#============================================================== # .picasa.ini FILE STRUCTURE # # reverse-engineered by Franz Buchinger # licensed to the public domain # # Picasa Version(s): 3.8.0 # # Changelog: # v0.1: initial release # ============================================================== #--------------------------------------------------------- # 1. Picasa Section # # The picasa section contains album-related metadata. # Obviously, it is only present if the image folder was # converted to a picasa album or if it was created during # an import of images from a digital camera. #--------------------------------------------------------- [Picasa] # the name of the album name=Foo Bar birthday # category: "Folders on Disk" for local albums category=Folders on Disk #if album was downloaded from picasa web albums, a key in this format # is stored P2category=Downloaded Albums~otheruserid #if the album was uploaded, the username and album id are referenced in this format: _lh= joedoe_lh=5620038667642797505 #------------------------------------------------------------- # 2. Contacts Section # # the contacts section matches the recognized faces of # persons to the contacts of the picasa user. # format =_lh, # TODO: what about not-yet confirmed or unidentified faces #-------------------------------------------------------------- [Contacts] d10a8325c557b085=joedoe_lh,cb989580bc43a91 8e62398ebda8c1a5=joedoe_lh,4bd750800fb6a6b8 d736528ba71f2254=joedoe_lh,6dc6a330c4804e8 #--------------------------------------------------------------- # 3. Photo Entries # # each photo found in the current directory gets one ini section # in the file, named after its filename. depending on the file # type (jpeg vs camera raw), different metadata is stored in the # section. #---------------------------------------------------------------- [P7025200.ORF] # 3.1 BASIC METADATA #added if image was starred in picasa star=yes #caption entered in picasa #(only added for non-jpeg photos, stored as IPTC Caption for jpeg photos) caption=dummy #keywords assigned in picasa #(only added for non-jpeg photos, stored as IPTC Keywords for jpeg photos) keywords=beer,empanadas,keyword with spaces #backuphash - not yet decoded backuphash=36003 #if the pictures of the album have been uploaded # a key/value pair in the format IIDLIST__lh=<64-bit hexadecimal photo id> # is added to each photo entry. IIDLIST_joedoe_lh=4dfe636c9cf4c302 # 3.2 FILTER SETTINGS # all applied filters per photo are recorded to .picasa.ini # to provide an editing history and/or an easier undo facility. # Basic filter key format: # the filters key of each photo stores a semicolon-separated list of filter entries: filters=enhance=1;crop64=1,45930000ba03defe; # each entry follows the format # =1,,,<..filter value n>; # Here is a list of valid filter identifiers # #|--Identifier-|--------------Parameters-------------|----------Description-----------|---------Example---------------| #| crop64 | CROP_RECTANGLE* | crop filter, crops the image | crop64=1,30a730d2bf1ab897 | #| | | according to crop rectangle | | #| tilt | !TILT_ANGLE,!SCALE | tilts and scales image | tilt=1,0.280632,0.000000 | #| redeye | | redeye removal | redeye=1 | #| enhance | | "I'm feeling lucky" enhancement| enhance=1 | #| autolight | | automatic contrast correction | autolight=1 | #| autocolor | | automatic color correction | autocolor=1 | #| retouch | | retouch | retouch=1 | #| finetune2 | (unidentified params) | finetuning (brightness, | finetune2=1,0.000000,0.000000,| #| | |highlights, shadows,color temp) | 0.000000,fff7f5f3,0.000000; | #| unsharp2 | !AMOUNT | unsharp mask filter | unsharp2=1,0.600000; | #| sepia | | sepia filter (no params) | sepia=1 | #| bw | | black/white filter (no params) | bw=1 | #| warm | | warming filter (no params) | bw=1 | #| grain2 | | film grain filter (no params) | grain2=1 | #| tint |!!PRESERVE_COLOR ,#TINT COLOR | tint filter | tint=1,79.842102,ffff | #| sat |!SATURATION | saturation filter | sat=1,0.161800; | #| radblur |!MOUSE_X,!MOUSE_Y,!SIZE,!AMOUNT | radial blur | radblur=1,0.500000,0.500000, | #| | | | 0.239766,0.146199; | #| glow2 |!INTENSITY,!!RADIUS | glow effect | glow2=1,0.650000,3.000000; | #| ansel |#COLOR | filtered black/white | ansel=1,ffffffff; | #| radsat |!MOUSE_X,!MOUSE_Y,!RADIUS,!SHARPNESS | radial saturation | radsat=1,0.421652,0.594697, | #| | | | 0.333333,0.309942; | #| dir_tint |!MOUSE_X,!MOUSE_Y,!GRADIENT,!SHADOW | directed gradient | dir_tint=1,0.306743,0.401515, | #| | | | 0.250000,0.250000,ff5bfff3; | # # LEGEND: # ! = float between 0 and 1, precision:6 # !! = float with arbitrary range, precision:6 # # = 32-bit color in hex notation, e.g.: fff7f5f3 # [] = crop rectangle # 3.3 TEXT EDITS text=1;136;11;sample text;Aharoni;0.279301,0.503929,0.033333,0.000000;v1,4294967295,4278190080,128.000000,1.000000,0.364486,0.878906,700,258,49152;; textactive=1 # 3.4. RECOGNIZED FACES # all recognized faces are stored as bigint crop rectangles in the faces key # format faces=rect64(CROP_RECTANGLE*), contact_id; faces=rect64(3f845bcb59418507),8e62398ebda8c1a5;rect64(9eb15e89b6b584c1),d10a8325c557b085 # # APPENDIX # # A.1 DATA TYPES # A.1.1 CROP BOX RECTANGLES (*) # Picasa uses a special string format to store crop boxes of # detected faces and from an applied crop filters. The number encased # in the rect64() statement is a 64 bit hexadecimal number: # rect64(3f845bcb59418507) # break this number into 4 16-bit numbers by using substrings: # '3f845bcb59418507'.substring(0,4) //"3f84" # '3f845bcb59418507'.substring(4,8) //"5bcb" # '3f845bcb59418507'.substring(8,12) // "5941" # '3f845bcb59418507'.substring(12,16) // "8507" # convert each obtained substring to an integer and divide it # by the highest 16-bit number (2^16 = 65536), which should give 0 < results < 1. # these are the relative coordinates of the crop rectangle (left,top,right,bottom): # parseInt("3f84",16)/65536 //0.24810791015625 - left # parseInt("5bcb",16)/65536 //0.3585662841796875 - top # parseInt("5941",16)/65536 //0.3486480712890625 - right # parseInt("8507",16)/65536 //0.5196380615234375 - bottom # for absolute coordinates, multiply the left/right coordinates with # the image width and the top/bottom coordinates with the image height # A.1.2 FRACTIONAL FLOATS (!) # floats between 0 and 1 with a precision of 6 digits, e.g. 0.306743. # Often used to encode relative settings or mouse positions. # A.1.3 FLOATS (!!) # arbitrary floats with a precision of 6 digits # A.1.4. COLORS (#) # colors are stored as 32-bit hex string, e.g. ff5bfff3