Gtk+ Quick Photo Editor

Gtk+ Quick Photo Editor (GQPE for short) is a small image tag editor.

GQPE only cares for the following tags:

• Xmp.dc.subject
• Iptc.Application2.Caption
• Exif.Image.ImageDescription
• Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude
• Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude
• Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitudeRef
• Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitudeRef
• Exif.Image.Orientation

This program is intended to set those tags as fast as possible. The program shows the picture and a map for its geolocation, and allows the user to rotate it and to enter the Xmp.dc.subject, Iptc.Application2.Caption, and Exif.Image.ImageDescription tags. It also allows to click on the map to set the geolocation coordinates of the picture.

While it can be used with the mouse, that's not the way is intended to be used: All the available manipulations are possible using only the keyboard:

• [ and ] will rotate the picture to the left and right, respectively.

• Enter in any text entry (if not empty) or Ctrl-Enter will update the relevant tags in the picture and move to the next one. You need to do this (or click on the save button) to update the tags in the picture, otherwise all the changes are ignored.

• PageUp and PageDown will move to the next or the previous picture, respectively, without updating the current one.

• Esc will terminate the program.

The idea is to select a bunch of pictures in Nautilus, open them with this program, and quickly update their information.

With the Xmp.dc.subject and Iptc.Application2.Caption correctly set, you can import them in Shotwell, which also uses the Iptc.Application2.Caption as title, and Xmp.dc.subject as tag (inside Shotwell).

Requirements

You need the following to compile GQPE:

• champlain-0.12
• clutter-gtk-1.0
• gexiv2
• gtk+-3.18
• gee-0.8

The program is written in Vala, but you only need Vala if you don't use tarballs.

Homepage

https://aztlan.fciencias.unam.mx/gitlab/canek/gqpe