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• Camera or Image-Specific
• APEX Values
• Standard IPTC Fields
• Time and Date Variables
• ICC Profile Variables
• Special Variables
• GPS Variables
• User Variables
• Locations Taken
• Client Variables
• Nikon Picture Control Settings Variables
• Getty Variables

Camera or Image-Specific

APEX Values

Some cameras record APEX exposure values for each photo.  In cases where the APEX values for av and tv are not recorded, Photo Mechanic will calculate them from existing camera settings for exposure time and f-number if possible.

If a camera writes the {tv} and {av} and {bv} values (Exif 0x9201, 0x9202, 0x9203) then they will be displayed directly. If a camera only writes the older Exif tags for Exposure Time and F Number, then Photo Mechanic will compute the {tv}, {av}, and {bv} APEX values from the camera settings.

avAPEX aperture valuebvAPEX brightness valueevExposure value in APEX units. This is a combination of aperture and shutter speed (or ISO and scene brightness)ev100Exposure value in APEX units, relative to ISO 100. E.g. at ISO 200, this would be {ev} - 1svAPEX ISO speed value (a.k.a. sensitivity value)tvAPEX time value (shutter speed) 

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Standard IPTC Fields

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assignment, assn	JobMinder assignment number (if defined)
byline, name	IPTC Byline (Photographer) field
caption, capt	IPTC Caption field
captionwriter, cwrt	IPTC Caption Writer field
category, cat	IPTC Category field
city	IPTC City field
citytaken, cttk	IPTC City where the image was taken from field
contactaddress, ciad	Contact Info Address
contactcity, cicy	Contact Info City
contactstate, cist	Contact Info State
contactzip, cizp	Contact Info ZIP Code
contactcountry, cicn	Contact Info Country
contactemail, ciem	Contact Info Email
contactphone, ciph	Contact Info Phone
contactweb, ciwb	Contact Info Web URL
copyright, copy	IPTC Copyright field
copyrighturl, curl	IPTC URL field
country, cnty	IPTC Country field
countrytaken, cntk	IPTC Country taken
countrycode, ccod	IPTC Country Code field
countrycodetaken, cctk	IPTC Country Code taken
credit, cred	IPTC Credit field
editstatus, edit	IPTC Edit Status field
genre, gene	IPTC Intellectual Genre field
headline, head	IPTC Headline field
instructions, inst	IPTC Special Instructions field
iptcampm, iap	IPTC day half (AM or PM)
iptcdate, idat	IPTC Date field (YYYYMMDD)
iptcday, iday	IPTC day (1, 2, 3 .. 31)
iptcday0, idy0	IPTC day zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 31)
iptcdow, idow	IPTC day of week (Sunday, Monday, etc)
iptcdow3, idw3	IPTC day of week abbreviated (Sun, Mon, etc)
iptchour, ihr	IPTC 12 hour format (1, 2, 3 .. 12)
iptchour0, ihr0	IPTC 12 hour format zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 12)
iptchour24, ih24	IPTC 24 hour format zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 23)
iptcminute, imin	IPTC minute (00 .. 59)
iptcmonth, imn	IPTC month (1, 2, 3 .. 12)
iptcmonth0, imn0	IPTC month zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 12)
iptcmonthname, imnn	IPTC month name ( January, February, etc)
iptcmonthname3	IPTC month name abbreviated ( Jan, Feb, etc)
iptcmonthnameap	IPTC month name abbreviated for AP ( Jan., Feb., etc)
iptcsecond, isec	IPTC second (00 .. 59)
iptctime, itim	IPTC Time field (HHMMSS+0800)
iptcyear2, iyr2	IPTC year (2 digits)
iptcyear4, iyr4	IPTC year (4 digits)
keywords, keyw	IPTC Keywords field
location, loc	IPTC Sublocation field
locationtaken, lctk	IPTC sublocation taken field
object, objt	IPTC Object name field
photog, phtg	IPTC Byline field
province, prov	IPTC State / Province field
scene, scen	IPTC Scene field
slug	IPTC Object name field
source, srce	IPTC Source field
sourcetype, srct	Digital source type
state, stat	IPTC State / Province field
statetaken, sttk	IPTC State where the image was taken from field
subject, subj	IPTC Subject field
suppcat1, sup1	IPTC Supplemental category field 1
suppcat2, sup2	IPTC Supplemental category field 2
suppcat3, sup3	IPTC Supplemental category field 3
title, titl	IPTC Byline Title field
transref, tref	IPTC Transmission Reference field
urgency, urgc	IPTC Urgency field
usage, usag	IPTC Rights Usage field
worldregiontaken, wrtk	World region taken

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Time and Date Variables

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ampm	Capture day half (AM or PM)
date, shot	Capture date of photo according to camera or file creation time. The format is the same as the Date & Time control panel’s ‘short date’ setting
datemil, datm	Capture date of photo according to camera or file creation time in military format (ddMONyy
datesort, dats	Capture date of photo according to camera or file creation time. This can be used for sorting since the format is always YYYYMMDD
day	Capture day of photo according to camera or file creation time (1, 2, 3 .. 31)
day0	Capture day zero padded of photo according to camera or file creation time (01, 02, 03 .. 31)
dow	Capture day of week of photo according to camera or file creation time (Sunday, Monday, etc)
dow3	Capture day of week (abbreviated) of photo according to camera or file creation time (Sun, Mon, etc)
hour	Capture 12 hour format (1, 2, 3 .. 12)
hour0, hr0	Capture 12 hour format zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 12)
hour24, h24	Capture 24 hour format zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 23)
minute, min	Capture minute (00 .. 59)
moddate, mdat	Modification date
modtime, mtim	Modification time
moddatesort, mdts	Modification date for sorting (YYYYMMDD)
modtimesort, mtms	Modification time for sorting (HHMMSS)
month, mn	Capture month according to camera or file creation time (1, 2, 3 .. 12)
month0, mn0	Capture month zero padded according to camera or file creation time (01, 02, 03 .. 12
monthname, mnn	Capture month name ( January, February, etc)
monthname3, mnn3	Capture month name abbreviated ( Jan, Feb, etc)
monthnameap, mnap	Capture month name abbreviated for AP (Jan., Feb., etc)
now	Current time. See the Date & Time control panel for formatting
nowampm, nap	Current day half (AM or PM)
nowhour, nhr	Current 12 hour format (1, 2, 3 .. 12)
nowhour0, nhr0	Current 12 hour format zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 12)
nowhour24, nh24	Current 24 hour format zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 23)
nowminute, nmin	Current minute (00 .. 59)
nowsecond, nsec	Current second (00 .. 59)
nowsort, nows	Current time. This can be used for sorting since the format is always HHMMSS in 24-hour format
nowsortlong, nwsl	Current time including 1/100 of a second. This can be used for sorting since the format is always HHMMSSss in 24-hour format
nowsubsecond, nsub	Current subsecond (00 .. 99)
second, sec	Capture second (00 .. 59)
subsecond, ssec	Capture sub-second (for cameras that support this)
time	Capture time of photo according to camera or file creation time
timesort, tims	Capture time of photo according to camera
timesortlong, tmsl	Capture time of photo according to camera (long format)
today, tday	Current date. The format is the same as the Date & Time control panel’s ‘short date’ setting
todayday, tdy	Current day (1, 2, 3 .. 31)
todayday0, tdy0	Current day zero padded (01, 02, 03 .. 31)
todaydow, tdow	Current day of week (Sunday, Monday, etc)
todaydow3, tdw3	Current day of week abbreviated (Sun, Mon, etc)
todaymil, tdym	Current date in military format (ddMONyy)
todaymonth, tmn	Current month (1, 2, 3 .. 12)
todaymonth0, tmn0	Current zero padded month (01, 02, 03 .. 12)
todaymonthname, tmnn	Current month name ( January, February, etc)
todaymonthname3, tmn3	Current month name abbreviated ( Jan, Feb, etc)
todaymonthnameap, tmap	Current month name abbreviated for AP (Jan., Feb., etc)
todaysort, tdys	Current date. This can be used for sorting since the format is always YYYYMMD
todayyear2, tyr2	Current two digit year (e.g. 97, 04)
todayyear4, tyr4	Current four digit year (e.g 1997, 2004)
tomorrow, tmrw	Tomorrow’s date. The format is the same as the Date & Time control panel’s ‘short date’ setting
wiredate, wdat	Evaluates to {iptcdow}, {iptcmonthnameap} {iptcday}, {iptcyear4}
year2, yr2	Capture year (2 digits) according to camera or file creation time
year4, yr4	Capture year (4 digits) according to camera or file creation time
yesterday, ystd	Yesterday’s date. The format is the same as the Date &Time control panel’s ‘short date’ setting

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ICC Profile Variables

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gamma, gama	The gamma of the photo
icc	The name of the ICC profile for a photo
prrx	The red x coordinate of the primaries
prry	The red y coordinate of the primaries
prgx	The green x coordinate of the primaries
prgy	The green y coordinate of the primaries
prbx	The blue x coordinate of the primaries
prby	The blue y coordinate of the primaries
wpx	The x coordinate of the white point
wpy	The y coordinate of the white point

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Special Variables

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index, indx	Index of the photo being processed
ingestseq, iseq	Current value of ingest sequence number. This is incremented for each disk being ingested
nl	Inserts a new-line (CR) character
page	Current page number during printing or exporting of HTML
pagecount	Total number of pages during printing or exporting of HTML
rand10	A random number from 01 to 10
rand100	A random number from 001 to 100
rand1000	A random number from 0001 to 1000
sequence, seqn, auto	Current value of sequence variable. This will automatically be incremented for the next photo
tab	Inserts a tab character
total, totl	Total number of photos being processed

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GPS Variables

User Variables

Locations Taken

Client Variables

Nikon Picture Control Settings Variables

Getty Variables