Panasonic LZ2:Input Device Info is not fully seen - resolved
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:42 am
Hi NIteam,
Great program! Congratulations!
A small problem:
Neat Image reads some EXIF fields and use them for searching. In my case (Panasonic LZ2) this works not always. For a 'normal' image (just taken from the camera) I see the 7 fields:
Device maker: ...
Device model: ...
Software: ...
ISO level: ...
Compression: ...
Sharpness: ...
Exposure time: ...
If the image was modified (e.g. by 'JPG Lossless transformations' of IrfanView, or even as a cleaning result by Neat Image!), some field are gone and a new field appears:
Device maker: ...
Device model: ...
Software: ...
Resolution: 0.00 dpi
(that's it, no more fields)
However, I can see the whole EXIF by other programs and by standard Windows means as if nothig really happend to it.
You know, without ISO recognition it is not so convenient to use Neat Image...
In the Plugin version the problem is even harder: EXIF is not read for ALL
my images and as a result Neat Image complains that it cannot find a suitable profile.
Now some suggestions:
1) It would be good to have an option: "apply original EXIF date/time to the output file"
2) supply Tools/Option with a key-code (as usual, Ctrl+O)
3) In the "Filtration Queue" window assign to Enter the editing function (as for double-click)
4) It makes sense to group the saving options into a new tab in the Options dialog. Then they will have a better access and you don't have to grey them in the plugin version, just grey the whole tab.
5) In the Filtration Job Editor/Device Noise Profile I miss the button "Profile Matcher" somewhere near the blue-diskette buttons.
And also a button referring directly to Options/Matching would be nice.
6) Device Noise Profile: "Device mode:" list box has 6 strings and only shows 5 so that it must be scrolled for the last one. Can you expand it a bit for 6 visible strings? By the way, the last string is "White balance", which doesn't show up in the Options/Matching dialog. Is white balance not so important for matching? Why then it is present in the device mode
list box?
7) And finally, the overall design is nice except for the first 6 pictograms in Filtration Queue window. Especially "Queue" and "Hold". I would re-draw them.
In total, I was pleased to work with the program. Great!
Just would be nice to resolve the EXIF reading problems...
Great program! Congratulations!
A small problem:
Neat Image reads some EXIF fields and use them for searching. In my case (Panasonic LZ2) this works not always. For a 'normal' image (just taken from the camera) I see the 7 fields:
Device maker: ...
Device model: ...
Software: ...
ISO level: ...
Compression: ...
Sharpness: ...
Exposure time: ...
If the image was modified (e.g. by 'JPG Lossless transformations' of IrfanView, or even as a cleaning result by Neat Image!), some field are gone and a new field appears:
Device maker: ...
Device model: ...
Software: ...
Resolution: 0.00 dpi
(that's it, no more fields)
However, I can see the whole EXIF by other programs and by standard Windows means as if nothig really happend to it.
You know, without ISO recognition it is not so convenient to use Neat Image...
In the Plugin version the problem is even harder: EXIF is not read for ALL
my images and as a result Neat Image complains that it cannot find a suitable profile.
Now some suggestions:
1) It would be good to have an option: "apply original EXIF date/time to the output file"
2) supply Tools/Option with a key-code (as usual, Ctrl+O)
3) In the "Filtration Queue" window assign to Enter the editing function (as for double-click)
4) It makes sense to group the saving options into a new tab in the Options dialog. Then they will have a better access and you don't have to grey them in the plugin version, just grey the whole tab.
5) In the Filtration Job Editor/Device Noise Profile I miss the button "Profile Matcher" somewhere near the blue-diskette buttons.
And also a button referring directly to Options/Matching would be nice.
6) Device Noise Profile: "Device mode:" list box has 6 strings and only shows 5 so that it must be scrolled for the last one. Can you expand it a bit for 6 visible strings? By the way, the last string is "White balance", which doesn't show up in the Options/Matching dialog. Is white balance not so important for matching? Why then it is present in the device mode
list box?
7) And finally, the overall design is nice except for the first 6 pictograms in Filtration Queue window. Especially "Queue" and "Hold". I would re-draw them.
In total, I was pleased to work with the program. Great!
Just would be nice to resolve the EXIF reading problems...