virin-xmp-toolkit

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Install

macOS Only (For time being)

virin-xmp-toolkit requires Phil Harvey's exiftool and Ollama.

However, the installer will install these dependencies and Homebrew if not already installed.

WARNING:

This installer will install a folder on your desktop as a .app package. You may need to right-click on the executable and select open to get the app to launch.

To install: Copy the text below into your terminal application in macOS and press enter. You may be asked for your user password.

sudo curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/josh-voyles/virin-xmp-toolkit/main/install.sh | bash

PATH WARNING: You will likely need to add 'brew' to your 'path' and will be greated with a warning Copy and paste that text into your terminal or copy/paste the code below and hit enter.

# macOS only
echo >> /Users/$USER/.zprofile
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/$USER/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
sudo curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/josh-voyles/virin-xmp-toolkit/main/install.sh | bash

Uninstall

brew uninstall exiftool
brew uninstall ollama

# warning (code below may uninstall other packages you installed with brew)
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/uninstall.sh)"
sudo rm -rf /opt/homebrew

Instructions

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File Renaming

virin-xmp-toolkit uses the DOD virin (visual information record identification number) standard to help the Air Force Band production team rename files.

The teams visual ID is currently hard-coded into the program since this tool is meant for internal usage.

A common mistake will be to not select the correct file format.

• (Folder) Select the parent directory of the files you want to batch process.
• (File Format) List of file formats currently supported by the renaming function.
• (Reset) Resets all fields.
• (Undo) Unlimited undos as long as application is open. (WARNING: Do not change folder contents while using the app).
• (Rename) Rename all files in the folder with the selected file format.
• (Date Override) Tool will normally extract date from metadata. However, you can input your own date.
• (Shot#) Select the shoot or camera
• (Seq#) Starting sequence number. Normally you will choose 1.

Metadata

• (Folder) Select the parent directory of the files you want to batch process.
• (File Format) List of file formats currently supported by the metadata function.
• (Creator) Defaults to USAF Band Production when clear button is used
• (Title) Your thrilling headline for the series of photos for videos
• (Description) The photo/video caption using AP guidelines AF style.
• (Writer) Who wrote the caption (from my understanding)
• (Keywords) Defaults to USAFBand when clear button is clicked
• (City, State, Country) - self-explanatory
• (Copyright) Will also default to Public Domain. (non-editable)
• (Load) Loads metadata from first file in directory that matches file format.
• (Clear) Clear all fields and creates defaults for Creator, Keywords, and Copyright.
• (Write) Writes metadata to all files with chosen format based on input fields.

AI caption

• (Left Box) Write a description of your video shoot or photo shoot. Provide many details.
• (Right Box) Ollama will spit out a basic caption to help you with writing yours.
• (Reset) Resets all text boxes to empty.
• (Submit) Sends your prompt to Ollama

Quit

• Quits application.