pyexiv2
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Welcome to pyexiv2, a Python binding to the excellent C++ library Exiv2
(http://www.exiv2.org/).

Point your browser to http://exiv2.org/metadata.html for the complete metadata
tag reference.


Dependencies
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pyexiv2 depends on the following libraries:

	* boost.python (http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/index.html)
	* exiv2 (http://www.exiv2.org/)

Of course it needs a Python interpreter to run.

Optionally, you can use pygtk or pyqt to easily take advantage of the thumbnail
manipulation methods proposed by pyexiv2 to display those thumbnails.

Building and installing
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You will need scons (http://www.scons.org/) to build and install the library.
To do so, while in the top-level directory (e.g. '/home/johndoe/pyexiv2', which
should contain a file named 'SConstruct'), run the following commands:

	$ scons
	$ scons install # as administrator, e.g. `sudo scons install`

The result of the build is a dynamic library, libpyexiv2.so, that is a Python
module called libpyexiv2. This module is a low-level binding. It is in turn used
in a higher level module, pyexiv2.
The install command installs the two modules in your site-specific directory for
Python modules (e.g. '/usr/lib/python2.4/' under Linux).

To use pyexiv2 in your scripts, simply include the following line:

	import pyexiv2

It provides a single class, pyexiv2.Image, with all convenient methods for the
manipulation of EXIF and IPTC metadata.


License
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Copyright (C) 2006 Olivier Tilloy <olivier@tilloy.net>

pyexiv2 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.

pyexiv2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with pyexiv2; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.