location to an image.Then in the next post I shall explain in detail how to geotag in PSU. But if you are having issues, these posts may help.įor those who may be new to this, in the first post I will describe what geo-tagging is and why you may want it. If you are not having issues then that’s great - your apps are probably better than mine and you don’t need to read this. This should be viewed as complimentary to the PSU help document Help>quick manual – Geotagging (PDF). Having got a little way in understanding the issues I am sharing in case it is useful to others. Some of these are caused by my cameras and my tracking app, but some of it is PSU and a combination of these issues makes confusing scenarios. This is for a variety of reasons, as will become clear (I hope). This is great info, smadell.Geotagging in PSU has always caused me a lot of problems. It doesn't seem that Photo Supreme will attempt to use its internal viewer to look at the. Also, if I bring ".afphoto" files into the Photo Supreme catalogue, double-clicking on them will open that file in Affinity Photo. However, it cannot apply keywords or geotags to the Affinity Photo files (since these are proprietary formats over which, I assume, it cannot or will not exercise editing control). Photo Supreme will then recognize Affinity Photo files and will, in fact, create thumbnails for them and display it all in its catalogue. As it turns out, I can go into the Preferences of Photo Supreme and enter ".afphoto" as a file type. It works for me.ĮDIT - An update to all this. So, I have tried to incorporate different applications for the various steps in the process. However, I am a believer in using tools that do one thing well instead of looking for a tool that does everything. In fact, it seems a bit complex as I type it all out. I usually trash the TIFF subfolder, since I can re-create the TIFF files exactly through Optics Pro, and because they take up an enormous amount of space. The star rating survives this process, as do the keywords and geotagging.ĩ) I don't (can't) bring the Affinity Photo files into Photo Supreme, since it doesn't seem to recognize the file type as one which it can catalogue. I save these as "afphoto" files but also export them as JPG files (using the appropriate subfolders).Ĩ) I re-enter Photo Supreme and import the JPG files. I develop those RAW files to TIFF and store them in the TIFF subfolder.Ħ) Normally, I only use the TIFF files temporarily so I don't bring them back into Photo Supreme.ħ) Quitting DxO Optics Pro, I'll now open Affinity Photo to do any extra work on the TIFF files. Inside of Optics Pro, I can again limit my viewing to the 1-star photos. I'll mark them with "1 star."Ĥ) Once I get through all of them, I apply a filter to show me only the 1-star photos (really easy to do) and I open all of these in DxO Optics Pro 11 - my Raw Converter of choice.ĥ) DxO Optics Pro opens (actually it opens the folder that all of the pictures are in) and the star ratings are carried over. Since they are (presumably) related, they are really easy to keyword, since most of the keywords end up being the same for all of them.ģ) I'll cull through the photos to decide which ones to work on. From there, I apply keywords and GeoTag the photos. Actually, each subject matter folder has a number of subfolders inside, including folders for RAW, TIFF, AFFINITY, and JPG versions.Ģ) First thing to do is Import these RAW files into Photo Supreme. So, for instance, I'll have a folder called "Feb 2 - Family Photos" inside the "2017" folder. I keep the folders organized by Year > Date > Subject Matter. So far, here's what I do:ġ) I transfer my RAW files (NEF from my Nikon D750) into a folder on my drive. Also, as far as I know, I can't set up Photo Supreme to "open any JPG in Preview, but open any TIFF in Affinity Photo" or some similar argument. I'm not sure what will happen if I attempt to open a photo in an incompatible application. I can then choose an image (or many) inside of Photo Supreme and click the external application's icon in order to open those photos in the chosen application. Photo Supreme lets me set any application I want as an external editor.
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