Add Borders and Copyright information in Gimp
I modified the batch processing plug-in for Gimp called PhotoLab to add a border that I liked better than the original. I also added copyright information that is written on the border. The biggest hurdle though was Gimp itself -- the built-in jpg save functions lose all the metadata, including the photo-taken timestamp that I use to sort the photos and the photo captions.
To rectify this problem, I called the executable version of exiftools from within the python script. A better way would have been to code it directly into the plug-in, but I ran out of patience for that. Hopefully the upcoming Gimp version 2.8 will fix this problem.
It is not particularly robust, but these items are essential:
*Gimp python script capability must be installed (
http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/i...6-windows.html)
*exiftool.exe needs to be on your path (
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/)
Credits
1. The "base" of the script was batch processing for adding borders and title information from the PhotoLab suite of Gimp tools.
http://registry.gimp.org/node/157
List of changes:
Changed the "title" feature to be a copyright feature
Placed the copyright information on the border (size scales with border so it always fits).
Replaced the border with one I liked better (see #2 below)
Used exiftool to preserve metadata (see #3 below)
Note: I have not renamed the script from the PhotoLab original.
Note: The script is now limited to JPG images (mostly to preserve metadata)
2. I replaced the border with a modified version of the border implemented in the two_color_borders.py script.
http://registry.gimp.org/node/24635
Changed the script so that the border overlays the edges of the current image in order to maintain the original aspect ratio. A quick code change can switch it back (I meant to make this an option, but ran out of time).
3. In order to "preserve" metadata, I used ExifTool (
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) to copy the metadata from the original JPG to the new JPG.
Note: ExifTool.exe must reside on your path.
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