Rapid Photo Downloader A photo downloader tool
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Rapid Photo Downloader Description

A photo downloader tool Rapid Photo Downloader is a photo downloader written by a photographer for professional and amateur photographers. Released under the GNU GPL license, it is designed for use on the GNOME 2 Desktop. It can download photos from multiple memory cards and Portable Storage Devices simultaneously. It provides a variety of options for sub-folder creation, image renaming and backup.Generate meaningful file and folder namesThe file names created by cameras are largely meaningless. Rapid Photo Downloader uses image metadata to:* 1rename camera generated file names* 2create download foldersSpecifying what you need is easy! There is no need to enter complicated codes.Download from multiple devices simultaneouslyWhether you regularly take thousands of photos a session, or your needs are more modest, Rapid Photo Downloader can download huge numbers of images with minimum fuss.It can download photos from multiple memory card readers in parallel. Simply plug in as many card readers as you need, and they will be automatically detected.Backup images as they are downloadedRapid Photo Downloader can backup to backup devices like external hard drives. Plug in as many as you need, and Rapid Photo Downloader can use them. It can be configured to automatically recognize backup devices when they are inserted.Installation:To run Rapid Photo Downloader you will need all the software mentioned above. To start from a fairly basic system, I suggest the following:1. Install the required gnome packages from your linux distribution's package repositories. On a recent linux distribution, expect all to be available for easy download and installation. If you already use gnome, most of the packages will already be installed. Do confirm that python-gconf, python-glade2, and gnome-python are installed, because they may not be quite so common in a base system. 2. Install pyexiv2. You can probably do that using your distributions's package repositories. But if not, there are instructions here: http://tilloy.net/dev/pyexiv2/developers.htm 3. Install this application from the tarball. You probably need to be the super user (root) to be able to do this: sudo python setup.py install Start the program by running rapid-photo-downloader from the command line, or manually setup a panel launcher using an icon supplied in the tarball.Developer commentsPlease feel welcome to contribute anything to help make this project a success: feature suggestions, bug reports, code, translations, artwork and documentation are all needed! Here are some key features of "Rapid Photo Downloader": · Generates meaningful file and folder names · 2Downloads images from multiple devices simultaneously · 3Backs up images as they are downloaded Requirements: · Python · GNOME · gtk+ · PyGTK · python-gconf · python-glade2 · gnome-python · libexiv2 · pyexiv2 Limitations: · Cannot unmount the media while the application is running. I'd love to get this working. I'm open to suggestions! · Select all and deselect all do nothing. · Checkbutton on each image device does nothing. · Checks to see if image already exists are not thread safe, and in rare circumstances may cause images to be overwritten if downloading in parallel (so make sure your filenames are going to be unique!). · Closing log window with window manager 'x' instead of 'close' button not yet supported. · Auto-detection of Portable Storage Devices needs to be written. What's New in This Release: · This release fixes bugs relating to handling problems with missing and/or read-only download directories, and better handles cases where the desktop notification system has bugs. · When both the backup and "Delete images from image device upon download completion" options are selected, the program will only delete an image from the image device if it was both downloaded to the download folder and backed up. Previously, it did not check to ensure it was backed up correctly too. · All users are recommended to update.

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