image-sorter

A python script python script to sort

• pictures into folders by their date and
• recognize pictures which are part of the same panorama to put them into subfolders

Detailed description

It moves image files from a source directory to a target directory depending on when the photo was taken, using EXIF data and creation date as a fallback.

Furthermore it tries to recognize image files which are part of a panorama picture, therefore the following criteria are used as of now:

• the pictures are taken in Manual mode (EXIF ExposureProgram)
• the time between each picture of a panorama is less than 5 seconds (EXIF DateTimeOriginal)
• the ISO doesn't change (EXIF ISOSpeedRatings)
• the aperture doesn't change (EXIF FNumber)
• the shutter speed doesn't change (EXIF ExposureTime)

If the directory of the date (e.g. '2013-01-11') or a directory with an additional suffix after the date (e.g. '2013-01-11 Berlin') already exists at the target directory the files will be moved into it.

Limitations:

• The source folder must not have subfolders.
• As of now there has to be always a JPG for each CR2 (if you want to use RAW-only use branch: feature/raw-only).
• The current implementation doesn't identify panoramas taken with compact cameras (as most of them use panorama mode and not manual mode).

The naming of the directories follow a simple naming convention

• YYYY-MM-DD for the first level
• Panorama X with X starting with 1 as subdirectories

The result looks somewhat like this:

├── 2013-01-11
│   ├── Panorama 1
│   │   ├── IMAGE_5019.jpg
│   │   ├── IMAGE_5020.jpg
│   │   ├── IMAGE_5021.jpg
│   │   ├── IMAGE_5022.jpg
│   │   ├── IMAGE_5023.jpg
│   │   ├── IMAGE_5024.jpg
│   │   ├── IMAGE_5025.jpg
│   │   ├── IMAGE_5026.jpg
│   ├── Panorama 2
│   |   ├─ ...
│   └── ...
├── 2014-12-23
│   ├── IMAGE_9124.jpg
│   ├── IMAGE_9235.jpg
│   ├── IMAGE_9236.jpg
│   └── IMAGE_9237.jpg
├── ...

Run

Sort images from src_dir into dest_dir.

$ python sorter.py src_dir dest_dir