PicaJet User Forum

[ajefferson]

Hi,

Just evaluating the product, it looks really useful. However I wanted to use it to add keywords to my photos prior to submission to a stock photo library, and the 64 char limit on keywords is a show stopper.

It's useful to have a lot of relevant keywords to help buyers in the selection of photos, and my existing library images appear to be imported into Picajet without any limit in their keyword length. I can't however create keywords for new photos without being constrained by the 64 char limit.

Is the 64 char limit there for a good reason? Any chance you could remove it?

Also when I click on an existing field, e.g. description the field goes blank when the cursor first enters the field. The text isn't removed it just becomes invisible. This is a little annoying and makes it harder to edit existing text.

Thanks,

Adam

[dbarthel]

I'm also evaluating the product.

Yes, I agree that the 64 character field limit for the IPTC keyword field is a show stopper.

See this page:
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/iptc_naa.html#IPTCchart

It says that the 64 character limit should be *per keyword*.

Maybe the programmer misinterpreted the standard.

I see lots of messages that have gone unreplied by Picojet Support. The only ones replied to are those that have been resolved. This looks bad from a product evaluators viewpoint.

[Alex]

[ajefferson]

What the standard says is actually not that relevant here... the issue is that other products (BreezeBrowser, Photoshop) allow you to to add keywords and do not impose a 64 character limit. Their interfaces let them down compared to yours.

Picajet appears happy to read longer sets of keywords and display them, but will not let a user create keywords beyond 64 characters.

Anyone wanting to submit files to a image library will want to add a lot of keywords to aid in image selection. This limit makes Picajet totally unsuitable for this task.

There is a need for a product which allows the quick addition of keywords to large numbers of photographs in an simple effective manner. You need to fix this limitation for your product to be a player in this market.

Thanks,

Adam

[Alex]

[gcoupe]

Alex, I fear that you *are* misinterpreting the IPTC/IIM spec. Each keyword has a maximum of 64 bytes, but you can have as many keywords (that's what the "repeatable" means) as you want. I thought we'd been here before a while back when we were discussing the interpretation of the IPTC spec.

Adobe misinterprets the spec if Photoshop has a 64 byte limit for the old IPTC/IIM metadata... They do seem to have got it right for XMP Core.

Ajefferson, you said "what the standard says is actually not that relevant here" - Aargh - it's attitudes like that that get us into a whole heap of trouble in all sorts of things.
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Geoff Coupe

[Alex]

[ajefferson]

If I'm creating keywords with more than 64 characters then I have other problems, possibly an inability to spell, or a defective space bar on my keyboard!

The ability to have lots of keywords (each of which is limited to 64 chars) would be great.

Thanks,

Adam

[Alex]

Please try this update:

PicaJet FX: http://www.picajet.com/download/PicaJetFXInstall_438.exe
PicaJet Free: http://www.picajet.com/download/PicaJetInstall_438.exe

[martin10018]