Introduction
In the options of some actions you will find notations like "<dpi>" , "<filename>", "<folder>",… Everything what is between the brackets, is a variable. The value of the variables is derived from the source image file. The Image Inspector lists all available variables of an image. You can use # for formatting numbers, for example if the number is 32:
- <#>, <width>, <height> becomes 32
- <####>, <####width>, <####height> becomes 0032
Categories
Default
- <#> index (the index of the first file is 0)
- <day>
- <dpi>
- <filename>
- <folder> (the folder given in the execute dialog box, within a hierarchy this is fixed)
- <foldername> (the basename of the folder)
- <subfolder> (the relative path of the image in regards to <folder>, within a hierarchy this changes)
- <root> (the parent folder of <folder>, within a hierarchy this is fixed)
- <path> (the absolute path of the image)
- <height>
- <hour>
- <minute>
- <month>
- <monthname>
- <path>
- <second>
- <type>
- <weekday>
- <weekdayname>
- <width>
- <year>
To be clear, these expressions for the absolute path are all equal:
<path>
<folder>/<subfolder>/<filename>.<type>
<root>/<foldername>/<subfolder>/<filename>.<type>For an example, open an image the Image Inspector and you will be able to inspect all these values.
Pil
- Phatch always provides these variables.
- <Pil.Format>
- <Pil.FormatDescription>
- <Pil.Mode>
- <Pil.Size>
Exif
- Requires pyexiv2 (see below)
- This is capable to handle the most image files (JPEG, TIFF, …).
- <Exif.Image.DateTime>
- …
Iptc
- Requires pyexiv2 (see below)
- You can find more information about IPTC on wikipedia.
Pexif
- Always available.
- These will always work for JPEG images if the file has exif information available.
- <Pexif.DateTime>
- …
Zexif
- Always avaible.
- This is the same as Pexif, but with numbered variables instead of labels.
- <Zexif.0x0132>
- …
Use cases
Folder Arrangement
Save images to different folders based on their characteristics (type, width, dpi, etc). If folder doesn't exist, Phatch creates one.
Example: Save your images in folder: <folder>_<width>_<height>
