John- Yes, that is what I am doing currently, but as Jaq Benadie pointed out, using the comment field can be an asset. Like identifying which cemetery the tombstone photo is from! So I was correct, the field that the comment section within BK photo viewer pulls in is the JPEG COMMENT within the METADATA file of the photo? Thanks. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:39 PM, John Steed wrote: > To Rich Beitler > > Start BK 6.5 and show the picture on the screen using BK > > Then from the top menu pick "do not show comment boxes for any pictures" > > That will fix the problem. > > John Steed > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Beitler" <rabone@gmail.com> > To: "Brothers Keeper List" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:24 AM > Subject: [BK] Photo METADATA and JPEG COMMENT > > >> I recently started using the picture feature in BK. I have been slowly adding photos to my database. However, I loaded a batch of them this past weekend, only to discover an unwanted comment are in several of my pictures. The comment is listed (I can see it using Picasa, but cannot edit or delete it) as a JPEG COMMENT. >> >> It appears that this unwanted bit of information is stored in the METADATA of my picture file. I Googled many different ways JPEG COMMENT and any combination I could think of thereof, and was directed to two different freeware programs, promising to be able to edit the METADATA comment. Over three hours later, no success. Well, the second program did seem to remove the METADATA comment from one JPEG file, but not others. >> >> I am sure that there are photography buff's within the group, so I am asking here. What program, or steps, or incantations do I need or need to perform to be able to edit the METADATA of these photographs so I can remove the unwanted comment? It clearly is found within the METADATA under JPEG COMMENT. There are other comment areas it seems (or so I can see within Picasa), but these are not showing up on the BK photo viewer. >> >> Any help in this matter is appreciated greatly. >> >> >> Rick Beitler >> rabone@gmail.com >> http://chertyrock.blogspot.com >> >> Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi >> >> Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

To Rick Beitler OK, I thought you were getting unwanted comments and wanted them to stop. If you want to change the comments and have them show, then you need a program that can edit the JPG comments. There are 2 or 3 different types of "comments" that you can add to jpg pictures. BK can only show one of those types of comments. (BK can not print the comment, but it can show when you view the picture full screen) One program that can edit the JPG comments is XnView which you can download from http://www.xnview.com/ Run XnView and open the picture then pick Edit, Edit comment. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Beitler To: bk@rootsweb.com Cc: John Steed Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [BK] Photo METADATA and JPEG COMMENT John- Yes, that is what I am doing currently, but as Jaq Benadie pointed out, using the comment field can be an asset. Like identifying which cemetery the tombstone photo is from! So I was correct, the field that the comment section within BK photo viewer pulls in is the JPEG COMMENT within the METADATA file of the photo? Thanks. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:39 PM, John Steed wrote: To Rich Beitler Start BK 6.5 and show the picture on the screen using BK Then from the top menu pick "do not show comment boxes for any pictures" That will fix the problem. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Beitler" <rabone@gmail.com> To: "Brothers Keeper List" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:24 AM Subject: [BK] Photo METADATA and JPEG COMMENT I recently started using the picture feature in BK. I have been slowly adding photos to my database. However, I loaded a batch of them this past weekend, only to discover an unwanted comment are in several of my pictures. The comment is listed (I can see it using Picasa, but cannot edit or delete it) as a JPEG COMMENT. It appears that this unwanted bit of information is stored in the METADATA of my picture file. I Googled many different ways JPEG COMMENT and any combination I could think of thereof, and was directed to two different freeware programs, promising to be able to edit the METADATA comment. Over three hours later, no success. Well, the second program did seem to remove the METADATA comment from one JPEG file, but not others. I am sure that there are photography buff's within the group, so I am asking here. What program, or steps, or incantations do I need or need to perform to be able to edit the METADATA of these photographs so I can remove the unwanted comment? It clearly is found within the METADATA under JPEG COMMENT. There are other comment areas it seems (or so I can see within Picasa), but these are not showing up on the BK photo viewer. Any help in this matter is appreciated greatly. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In message <0FCA5594716841F88C8B676379C34F03@Dell4600>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To Rick Beitler > >OK, I thought you were getting unwanted comments and wanted them to stop. > >If you want to change the comments and have them show, then you need a >program that can edit the JPG comments. > >There are 2 or 3 different types of "comments" that you can add to jpg >pictures. BK can only show one of those types of comments. (BK can >not print the comment, but it can show when you view the picture full >screen) > >One program that can edit the JPG comments is XnView which you can >download from http://www.xnview.com/ > >Run XnView and open the picture then pick Edit, Edit comment. > >John Steed [] Or IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com/ - get the plugins too, I think), where it's open the picture and type I C (or select info, comment from the menus). IV can at least display - I'm not sure about edit - some of the other comment formats too. Note BK's grown a new button on the picture menu, open in default picture viewer; you may find this more useful than BK's own picture viewer, if you've got IrfanView as your default (or probably most other picture viewers - I haven't tried xnview, but I think most modern picture viewer/editor software has better zooming, for example, facilities than the BK one, as well of course as the comment editing facility). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Advertising is legalized lying. - H.G. Wells