Information

In the Information tab you can control whether to display additional information about the images. For example gPhotoShow can display image exposure data or a title you added with other programs.

File information are related to the file itself and they are available for any kind of file.

Exif fields can be displayed for jpeg files only if GDI+ is installed. GDI+ is always installed in Windows XP and Windows Vista, can be downloaded and installed on other windows version.

IPTC tags can always be displayed for Jpeg files. IPTC can also be displayed for TIFF files if Windows Imaging Component is installed.

XMP tags can be displayed for Jpeg and TIFF files if Windows Imaging Component (WIC) is installed. WIC is already installed on Windows Vista and is included in .NET frameworks starting from v3.0. WIC can also be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8E011506-6307-445B-B950-215DEF45DDD8&displaylang=en) and installed on any computer running Windows XP SP2 or later

Simple/Advanced
This section has a central area that can change depending on whether you prefer simple settings or advanced settings. Simple setting allows you to display info in a single area over the image and information can be taken from some predefined fields. Usually this is enough to display a description or a caption over your pictures. If you want more control on what is displayed switch to advanced settings, in this way you can display info in two separate places called Header and Footer (but they can be positioned everywhere on your images). Moreover you are not limited to some predefined tags but you access almost all Exif, IPTC or XMP tags of your pictures.

Date in extended format
If selected gPhotoShow shows the date in extended format (for example "June,24 2002" instead of "6/24/2002")

Time with seconds
If selected gPhotoShow displays time as HH:MM:SS in other case it doesn't display seconds but just hours and minutes (HH:MM)

User Comment
If selected gPhotoShow will show the Exif field User Comment

Image Number
If enabled gPhotoShow will display the image number and total number of images. Click on settings to configure position and text properties.

Frame
In this section you can enable the display of a frame around images and edit the frame settings.

Text Settings...
This button can be used to edit text properties. These settings will be used to show pictures info

Show current time
If selected gPhotoShow will show on the screen the current time. The combo box below this checkbox can be used to choose where to show the current time

Simple Settings - File

File name
If selected gPhotoShow shows the file name of the current image. In addition you can choose how the file is shown:

File Name Only: Displays only the file name without path

Full Path: Displays the file name complete with path and extension

Folder + File Name: Displays the file name and the folder that contains it. For example if full path name is "c:\my sounds\disk1\song1.mp3" with this option "disk1 - song1" will be displayed.

Folder Name Only: Displays only the folder name

Partial Path Name: Displays only the part of the path that is not contained in the images list. For example if the full path is "c:\my pics\2003\Italy\Turin.jpg" and in the images list you have the folder "c:\my pics" with this option "2003-Italy -Turin" will be shown.

Date
If selected gPhotoShow shows last modification date of the image file

Time
If selected gPhotoShow adds time to the date of the image file

Creation date
If selected gPhotoShow shows the file creation date instead of last modification date.

Show file time
If selected gPhotoShow shows also file time in addition to file date

Description (from DESCRIPT.ION)
If selected gPhotoShow will look for image description in the file DESCRIPT.ION if found the description will be shown. DESCRIPT.ION files are standard files that contain descriptions for the files of a folder, these files are usually created by programs that manages images like AcdSee. However it's very easy to create your own DESCRIPT.ION files, they are simple text file where on every line there is a file name and its description separated by a space (if file name has spaces you must surround it with "). For example a simple DESCRIPT.ION file could contain:

• PICT001.JPG My first picture
  "PICT001 Edited.JPG" Edited version of my first picture
• Description (from .gprop file)
  If selected gPhotoShow will display descriptions from .gprop files (gPhotoShow Image Properties)
• Simple Settings - Exif (Requires GDI+)

Camera Name
If selected gPhotoShow will show the name/model of the camera that made the picture. Usually this info is embedded in pictures made with a digital camera

Exposure Data
If selected gPhotoShow will show exposure data taken from the Exif image header. Usually these info are embedded in pictures made with digital camera

Image Parameters
If selected gPhotoShow will show additional info about the image (for example Contrast and Sharpness settings)

Date
If selected gPhotoShow will show date taken from the Exif image header. Usually this is the date when the pictures was taken.

Time
If selected gPhotoShow will add time to the Exif date

Description
If selected gPhotoShow will show Exif description field

Advanced Settings

When Advanced is enabled there are two areas where info can be added: Header and Footer. You can enter both fixed text by directly typing inside the fields or add metadata fields by using the buttons on the right. To insert a field just click on a button then browse the menu until you find the tag, when you select the tag you see that a special text is added to the text field. This special text will instruct gPhotoShow to display the content of the field.

File Info
Allows you to enter information related to the file itself. This kind of info is available for any file type

Main Info
Allows you to enter the same metadata fields you find in the Simple interface

All Tags
Here you can find most Exif/IPTC/Xmp metadata fields

Text
Click here to configure font properties and text position