# FotoTagger Help
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## Contents Overview What's New in FotoTagger 2.12? Features System Requirements Running FotoTagger Opening an Image Tagging Images Using Callouts to Pinpoint Objects Exploring Folders and Images Working with Albums Commenting images Customizing Font and Color Settings Working with Regions Working with Matte Viewing Annotated Images Zooming Images Editing an image with an external imaging program Generating an animated GIF file Searching across Tags and Files Performing Simple Image Editing Operations Sharing Annotated Images Uploading a Current Image to Flickr Uploading Multiple Pictures to Flickr Downloading Multiple Pictures from Flickr Flickr Metadata Conversion Table Publishing Annotated Images to a Blog Exporting to HTML Sending Annotated Images by Email Merging Tags with an Image Customizing Publication and Export Templates Interaction with Other Applications Collecting images from browser Frequently Asked Questions Keyboard Shortcuts Format Specifications ## Overview FotoTagger is a free, powerful, and easy-to-use image annotation tool for PC. It enables you to place textual labels, called tags, directly on an image and describe individual objects visualized on the picture. While FotoTagger allows storing tags along with information about their positioning in the special metadata section of an ordinary JPEG file, tags are stored separately from image information so the original view remains intact. Tags can be hidden in a click of a button at any time. Additionally, storing the tags in the same file lets you share the image with tags through various means, including blogs, Flickr, Web sites, and e-mail. Powerful and easy-to-use search allows you find tagged images instantly across your computer. Advanced file and album management capabilities are included.
Use FotoTagger to: Organize and search your images Comment travel photos. Keep family history alive by annotating pictures of friends' reunion, family parties, wedding, classmates, meetings, and more. Comment art works by conveying wider cultural and historical context. Comment technical illustrations. Review design images. Build up visual address books. Provide technical support with commented screenshots. Prepare educational pictures. Create visual dictionaries. Make fun with funny pictures, for example create your own comics. Record archeological finds. Make an investigation of car accidents more effective by putting notes on car accident photos. Deliver interpretation of satellite images and aerial photos. Find out how FotoTagger is used in real-world applications at FotoTagger Users' Websites. [top] ## What's New in FotoTagger 2.12? FotoTagger 2.12 allows collecting images directly from browser (IE only) into FotoTagger album. Simply select Grab to FotoTagger option from the image context menu in browser, then chose appropriate album. The grabbed image will appear in FotoTagger. The image information pane has been significantly reworked to make it easier get information about current image and it displays now the source URL of the image in addition to JPEG file properties, user's comments, tags, IPTC and EXIF information. Grid feature will help to order tags properly. Also added individual image presentation mode when tags are displayed one by one. [top] ## Features Add and position tags to images. Create callouts to pinpoint a specific object. Add, edit or delete comments for a group of images at once in Organize mode. View comments for multiple images in Organize mode. Define font and color settings. Display tags in a form of ballons. Use matte to enhance the space within which tags can be placed. Create annotation regions to assign a single tag to multiple objects and identify boundaries of an annotated object. Hide tags and caption to view an original image. Edit tags and caption at any time. Pasting an image from the Windows clipboard. Choose a color for tags, caption, callouts, font, background, and matte. View annotated pictures stored on a local disk. Explore and organize images. Create, manage and publish albums of images, support for nested albums. Apply operations, such as exporting to Flickr, exporting to HTML, rotation, sending by email, and moving, to a group of chosen images. View Exif data. View IPTC data. View image and file properties. Publish annotated images to Flickr with annotations preserved and converted to editable Flickr notes. Download images from Flickr with Flickr notes preserved and converted to editable FotoTagger annotations. Export individual annotated images to HTML or send them by email. Export manually chosen images or all images from a specified folder to HTML and create Web galleries of annotated images with an ability to view them in the automatic slide show mode. Export regions of annotated images to HTML as separate images Publish annotated pictures to blogs at LiveJournal.com and Blogger.com directly from FotoTagger. Customize publication and export templates. Generate animated GIF files. Merge tags with an image to enable people who do not have FotoTagger to view annotation anyway. Search across textual notes and image file names to find a particular person, object, or comment among digital image collections. Search for text in tags of specific image to find all tags where the searh phrase occurrs. Zoom in/out an image. Edit an image with an external image editing software while preserving FotoTagger annotations. Resize and rotate image while automatically adjusting tags positioning. View image in Fit Screen or Real Size mode. Print an image with tags. Support for JPEG (jpeg, jpg, jpe) files. Store tags according to an XML-based open specification (see Format Specifications for details). Export tags to an XML file and import them back onto the picture. Scaling tags when printing an image. Maximum tag size is 32K, including all XML. [top] ## System Requirements PC with 300MHz Pentium® processor 128MB RAM About 3MB of free hard disk space is required to install Because FotoTagger indexes images on a hard disk, it requires some additional hard disk space to store the index. Amount of the required space depends on a number of pictures you have on the hard disk. Typically, it usually takes up to 100MB. 800x600 pixels, 16 bit color monitor. Windows 2000/XP. Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or above is recommended, but not required. [top] ## Running FotoTagger To launch FotoTagger: Click the Windows Start button. Select All Programs > FotoTagger > FotoTagger. Alternatively, you can launch FotoTagger by clicking the right mouse button on a JPEG file in Windows Explorer and then selecting Edit with FotoTagger from the pop up menu. [top] ## Opening an Image FotoTagger enables you to open and annotate any JPEG file. You can open an image by using one of the following options: The standard Open dialog box. Use this option if you need to open the image you know and do not necessarily want to preview its thumbnail first. FotoTagger Organizer. Use this option if you do not know the image file name and need to preview its thumbnail first. Pasting image from the Windows clipboard. Use this option if you need, for example, to annotate a screen capture. To open an image by using the standard Open dialog box: On the toolbar, click Open . In the Open dialog box, navigate to the location where the image is stored. Choose the file and click Open. To open an image by using FotoTagger Organizer: On the toolbar, click Switch to Organize Mode . Navigate to the image you want to annotate. Double click the thumbnail. To open an image from the Windows clipboard: Make sure an image is copied to the clipboard from another application. On the menu bar, select Edit > Paste Image. You can use Previous and Next to browse across the files within the current folder, if necessary. [top] ## Tagging Images Adding and positioning tags over an image is easy and convenient with FotoTagger: On the toolbar, click to Add Caption. A caption will appear. Double click the tag, type a text, and then move the tag to an appropriate position. Please note that there is only one caption for an image. You can use it as an image title or short description. On the toolbar, click to Add Tag. A new tag will appear. Any number of tags can be added to an image. Double click the tag, type a text, and then move the tag to an appropriate position. While tagging large images, it might be helpful to use the Fit Screen mode other than the Real Size mode. Click to switch between the modes. You can delete a tag or clear all tags on the picture anytime by choosing FotoTagger Tags > Clear All. When you finished, click Save to save the tags. Adding tags does not substantially increase size of your picture file because tags are stored within the file in text format. Use Snap to Grid feature in the tag'c context menu to order the tags. Chose Show Grid option from the Options dialog to display the grid. Here you can also customize grid size. [top] ## Using Callouts to Pinpoint Objects In some cases, when you need to annotate a picture which is full of objects and details, you might want to position a tag in a way that let viewers unambiguously identify to which object exactly the tag relates to. FotoTagger offers you a feature, called callout. It enables you to pinpoint any object on a picture: Add a tag. Drag the small blue rectangular on the top left corner of the tag to an object to which the tag relates. A line connecting the tag and the object appears. This is a callout. Now you can drag the tag as well as the end of the callout wherever you want. The default color of a callout is black. On some black-and-white photos it can look unclear. To change the callout color, select Tags > Callout Color and then choose a color. You can remove the callout by clicking the right mouse button on a callout and selecting Delete Callout option from the pop up menu. Use View/Show tags and captions as balloons option to switch the way tags are shown - as balloons or as rectangles. [top] ## Exploring Folders and Images FotoTagger provides an ability to explore and organize images on your disks directly from FotoTagger by using the Organize mode. The Organize mode lets you: Browse folders and images. Find images across your computer by file name or FotoTagger tags and caption Moving and deletnig individual and multiple files. Rotate individual and multiple images at once. Publish individual and multiple images to Flickr. Export individual and multiple images to HTML. Send individual and multiple images by email. View automatically generated thumbnails. Set thumbnail size. View Exif data. View IPTC data. View file properties, including path, image and file size, creation date, and indexing date. View FotoTagger caption and tags displayed in a separate field. Add images to the search index. To view thumbnails: Switch to the Organize mode by clicking Switch to Organize Mode on the toolbar. FotoTagger Organizer displays. On the Folders pane, click a folder that contains images. Please note if no images are stored in the selected folder, no files are displayed. If the image contains FotoTagger annotations, the FotoTagger icon displays on the left from the file name. Click a thumbnail to view a larger image along with FotoTagger caption and tags displayed in the separate field next to the image. You may apply the same operations to the selected image as in the Edit mode, including image rotation, publishing to blogs and Web, and sending by email. To perform basic operations on files: In the Organize mode, click a folder that contains the image to which you want to apply an operation. Click a thumbnail of the image. If you want to appply the operation to multiple images, hold CTRL when selecting. On the menu bar, select the operation you need. To annotate an image or edit annotation: In the Organize mode, click a folder that contains images you want to annotate. Double-click the thumbnail. The image will be opened in the Edit mode. To set the thumbnail size, in the Organize mode, select View > Thumbnail size on the menu bar, and choose the size. To view Exif data, in the Organize mode, select View > Show Exif Data on the menu bar. To view IPTC data, in the Organize mode, select View > Show IPTC Data on the menu bar. To switch to the Edit mode, click Switch to Edit mode on the toolbar. [top] ## Working with Albums You have lots of images and use some of them more often than overs? Then collecting such images into albums will help you to accurately organize them into meaningful groups and find them easier once they are needed. An album is simply a collection of links to images, while the images are located in their folder. Which means each image can be included in any number of albums and changing the original image will change it in all albums. To add an image to an album from Edit Mode Just choose Add to Album in Tools menu. Then select an existing album from list or add a new one. To add one or more images to an album from the Organize Mode: Open Foders and select one or more images in the Thumbnails pane. Chose Add to Album from the Album menu. Then select an existing album from list or add a new one. To add many images from different folders to one album Add to Current Album is really useful. Switch to Albums tab next to Folders tab to see that the images you added appear there immediately. Note that these actions are available from the context menu on the image or multiple selected images. To manage albums (add, rename, delete, move) switch to Albums tab and use the Album menu or the context menu. Moving albums is available via drag-and drop. You can create nested albums. To move album on the top drag it and drop on the empty space below the albums tree. Export to HTML and Send Image by Email features are available for whole albums now. [top] ## Commenting images You can add comments to your images in FotoTagger and manipulate comments for multiple images in an easy and conveneint way. It's a good idea to add comments to the photos which are important to you. Commenting a group of photos is especially useful when you need to record some information for many photos but don't have much time to describe each photo individually. These comments are searchable, which means you will be able to easily find them later. Add or edit comments for one or more images as follows: Switch to Organize mode in FotoTagger. Use Folders tree and Thumbnails panel to find the needed images. Select the desired images and use Add/edit comment button in the toolbar at the bottom of FotoTagger window. Edit comment dialog will appear. Type comment and press Save. The comment will be associated with each selected image. You can edit this comment for each image individually or for all images at once using the same steps as described above. Note that when editing comments to multiple images a sum of text from all individual comments is display, which allows use all text avaialble in the comments for selected images and preserve the needed parts of the text. The text after editing will be saved in each image, replacing old text if any. You can also edit comments from Edit mode as well. The comments are available for viewing in Organize mode. Just select the desired group of images and the comments for each image will appear in the list at the Comments panel. To delete comment for all selected images use Delete comment button. It will completely remove comments for all selected images. [top] ## Customizing Font and Color Settings FotoTagger enables you to define font and/or color settings for tags, caption, callouts, and matte. By default, the font defined in the FotoTagger Options dialog box is used. To set up a default font for the tags and caption: On the menu bar, select Tools > Options. The FotoTagger Options dialog box will appear. In the FotoTagger Options dialog box, click the Caption Font to change the default font of the caption or Tag Font to change the default font of the tags. Once you change text color and font size, a window for choosing background color appears In the Font dialog box, define font settings and click OK. In the FotoTagger Options dialog box, click Save to save the default settings. To define font and color settings for the current image: On the menu bar, select Tags > Customize Fonts and Colors. The Customize Fonts and Colors dialog box will appear. Click Text to define font settings. The Font dialog box will appear. Click Background to set up the background color. The Color dialog box will appear. Click the Transparent check box if you want to make the tags or caption background transparent. In the Extra section, define color of the callouts and matte, if necessary. If you like your custom font and color choice you can save them as default using Save as default button. The deafault fonts and colors will be used for all new images you decide to annotate. If later you will change your font and color settings for specific image you and always return to your default settings by pressing Reset (Set from Default) button. If you like your custom font and color choice you can save them as default using Save as default button. In the Customize Fonts and Colors dialog box, click OK to save the settings. [top] ## Working with Regions FotoTagger enables you to assign a single tag to multiple objects by enclosing them into an annotation region. This ability also lets you clearly identify boundaries of an annotated object. Showing regions can be enabled or disabled by selecting or clearing the Show Regions command in the View menu. Please note that if an image does not contain any tags, this command is disabled. To set a region: Add a tag and callout. On the menu bar, select View > Show Regions. A rectangular frame that indicates region boundaries appears around the end of the callout. To resize the region frame, click a small blue rectangular on the region frame and drag it. To move the frame to another location, simply drag the frame. [top] ## Working with Matte In some cases, you might want to place tags outside an image. However, if you use Save Merged, Export to HTML, or Blog Pictures feature, these tags will not be saved. To preserve those tags which are entirely or partially placed out of image borders, you can use matte which is a blank space around the image. Matte lets you enhance the space within which tags are saved. Originally, borders of matte coincide with the image borders meaning no space around the image is displayed. You can easily change its size by dragging blue squares on the lilac borders as well as moving the whole matte by dragging the matte borders. Please note matte should always embrace the whole image so borders of matte cannot be inside image borders. To restore the original borders of matte, on the menu bar, select Tags > Reset Matte. You can also change matte color by selecting Tags > Colors and clicking Matte Color in the dialog box. If a tag is entirely or partially placed out of matte borders, the confirmation message will appear. You should choose one of the following options: Click Yes to auto-resize matte. It means matte borders will be automatically expanded to include the tag into matte. Click No to leave the tag placed out of the matte borders. Click Cancel to cancel saving the image. You can also apply auto-resizing to automatically enhance matte size and embrace the tags placed outside the image by selecting Tags > Auto-resize Matte on the menu bar. Please note when zooming the view of the tags is not scaled so some tags can appear outside the image. However, zooming is applied to the view of the image only and does not change the actual size so these tags will look different after saving the image. If you apply auto-resize to the zoomed view to include these tags into matte, matte can appear empty. You can use the View > Real Size feature to see how the image will appear after saving. Like captions and tags, matte can be hidden. To hide, select View > Hide Matte. [top] ## Viewing Annotated Images FotoTagger enables you to view any JPEG file, including those images which were annotated with FotoTagger. You can view an image by using one of the following options: The standard Open dialog box. Use this option if you need to open the image you know and do not necessarily want to preview its thumbnail first. FotoTagger Organizer. Use this option if you do not know the image file name and need to preview its thumbnail first. To open a file by using the standard Open dialog box: To view an image annotated with FotoTagger: On the toolbar, click Open . In the Open dialog box, navigate to the location where the image is stored. You can easily identify whether an image is tagged when browsing the files with Windows Explorer. Please note the special symbol FT on a tagged picture icon. It indicates that this file contains FotoTagger annotation. Choose the file and click Open. To view an image by using FotoTagger Organizer: On the toolbar, click Switch to Organize Mode . Navigate to the image you want to view. Double click the thumbnail. You can use Previous and Next to browse across the files within the current folder, if necessary. You may hide or show a caption, tags, regions, and matte at once by clicking a single button or selecting specific types of objects that should be hidden or shown. To hide or show all the objects, on the toolbar, click the Show/Hide objects button. If you want to hide or show specific type of objects, such as tags or regions, click the arrow placed on the right from the Show/Hide objects button and select an appropriate object from the drop-down list. An annotation region appears each time you point the mouse over a tag. You can zoom in or zoom out an image by clicking the Zoom In or Zoom Out icons on the toolbar. Alternatively, you may select View > Real Size to see the 100% image size or View > Fit Screen to resize the image so it will fit the screen. You can also click on the toolbar. This ability can be useful when you need to tag images that are larger than the size of the screen. Please note that zooming is applied to the image view only and does not change the actual size of the image. To resize the image, select Tools > Resize Image instead. To display image's tags one by one use individual image presentation mode which is avaialble through Customize Tags Presentation option in the tag context menu. [top] ## Zooming Images With FotoTagger, you can easily zoom in and zoom out an image. Zooming is applied to the image view only so it does not affect the actual size of the saved or exported image. Please note that in the current version the view of the tags is not scaled when zooming. Íî íà ïå÷àòè òåïåðü Zoom cêàçûâàåòñÿ. Although zooming is applied to the image view only, it also affects printing - the image is printed i the size you see it on your screen. Note that zooming does not change the actual size of the saved, exported image, or merged image, the actual look can be different. To see how the image will appear after saving, on the menu bar, select View > Real Size. To zoom in the image, click the Zoom In on the toolbar. To zoom out the image, click the Zoom Out on the toolbar. You can always see the current zoom ratio in percentage on the FotoTagger status bar. [top] ## Editing an image with an external imaging program Saving an annotated image in an image editing program that does not support FotoML, the format used by FotoTagger for storing annotations, can cause removing annotations from the JPEG file. To let you preserve your work, FotoTagger provides a special mechanism. You can launch an external imaging application, such as IrfanView or Adobe Photoshop, directly from FotoTagger. The annotations are temporarily saved in an external file. When you finished editing the file in the editor program, the annotations are put back on the image. To launch an external editor: Click the Edit icon on the toolbar. A program associated with JPEG files will start. When you finished editing the image, save it in the editing program. Switch back to FotoTagger and click Yes in the confirmation window, if you want to put your annotations back to the image. Clicking No will cause losing FotoTagger annotations. [top] ## Generating an animated GIF file With FotoTagger, you can instantly generate an animated GIF file that displays the current image with and without tags in a loop. To generate an animated GIF file: On the menu bar, select Share > Save Image as Animation. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the location where the animated GIF file should be stored. Type a name for the GIF file and click Save. After the file is saved, an image viewer will be launched to display the newly created animated GIF file. [top] ## Searching across Tags and Files With FotoTagger, you can reach a desired image by searching across textual notes. This capability lets you perform a meaningful search and rely on what is presented on a picture and on formal parameters, like a file name. To find a file that has specific file name or contains a text that you have ever entered into a tag, switch to Organize mode type in the search phrase in the field at the left top and press Find You will see your search results below as image thumbnails. You can click desired thumbnail to open the image in Edit mode. Then click one of the image thumbnail in the search results. Editor window will open with all tags in which your search phrase occurs highlighted. Click find button in editor again and again to foucs the next tag containing the search phrase. You can customize search options using » button next to Find button. The available search options in Organize mode are: Search in the current folder - check it if you would like to limit search to the folder selected in the folders tree at the left side. Search in FotoTagger tags - this option tells FotoTagger to look for your search phrase in tags contained in the images. Turn it off if you'd like to search file names only. Search in file names - this option tells FotoTagger to look for your search phrase in file names of the images in FotoTagger database. Search as you type - with this option turned on, FotoTagger will not wait your pressing Find button and will display search results instantly as you type. The available search options in Edit mode are: Case sensitive - makes search sensitive to the text's case. Cycle searching - checking this means than FotoTagger will not spot after letting you find all tags with search phrase - it will go again to the first occurrence. Search as you type - with this option turned on, FotoTagger will not wait your pressing Find button and will display search results instantly as you type. Search backwards - performs search from bottom to top. You can use a few tips to make your search more effective: FotoTagger uses its own database, called the search index, to bring search results almost instantly. For best search results, it is recommended to update the search index prior to using the Search feature. If you have never opened the files you are looking for with FotoTagger, or you just received them from someone else, consider updating the search index in order to include them into the database. If you have a particular folder on a hard disk where the image files are located, but FotoTagger still does not find them, try to add this folder to the search index manually. Select a folder in the folders tree in Organize mode, them choose Add Folder to Index from the context menu or main application menu. The selected folder is indexed with all its files and subfolders. Note that all subfolders of current folder are indexed automatically. Each time you open a picture in FotoTagger, the image information is automatically added to the search index. If you delete a file from a hard disk or move it to another folder, the search index is not updated automatically. You will have to add specific folder to the search index or rebuild the index. [top] ## Performing Simple Image Editing Operations To rotate an image, on the menu bar, select Tools > Rotate Left or Tools > Rotate Right. FotoTagger lets you also apply rotation to multiple images at once. To rotate several images, switch to the Organize mode, choose images, and select rotation option in the Tools menu. To resize a picture, select Tools > Resize Image. When FotoTagger resizes the picture, it preserves original positions of tags. It is especially helpful when you need to reduce image size for publishing the photo on the Web or sending it by email. When resizing, you can define the size either in percents or pixels. Leave the Preserve Aspect Ratio check box selected to constrain the original image proportions. [top] ## Sharing Annotated Images With FotoTagger, you can share your pictures in your usual way while gaining new advantages provided by FotoTagger: Uploading one or more annotated pictures to Flickr and downloading pictures from Flickr to your PC. Publishing annotated pictures to a blog at LiveJournal.com and Blogger.com. Publishing annotated pictures to HTML. Sending annotated pictures by email. Merging tags with an image to enable users who do not have FotoTagger installed to view annotation anyway. Saving image as an animation having two frames (with tags and without tags) is also available [top] ## Uploading a Current Image to Flickr In addition to the ability to upload and download multiple pictures at once, you can upload a current image to a Flickr account. To upload a current picture to a Flickr account, click Flickr on the toolbar. Please ensure that you are connected to the Internet. The Choose Desired Flickr Operation wizard will appear. It will guide you through several simple steps. Select Export Current Image and click Next. Now you can upload and download pictures to and from your Flickr account. Fill in the Title, Description, and Tags fields (optionally). Click Upload when finished. When your image is uploaded, a browser window with a Flickr page will appear. [top] ## Uploading Multiple Pictures to Flickr FotoTagger enables you to upload all images from the specified folder as well as to upload only chosen images. To upload all images from a folder: Click Flickr on the toolbar. Alternatively, you can switch to the Organize mode, navigate to a folder, and select Share > Export to Flickr on the menu bar. The Choose Desired Flickr Operation wizard will appear. It will guide you through several simple steps. Select Export Images and click Next. Now you can upload and download pictures to and from your Flickr account. In the From Folder field, select an appropriate source folder from which pictures should be uploaded. If you want to upload images from all subfolders of the selected folder, select the Include Subfolders check box. If you need to perform some operations with the files, such as adding or removing images, click Open This Folder in Explorer. In the To Flickr Set field, select an existing set or create a new one. If a set is not selected, FotoTagger will upload the images to your Flickr account without specifying a set. In the Resize image dropdown list, select a resize option, if necessary. Click Next button when you are ready. You will see upload progress bars. When upload is done, click View exported photos to open the Flickr Website in your browser. To upload only chosen images: On the toolbar, click Switch to Organize Mode . On the Folders pane, click a folder that contains images. Press CTRL on the keyboard and select multiple images you want to export to Flickr. On the menu bar, select Share > Export to Flickr. The Export Photos to Flickr dialog box will appear. In the To Flickr Set field, select an existing set or create a new one. If a set is not selected, FotoTagger will upload the images to your Flickr account without specifying a set. In the Resize Image drop-down list, select a resize option, if necessary. Click Next button when you are ready. You will see upload progress bars. When upload is done, click View exported photos to open the Flickr Website in your browser. [top] ## Downloading Multiple Pictures from Flickr FotoTagger enables you to download pictures from a Flickr account while preserving Flickr notes and converting them to FotoTagger annotation tags. To download pictures from a Flickr account, click Flickr on the toolbar. Please ensure that you are connected to the Internet. The Choose Desired Flickr Operation wizard will appear. It will guide you through several simple steps. Select Import Images and click Next. Now you can upload and download pictures to and from your Flickr account. Select an appropriate Destination folder where you want to save downloaded images. Click Next. On the next step you will see available Flickr sets. Select a set for downloading. You can select the Import whole set check box if you do not want to select individual photos or Create a subfolder named as your set check box. The latter options can be useful if you plan to copy other sets from your Flickr account later. Click Next when finished. On the next step you can select specific photos from the selected set that should be downloaded. Click Next when finished. Please note that this screen will not appear if you selected Import Whole Set on the previous step. You will see download progress bars. When finished, the wizard will offer you to Open first downloaded file in FotoTagger or Open destination folder in Explorer. You can close the wizard now by clicking Finish. [top] ## Flickr Metadata Conversion Table Flickr and FotoTagger use different formats to store image metadata. When you upload or download images to and from Flickr, the Flickr image metadata is imported and exported into FotoTagger format as follows:
Flickr Metadata | FotoTagger Metadata
Title | Filename
Description | Caption
Notes (tag's position is not preserved by Flickr) | Tags
Regions | Regions
Keywords | ignored in this version
[top] ## Publishing Annotated Images to a Blog FotoTagger enables you to publish annotated pictures to blogs at LiveJournal.com and Blogger.com. Find out some examples of blogs created with FotoTagger: To publish the current picture, click Blog on the toolbar. A wizard dialog box that will guide you through several simple steps appears. Select a blog provider - LiveJournal.com or Blogger.com - in the drop down list. Enter your LiveJournal.com or Blogger.com user name and password and then click Next. If you do not have a Blogger or LiveJournal account, click Create a blog and follow the instructions in the browser window. Select a blog where you want to publish the picture, if you have multiple blogs. Enter a title and a text for the post. Please note that FotoTagger takes caption automatically from the image. The Text field can be left empty. When finished, click Next and wait a few seconds while FotoTagger is publishing the image. A message that notifies about successful publishing appears. You can click the link to open your blog in a browser window. If an error message appears during publishing, please try to publish the image again. Sometimes, Blogger.com can produce such errors when its server is overloaded with a significant number of requests. Please refer to FAQ or visit the FotoTagger Website for support if you have any troubles with publishing. Please note that the image is published in a real size even if you are working in the Fit Screen mode when publishing. You can customize appearance of the annotated image in a blog by editing HTML templates. [top] ## Exporting to HTML FotoTagger enables you to export both individual files and whole folders to HTML. In the former case, a result of export is an HTML pages that contains the annotated image with tags which can be hidden in a click of a button. In the latter case, FotoTagger generates a series of HTML pages, one page per image, which include the annotated images. When generating these pages, FotoTagger builds a start page that contains automatically created thumbnails. Clicking a thumbnail brings you to the page with the full-size image. You can navigate through pages by clicking Next and Previous links on the top of the pages or running the automatic slide show. You can also decide to export regions as separate HTML pages or as separate images on this step. As HTML pages with annotated images can be viewed in any browser and do not require FotoTagger for displaying tags, you may use the Export Folder to HTML feature to instantly create step-by-step tutorials or presentations. They can be burned on a CD or uploaded to a Web site that gives you new opportunities for sharing your annotated image collections. Please note that when generating HTML pages, FotoTagger creates copies of annotated images in a destination folder so free disk space can be reduced, especially if you are exporting a whole folder that contains many images. Once created, HTML pages can be uploaded to your Web site. To export an individual image to HTML: On the menu bar, select Share > Export Image to HTML. The Export to HTML dialog box will appear. Select a destination folder. You can change the name of HTML and image files, if necessary. Please avoid characters which are not allowed in URL's, such as white spaces. Using these characters can make your page or image inaccessible. Click OK when finished. FotoTagger creates an HTML and copies of the annotated images in the destination folder. When export is finished, the exported file appears in a browser window. To export a folder to HTML: On the menu bar, select Share > Export Folder to HTML. The Export Folder to HTML dialog box will appear. You can also export folder to HTML from Organize mode by choosing appropriate folder in the folder tree and clicking Export to HTML button on the toolbar. Select a folder from which annotated images should be taken. You can always click Open this folder to see its contents in Windows Explorer. If the folder contains subfolders that should be exported too, select the Include subfolders check box. Select a destination folder. If you want to use the same folders next time, select the Remember folders check box. Set additional options, if necessary by selecting or clearing appropriate check boxes. Click Next. Set the available options by selecting or clearing appropriate check boxes. Click Export to start exporting. When export is finished, FotoTagger will display a report indicating how many images were included into HTML pages and how many thumbnails and HTML files were generated. To export only chosen images to HTML: On the toolbar, click Switch to Organize Mode . On the Folders pane, click a folder that contains images. Press CTRL on the keyboard and select multiple images you want to export to HTML. On the menu bar, select Share > Export to HTML. The Export Annotated Images to HTML dialog box will appear. Select a destination folder. If you want to use the same folders next time, select the Remember folders check box. Set additional options, if necessary by selecting or clearing appropriate check boxes. Click Next. Set the available options by selecting or clearing appropriate check boxes. Click Next to start exporting. When export is finished, FotoTagger will display a report indicating how many images were included into HTML pages and how many thumbnails and HTML files were generated. You can customize look-and-feel of HTML pages by editing HTML templates. Please note that balloons will look like standard rectangular tags after exporting to HTML. [top] ## Sending Annotated Images by Email With FotoTagger, you can send an annotated image by email. FotoTagger launches a default email program, such as Microsoft Outlook Express, and attaches the image to the message. When sending an image, there are two options available to you: Sending an image merged with tags. You may use this option if your recipient does not have FotoTagger, but want to see your annotation. FotoTagger will create a copy of the image with tags merged with the picture and automatically attach it to the email message. They will be always visible in any image viewer so every one who does not have FotoTagger will be able to view your annotation. However, as the tags become an integrated part of the image, they cannot be hidden or used for search even if the image is opened with FotoTagger. Sending an image with original FotoTagger tags. If your recipient has FotoTagger, you can send the annotated image without having to merge it with tags. To send an individual image by email: On the menu bar, select Share > Send Image by Email. Alternatively, you can also switch to the Organize mode, choose an image, and select Share > Send Image by Email on the menu bar. In the confirmation window, click Yes to send the image merged the tags. Click No to send the image with original FotoTagger tags. A default email program will be launched. The message window will appear with the image already attached. By default, FotoTagger will add a message that explains how the attached image can be viewed. To send a group of images by email: On the toolbar, click Switch to Organize Mode . On the Folders pane, click a folder that contains images. Press CTRL on the keyboard and select multiple images you want to send by email. On the menu bar, select Share > Send Image by Email. A default email program will be launched. The message window will appear with the image already attached. By default, FotoTagger will add a message that explains how the attached image can be viewed. [top] ## Merging Tags with an Image With FotoTagger, you can embed tags into an image so they will be always visible in any image viewer. It can be useful if you need to give an annotated image to someone who does not have FotoTagger but wants to view your annotation. However, as the tags become an integrated part of the image, they cannot be hidden or used for search even if the image is opened with FotoTagger. To save the image merged with tags, on the menu bar, select Share > Save Image Merged with Tags. To avoid overwriting the original image, FotoTagger automatically adds the word “Merged” to the file name. You can change the name, if necessary. [top] ## Customizing Publication and Export Templates When publishing annotated pictures to HTML and blogs, FotoTagger applies templates to the annotated image. Templates define a layout and view of the button for hiding the tags. Because an ability to hide tags should be provided, two versions of a picture are rendered separately, one that represents an image with tags and another one that provides a tags-free view. To publish these pictures, FotoTagger uses two templates accordingly. The templates are stored in the FotoTagger installation folder. The following templates are available: template_blogger.htm is a template for publishing an annotated picture with tags to Blogger.com template_empty_blogger.htm is a template for publishing a picture without tags to Blogger.com template_lj.htm is a template for publishing an annotated picture with tags to LiveJournal template_empty_lj.htm is a template for publishing a picture without tags to LiveJournal template_export.htm is a template for exporting an annotated picture to HTML. This template is used to generate a Web page that contains an HTML and image. It works in the same way as tagged pictures on the FotoTagger Website. template_index.htm is a template for the page that contains automatically generated thumbnails of annotated images when exporting a whole folder. template_image_first.htm is a template for the first page of an annotated images gallery. template_image_last.htm is a template for the last page of an annotated images gallery. Please note that it is important to keep the "%s" macros intact. In the current version you are not allowed to change the order of macros. [top] ## Interaction with Other Programs Please note that some software applications do not preserve data generated by other applications and stored in a JPEG file. To avoid data loss, it is recommended to export tags in an XML file before editing image in any other application. To export tags: Select Tools > Export Tags to XML file and then choose a file name in the Save dialog box. When you completed editing the picture, you can import the tags by selecting Tools > Import Tags from XML file and then choosing the file in the Save dialog box. [top] ## Collecting Images from Browser This feature is avaialble in the Internet Explorer only. To collect image from browser into FotoTagger simply select Grab to FotoTagger option from the image context menu in browser, then choose appropriate album. The grabbed image will appear in FotoTagger. You can see the image's source URL on the image information pane along with JPEG file properties, user's comments, tags, IPTC and EXIF information. [top] ## Frequently Asked Questions Please visit FotoTagger website for the latest online version of this FAQ. Is FotoTagger free to use? FotoTagger is totally free for a personal use. If you wish to use FotoTagger for business purposes, please contact the developer to obtain the business license. What is a catch, why is it free? This is a new way to annotate photos and images based on a new standard for portable tags. The developer would like to promote this standard as an open standard to the public. Please visit the FotoTagger Website to find out how you can participate in FotoTagger promotion. What is the difference between a caption and a tag? A caption refers to the title of an image in general. Tags are used as annotations associated with some parts of the image. Why do I see captions which I have never created when I use FotoTagger? Image editing software often attaches captions to pictures and keeps them in a special section of the JPEG file, called User Comment. In this case, such captions can be viewed both by FotoTagger and the author application. What happens if I send a tagged picture to a person who does not have FotoTagger? That person can see the picture but not your tags. In some cases, that person can see a caption if it was created by using an application which adds captions to pictures. Is it possible to view FotoTagger tags with another viewer, IrfanView or MS PhotoEditor? Why a merged photo is not clickable? 1. This behavior is normal. Since FotoTagger offered a new way of annotating images. Other applications are not focused on image annotation and don't provide means to display this information. If you are application author and would like to integration image annotation into your software, please let us know. 2. Merged photos are "static" by their nature, annotations are imprinted on them and become part of the image - just like you can do it in MS PhotoEditor. How much space does FotoTagger take on my PC? FotoTagger occupies less than 3Mb after installation. As you open images in FotoTagger, it generates thumbnails for them and adds information about these images to it's database in order to allow search them. This requires additional space, which depends on the number of images you open. Must I have Flickr account to use FotoTagger? No. You don't have to be Flickr user. Basically, FotoTagger allows you annotate pictures on your PC independently from any online services. When you have annotated pictures you can publish them to Flickr, post to your blog, send by email or export into HTML pages and then put on your website. Do you have to be on-line for it to work? No. Unless you need to blog or Flickr an image. Can I position tags outside an image? Yes, you can. However, viewing the tags on the screen with different resolution can make some tags invisible. In this case, FotoTagger will notify you about tags that are placed outside the viewing area. You should also note that some tags placed outside the image can be lost when you merge tags with an image, send an image by email, or publish it to a blog. What is the strange symbol that appears on a image file icon? This is a special symbol which indicates that the image contains FotoTagger annotation. It helps to identify annotated files before launching FotoTagger. I cannot find an annotated picture that I have on my computer with FotoTagger. What should I do? To find an image, FotoTagger uses the search index to locate a desired file. Typically, an image is automatically added to the search index each time you open or save a file a picture. However, in some cases, such as moving a picture to another folder, index update is required because when indexing the files, FotoTagger operates with folders. To keep the search index up-to-date, you should re-build it. Please note that re-building can take significant time if a number of files is substantial. To continue working while FotoTagger is updating the index, you can enable the rebuild index in background mode. Alternatively, if you know exactly in which folder the files should be indexed, you can add only this specific folder to the search index. Which languages FotoTagger supports? FotoTagger supports European languages, such as English, German, Spanish, and Russian. However, language settings should be configured correctly. To check up language settings on your computer, click the Windows Start button and select Settings > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Advanced. The current version does not support Asian languages. We will add Unicode support in the nearest version. If I publish images with annotations in German or any other European language to a blog, will my blog visitors view tags correctly? Yes. FotoTagger stores and publishes annotations to a blog in the UTF-8 encoding. If you experience problems displaying national characters in your blog, please make sure you have your Blogger.com account Settings > Formatting > Encoding set to Universal (Unicode UTF-8). This is the default Blogger.com configuration. Can my annotated images and text published to LiveJournal and Blogger.com be found in the Web? Yes. If you make your blog publicly available, other people will be able to find it by using search engines. Web search engines and Google Blogsearch shows annotations correctly. Technorati sometimes displays technical information which does not make any sense for users and is supposed to be hidden. Can the blogs with annotated images that I publish by using FotoTagger be viewed in all browsers? We tested publishing to blogs on the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Opera. When I click an annotated image on my blog, I can see a full-size image with tags completely loaded. However, Internet Explorer progress bar shows that only 10% are complete. Why? This is an issue caused by Internet Explorer which cannot be fixed on our side. As you probably noted, if you open the same page again, the progress bar shows 100% at once. I often get "Blogger website is heavily loaded..." or "Blogger website is unavailable..." error when publishing to a blog. What's the matter? This problem occurs because the Blogger.com Website does not enable uploading photos and texts in peak load times. You should retry publishing your post. You can check if your blogging service is encountering problems here: Blogger.com Status LiveJournal Status I get "MAPI Login failed" error when trying to send an annotated picture by email from FotoTagger. This problem usually occurs if you had Microsoft Outlook (not Outlook Express!) installed and then you uninstalled it or decided to use a different email application as a default mail client. Re-installing Windows without installing Microsoft Outlook again helps. As a workaround, you can create a merged copy of the image on disk (Tools > Save Merged) and then manually send it by email as an attachment by using your email application. My blog became corrupted after I edited one of my posts in the Blogger.com Compose mode with Firefox. How to restore my blog? Editing FotoTagger posts in the Blogger.com Compose mode with Firefox corrupts them and such posts cannot be deleted easily. To restore your blog, you need to manually delete the corrupted posts by opening such posts, cleaning the text, and saving changes. Then you will be able to delete the posts by using the Delete button. If you would like to restore the deleted post, you will have to publish it from FotoTagger again. It is recommended to use Internet Explorer for editing FotoTagger posts until Blogger.com will fix this problem. [top] ## Keyboard Shortcuts Edit mode:
Switch to Organize Mode | Ctrl + G
File Open | Ctrl + O
File Save | Ctrl + S
Copy Image | Ctrl + C
Paste Image | Ctrl + V
Reload | F5
Print | Ctrl + P
Fit Screen | Ctrl + 0
Real Size | Ctrl + Shift + 0
Next Image | PgDn
Previous Image | PgUp
Show/Hide Caption | Ctrl + Shift + H
Show/Hide Tags | Ctrl + H
Show Matte | Ctrl + M
Add Tag | Ins or Ctrl + N
Delete Tag | Del
Delete All (Tags and Caption) | Ctrl + Shift + Delete
Move Current Tag Left/Right/Up/Down | Arrow Keys
Edit Current Tag | F2
Finish Editing of Current Tag | F3 or Ctrl + Enter
Cancel Editing of Current Tag | Esc
Go to Next Tag | Ctrl + Tab
Go to Previous Tag | Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Auto-Resize Matte | Ctrl + A
Resize image | Ctrl + R
Rotate Left | Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow
Rotate Right | Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow
Edit Image in an External Editor | Ctrl + D
Publish to Blog | Ctrl + B
Export Image to Flickr | Ctrl + K
Export Image to HTML | Ctrl + L
Send by E-mail | Ctrl + E
Show/Hide Tips | Ctrl + T
Help | F1
Organize mode:
Switch to Edit Mode | Ctrl + G
Copy Image (Folder) | Ctrl + C
Copy Image (Folder) | Ctrl + C
Paste Image (Folder) | Ctrl + V
Reload | F5
Select Next/Previous Image | Arrow Keys
Select Next/Previous Folder | Up/Down Arrow Keys
Cancel Editing of Current File name | Esc
Rotate Left | Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow
Rotate Right | Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow
Publish to Blog | Ctrl + B
Help | F1
[top] ## Format Specifications Please visit FotoTagger Website for the latest information on format specification. [top]