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Hardware Backed Data Assignation - Using Qr Code Galleries Without The Qr.
Hi Tim.
We would like to possibly use the QR style galleries, but without having Sytist scan the QR code after upload.
We need this as we use tethered computers at certain events to ensure that images are correctly saved and have absolute guarantee that data is assigned correctly while they are being photographed and in real time. At the moment, we do this using the -passcode- within the filename method of data assignation, which is 100% reliable as we can automate the filenaming of .jpgs on import using our tethering software. We can also use IPTC data assignation when tethering. At the event we won't have time to manually check after upload that all QR codes have been correctly read.
Q: is it possible to assign data to images uploaded to QR galleries manually through any camera tethered option? How is the QR read data assigned to the subsequent images currently?
Thanks Tim.
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To use the QR passcodes, the QR photo needs to be uploaded and the photos belonging to it after it.
My Email Address: info@picturespro.com
OK.
If you might be able to think of a way for users to use QR type galleries (and their benefits) with tethered computers creating data assignation, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks Tim.
Hey Tim,
I understand what you are saying here and don't want to sound like an idiot(may be too late). But would it work if upload the .csv with Subjects, groups and passcodes, created the QR codes in sytist for the students to bring home(love the scan QR to view their photos), then used the same passcodes that were uploaded to sytist in the entagged system where it would embed those passcodes into the copyright field.
If the images were uploaded to a single gallery within the gallery that you created the QR codes in, Would the QR codes still bring them to their images with the passcode embeded in the copyright field?
Thanks for your help.
It is not what it was designed for so you will just have to test and see.
My Email Address: info@picturespro.com
The 'scan this QR code to go straight to your images' works in normal galleries (i.e. those that are not QR set up), as long as you create new QR codes for participants and have its embedded URL such that:
https://mysite.co.uk/?mypasscode=abcde12345
includes your passcode and the gallery must be set to 'Publish', not 'Draft'.
We create new QR codes based on this URL to hand to people at events.
We hardware embed our passcodes into the images filenames (e.g. xxx-passcode-xxx.jpg) via a laptop and a traditional 1d scanner. The 1d scanner is important, because the sheet of paper that is handed to the participant includes the 1) QR code with URL for scanning by them with their phones for easy access, and 2) a 1d code 39 barcode for us to scan to place the data in the filename. 1d scanners won't scan the QR by accident.
I don't know if this will work with foolography entagged in the copyright field.
https://www.picturespro.com/support-forum/sytist/6...
Just gathering my thoughts in one place, please ignore the following - C&P'd from elsewhere...
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I agree, a hardware backed (hence very reliable and in real time for instant upload) method of locally assigning data before upload would be a very worthwhile addition to sytist, rather than solely relying on post-upload online QR scanning.
If we could export the unique ID as 1d or 2d code (as well as the full URL as currently for easy customer phone scanning) from the pre-created QR galleries data upload, we could then use that data on local machines (via a laptop and scanner) to filename+counter each photograph locally before upload to skip the QR scan stage.
With 10,000+ subjects like you, over multiple camera stations, this would make a huge difference to our workflow.
We already do this currently using -passcode- within the filename (which can be locally automated), but does not come with the real benefits of the QR galleries.
Probably the only major thing missing at the moment from Sytist, as far as I am concerned.
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Or you can EXIF write the QR Code String in the Title field of your photo when tethering and Sytist will read that as passcode.
We used to use this very method and it is preferable to-filename-, but as you know, sytist search can only use one field to search on.
So we had to change to filename based passcodes as it's easier to encode, can be read from the back of physical prints and certain green screen software can strip all exif data.
That is what I do passcode in between (-). The biggest challenge is not the passcoding, it is how the querying of images happens in backend. Lets say you have multi galleries over the years, same subject is in all of those. It will only pull up th latest gallery created and not the previous ones. Anyway there is more than one way to get the proper passcoding.
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