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Photo Mechanic question
Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 11:13 PM on 01.05.09 |
| ->> I have been trying all night to "erase" or delete saved preferences in the IPTC field under the "lightning bolt". To no avail..there seems to be no edit function except to save....went to the camera bits site and still can't figure it out. will any of my esteemed knowledgable friends here on SS help me out. I apologize in advance for being a dumbass |
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Clark Brooks, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 11:34 PM on 01.05.09 |
->> Chuck,
There is no editing featured for the snapshots. In a pinch you can do a search of your hard drive for "*.snap" files. The files reside in a hidden folder called Application Data. The file path would be "c:Documents and Settings..Application DataCamera Bits,IncPhoto MechanicIPTCDialogSettings". The "..." equals the name of the user folder the program is stored.
HTH |
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Clark Brooks, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 11:36 PM on 01.05.09 |
->> Blast! The forum software deleted all the back slashes
"c:(backslash)Documents and Settings(backslash)..(backslash)Application Data(backslash)Camera Bits,Inc(backslash)Photo Mechanic(backslash)IPTCDialogSettings" |
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John OHara, Photographer
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Petaluma | Ca | United States | Posted: 11:41 PM on 01.05.09 |
->> If you go to the Preferences and remove the com.camerabits.plist it will clean out all the preferences. If you SAVE that plist in a seperate folder, you can later re-install it if needed.
On a MAC, it is USER, HOME, LIBARY,PREFFERENCES, deletecom.Camerabits.plist.
Photomechanic should be CLOSED while you do this, otherwise it will make a new plist |
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Scott Morgan, Photographer
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Rockford | IL | United States | Posted: 11:45 PM on 01.05.09 |
->> The folder on a Mac is not hidden.
Ready for this:
User folder>
Library>
Preferences>
com.camerabits.PhotoMechanic>
IPTCDialogSettings>
They're all in there. Delete at will. Easy, huh. |
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Justin Edmonds, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Denver | CO | USA | Posted: 1:37 AM on 01.06.09 |
| ->> VERY helpful, thanks guys! |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 1:52 AM on 01.06.09 |
| ->> so there you have it. my $25 well spent....I tried to fix that crap for two hours (okay obviously I'm computer impaired) put the message out and VIOLA!!! even my feeble old ass was able to follow instructions and it's now cleared...I would buy all you guys a beer but alas, you are too far away! so in your honor I will raise my bottle to you! CHEERS!!!!! |
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Kevin M. Cox, Photographer, Assistant
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Galveston / Houston | TX | US | Posted: 3:05 AM on 01.06.09 |
->> The easier route is to hold down the "Option" key while clicking on the item under the lighting bolt. This will cause the OS to open the folder containing the items with the one you clicked highlighted for deletion.
This works for any of the "lightning bolt" menus under the various dialog windows within Photo Mechanic. |
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Clark Brooks, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 1:55 PM on 01.06.09 |
->> This is why you have to love Camera Bits. Kirk Baker, their lead programmer, dropped me a quick email explaining how to edit the snapshots. Kevin Cox' instructions for the Mac are spot on. If you are a PC user, you hold down the shift key instead. Here is what Mr. Baker wrote:
"That's not true though getting at the snapshot files through
Photo Mechanic is not obvious. On Windows, if you hold down the Shift key while you select one of the Snapshots, a Windows Explorer window will come forward with the Snapshot selected. You can then rename, copy, delete, etc. the file.
On the Mac, users would instead hold down the Option key while choosing a Snapshot. This would cause a Finder window to come forward with the Snapshot selected. The user could then rename, copy, delete, etc. the file." |
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Andy Mills, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Newark | NJ | USA | Posted: 5:50 PM on 03.18.09 |
| ->> thanks guys! this was my question, too. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 6:03 PM on 03.18.09 |
| ->> wow. that is awesome and much easier than the other thanks |
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