CSV Image Data Tagger

The CSV Image Data Tagger helps you add data to your images using a simple form, then export to a CSV file. Designed for school / youth sports photographers. Eventually we hope to allow importing a CSV file to populate an order from a project and have text nodes be filled in from the CSV data (like a memory mate).

How it works

  1. Create your project and choose the fields you need.
  2. Add images and view one image at a time to add data - image filename is added automatically.
  3. Review data for any common issues and export a CSV when ready.
  4. Optional - use the CSV file to create an order in our Simple Order System (via a project).

This works entirely in your browser - no data or images are ever uploaded.
Because of this you should try to do everything in one session. If you refresh the page or leave and come back you should be able to recover by adding the same images in again but it is not guaranteed.

Create New Project

Notes on Using the CSV Image Data Tagger

This tool is designed for desktop/laptop screens only - not phones.

The purpose of this tool is to allow you to create a csv (comma separated values) file that includes the filename for each image, along with any number of fields that you want to keep track of for each image.

For example, if you are a school / youth sports photographer you might want to add the player's name, team, and jersey number to each image.

Field Validation Types Each field can have a validation type that can be checked before you export the CSV file. The validation types are:

  • Anything goes - no validation is applied to the data.
  • Title Case - the data is checked to see if it is title case (checks capitalization).
  • Numbers only - the data is checked to see if it is numbers only.

Please note that the validation is not enforced when you enter the data - it is only used to flag potential issues on the review page.

Fields can also be required or optional.

Reviewing Data The Review screen will show you a table of all the data you have entered, and any issues based on the validation types you have selected will show as highlighted cells which you can edit (then make sure you save the changes). Validating names can be especially tricky as names like O'Connor or O'Brien can be hard to type correctly, and it is easy to have double caps or no caps when you are typing quickly.

Special Team Name and Team Filename Fields If you add the Team Name field you only need to enter it once and it will carry forward to the next image. Change it only when the team name changes. You can also check the "Team filename is the same as team name + .jpg" checkbox to have the team filename be the same as the team name.

Special Background Color Field If you add the Background Color field you can click the sample button (requires Chrome browser) to pick a color from your screen. The color is carried forward like the team info. Can be used in our SOS when ordering as a background color for the product if the product supports it (overlay with transparency).

Additional Global Fields You can add additional global fields to the project that will be added to the CSV file. These will be added to every row of the CSV file and can be used for things like the sport name, year, league name, background file, etc.