I'm a Mess, so I'm Making My Own File Organizer [TagStudio]

Summary

このスクリプトは、ファイル管理ソフトウェアの開発とその過程についての詳しい物語を語っています。当初はPythonスクリプトから始まり、プログラマ自身が求めていた理想的なファイル整理ツールが見当たらないため、独自のシステムを作り始めました。タグとメタデータの活用、そして検索エンジンの強力な組み合わせによって、ユーザーは複数のカテゴリーに属するファイルを効率的に整理・検索できるようになります。しかし、開発中に既存のソフトウェアであるEagleアプリを発見し、その機能と比較検討を行った結果、自分のプロジェクトに必要な特定の機能がEagleにはなかったと気づきました。この発見により、開発者は自分のプロジェクト「タグスタジオ」をさらに洗練し、Eagleと比較して独自の利点を強化することで、より良いユーザーエクスペリエンスを提供する可能性を見出すことができます。

Takeaways

• 📂 タスクの短所：カテゴリーに分類しきれないファイルは困難を抱える。
• 🏷 タグの活用：ファイルにタグを付けることでカテゴリーに依存しなくなり、柔軟性と直感的な検索が可能になる。
• 📚 ネストされたタグ：親子関係を持つタグで、検索の際に親タグを通じて子タグも検索できる。
• 🔍 属性値タグ：タグを属性として扱い、複数の親タグを持つことができる柔軟なタグ付け方法。
• 🔗 ファイルとメタデータ：メタデータはファイル内に埋め込むか、ファイルと別々に管理するかの2つのアプローチがある。
• 🚫 既存のファイル管理ソフトウェア：機能的な制約やプラットフォーム依存性、クラウドホスティングの制約がある。
• 💡 タグスタジオの誕生：プログラミングによって自分専用のファイル管理ソフトウェアを開発し、カスタマイズ性と柔軟性を高める。
• 🛠️ GUIのリファクタリング：tkinterの遅さに対処し、QTを使用して高速で応答性の高いGUIを構築。
• 📈 進化するタグシステム：タグにエイリアスやサブタグを追加し、検索と整理をさらに効率化。
• 🔗 タググループ：メタタグとコンテンツタグを分けることで、整理と分類を容易に。
• 🔍 検索とフィルタ：高度な検索機能とタグパネルを使用して、大容量のデータに対して効率的にタグを追加・管理できる。

Q & A

なぜ主人公はゲームの夜に遅刻しましたか？

主人公は犬を餌いして、彼らがスパゲッティソースにぶつかって汚してしまったため、ゲームの夜に遅刻しました。

主人公はどのようにしてファイル管理ソフトウェアの開発を始めたのですか？

主人公は2021年に、自分のニーズに合ったファイル管理ソフトウェアを見つけようとして、様々なオプションを検討しましたが、何も適切でなかったため、自分で開発することにしました。

タグとフォルダのアプローチの主な違いは何ですか？

タグはファイルに複数のカテゴリーを割り当てることができるため、フォルダよりも柔軟性があります。また、タグを使用することで、ファイルの複製を避けることができます。

ネストされたタグとは何ですか？

ネストされたタグは、他のタグの「親」として機能し、検索時に親タグを検索すると、その下の子のタグも含まれる結果が得られますが、逆は真ではありません。

属性値タグシステムとは何ですか？

属性値タグシステムは、タグを属性と値として扱い、複数の親属性から値を継承できるようにします。これにより、タグをカテゴリーに限定する必要がなくなります。

主人公が検討したファイル管理ソフトウェアの欠点は何ですか？

主人公が検討したファイル管理ソフトウェアは、タグ機能が不足していたり、クロスプラットフォームでなかったり、クラウドにすべてのものをホストする必要があったり、AIアルゴリズムにファイルを使用する可能性があったりするなど、主人公の要件を満たしていませんでした。

サイドカーファイルとは何ですか？

サイドカーファイルは、メインファイルとともに移動し、そのファイルのメタデータを格納する小さなテキストファイルです。これにより、ファイル自体にメタデータが含まれていない場合でも、メタデータを保持できます。

タグスタジオ（Tag Studio）の名前の由来は何ですか？

タグスタジオは、主人公が開発するアプリケーションの名前で、そのアプリケーションがタグ機能を強化し、ファイルのメタデータ管理を向上させるための力を持っていることを反映しています。

タグスタジオはどのようにしてタグを管理するのですか？

タグスタジオでは、タグはフルネーム、省略名、エイリアスリスト、サブタグリスト、およびスタイルのための色で構成されます。また、タググループを使用して、タグを整理し、カテゴリーとして適用することができます。

イーグルアプリはどのような特徴を持っていますか？

イーグルアプリは、参照画像の整理に特化していますが、オーディオファイルやPSDプレビューなど、さまざまなファイルタイプをサポートしています。また、ウェブクリーパープラグインやサイドカーファイルによるメタデータ管理など、高度な機能を持っています。

主人公はなぜタグスタジオの開発を続ける予定ですか？

イーグルアプリが優れた機能を持っていっても、主人公が望む機能のすべてをカバーしていないと感じたため、タグスタジオの開発を続ける予定です。また、主人公自身のプログラムはカスタマイズ性が高いため、自分に合った機能を追加し続けることができます。

Outlines

00:00

📂 ファイル整理の悩みと解決への道

この段落では、話者は自身のファイルと写真の管理に悩んでいたことを明かしています。彼は2021年に多种ある整理方法を探し始め、どの方法も自分に合わなかったため、自分で写真とファイルの管理ソフトウェアを開発することに決めました。彼のソフトウェアは、単純なPythonスクリプトから強力なファイル組織ツールへと進化し、途中で技術的な制限やプロジェクトの疑問に直面しましたが、最終的に目指したシステムを作り上げたという過程を説明しています。

05:01

📁 フォルダの限界とタグの力

この段落では、話者は伝統的なフォルダ方式の欠点と、タグを用いた新しい方法の利点を説明しています。彼は、フォルダ方式では複数のカテゴリーに属するアイテムを整理するのが困難であり、重複创建が避けられないという問題を指摘しています。その対照として、タグを用いることで、アイテムに自然な説明を付けることができ、検索も直感的になります。さらに、ネステッドタグや属性値方式のタグを使って、より柔軟な整理が可能なシステムを構築することができました。

10:04

🔍 既存のソフトウェアとサービスの調査

この段落では、話者は、既存のソフトウェアやサービスを調査して、自分のニーズに合ったものを見つけたものの、全ての要件を満たすものはなかったことを述べています。彼は、メタデータの管理やタグ付け機能、クロスプラットフォームのサポートなど、様々な要素を求めていました。しかし、WindowsのFile ExplorerやMacのFinder、Linuxのファイルマネージャー、Adobe Lightroom、Google Photos、Samsung Galleryなどの人気のあるツールには、彼の要件に合ったものは見つかりませんでした。

15:06

🛠️ 独自のソリューションの開発

この段落では、話者は、自分の要件に合ったツールが見つからないため、自分でソリューションを開発することに決めた経緯を説明しています。彼はPythonとtkinterを使って最初のプロトタイプを作りましたが、次第にtkinterの制約を感じ、QTにリファクタリングしました。彼は、属性値方式のタグシステムを開発し、タグの柔軟性や検索能力を向上させるために、タググループの概念を導入しました。

20:06

🦅 Eagleアプリとの出会いとこれから

この段落では、話者は、自分の開発プロジェクトと非常に類似したEagleというアプリケーションに出会ったことを報告しています。Eagleは、参考画像を整理するためのツールとして設計されており、様々なメディア形式をサポートしています。しかし、Eagleがタグシステムの柔軟性や特定のファイルタイプのサポートなどに欠けていることに気づき、自分のプロジェクトを続けることにしました。また、Eagleとの違いを強調し、将来の機能拡張やプラグイン開発の可能性についても言及しています。

Keywords

💡ファイル管理

ファイル管理とは、コンピュータ上でファイルとフォルダーを整理し、検索しやすくすることです。このビデオでは、ファイル管理ソフトウェアの開発について語られており、開発者が自分専用のシステムを作り上げたプロセスが紹介されています。

💡タグ

タグは、ファイルやフォルダーに付けられるラベルで、コンテンツを分類し、検索を容易にします。ビデオでは、タグの活用方法と、属性値タグシステムの開発が語られており、ファイルのカテゴリー化を柔軟に行うための重要な要素です。

💡Python スクリプト

Python スクリプトとは、Python というプログラミング言語で書かれたスクリプトのことです。ビデオでは、開発者がPython スクリプトを使ってファイルとタグを接続するシンプルなプログラムを作り始めたと語られています。

💡GUI

GUIとはGraphical User Interfaceの略で、ユーザーがコンピュータとやり取りするためのグラフィックインターフェースです。ビデオでは、開発者がTkinterとQTを使ってGUIを構築し、ユーザーフレンドリーな操作を実現していると説明されています。

💡メタデータ

メタデータとは、データに関するデータであり、ファイルに関連する情報（タイトル、説明、追加メモなど）を含みます。ビデオでは、開発者が中央データベースを通じてファイルのメタデータを管理し、検索性を高める方法を探求しています。

💡クロスプラットフォーム

クロスプラットフォームとは、複数の異なるオペレーティングシステムで動作するソフトウェアのことを指します。ビデオでは、開発者が作ったソフトウェアがクロスプラットフォームであることが強調されており、幅広いユーザー層が利用できることを示しています。

💡カスタムタグ

カスタムタグとは、ユーザーが自由に作成できるタグのことです。ビデオでは、開発者がタグシステムを強化し、カスタムタグを導入することで、ユーザーが自分のファイルをより柔軟に分類できるようにと述べています。

💡属性値タグシステム

属性値タグシステムとは、タグを属性と値として扱うシステムで、複数のカテゴリーに属することができる柔軟性を提供します。ビデオでは、開発者がこのようなシステムを導入し、タグの力をさらに広げる試みが語られています。

💡サイドカーファイル

サイドカーファイルとは、メインファイルと関連付けられた小さなテキストファイルで、メタデータを保存するために使われます。ビデオでは、開発者がサイドカーファイルを避けたいと考えている理由と、その代わりの方法について語られています。

💡Eagleアプリ

Eagleアプリとは、参照画像を整理するためのツールであり、ビデオでは開発者が自分のソフトウェア開発と比較して評価しています。Eagleはマルチメディアファイルのサポートやプラグインシステムを持ち、開発者のプロジェクトに対するインスピレーションを与えています。

💡Obsidian

Obsidianは、知識管理ソフトウェアで、ノートとファイルを整理・リンクさせる機能を持つクロスプラットフォームアプリケーションです。ビデオでは、Obsidianとの互換性や統合の可能性について触れられており、開発者がObsidianと自分のソフトウェアを組み合わせるアイデアを探っています。

Highlights

The speaker has developed a personal photo and file management software over several years, evolving from a simple Python script to a full-fledged system.

The software development process involved rethinking file storage and retrieval methods and rebuilding the program from scratch due to technical limitations.

The project aims to create a system that can categorize and retrieve files more efficiently than traditional folders.

The concept of using tags instead of folders is introduced, allowing files to be classified under multiple categories without duplication.

The potential of nested tags is discussed, which can create a parent-child relationship between tags, although it has its limitations.

An attribute-value method for tags is proposed, allowing for multiple inheritances of tag attributes and more flexible categorization.

The speaker explored various file organization methods and software, identifying their pros and cons, such as Windows File Explorer, Mac OS Finder, and Linux file managers.

Dedicated photo management programs like Apple Photos, Google Photos, and Adobe Lightroom were evaluated for their organizational capabilities.

The limitations of current metadata standards like EXIF and XMP for custom metadata were discussed.

The use of sidecar files for metadata storage was considered but rejected due to the risk of files getting lost when moving files manually.

The development of a custom tagging system called Tag Studio is detailed, which includes subtags, aliases, and a color-coding system for tags.

Tag Studio allows for the creation of tag groups or categories, and the application of tags to these groups for streamlined organization.

The speaker discovered Eagle, a similar program to Tag Studio, which offers a wealth of features including a web clipper and support for various file types.

Despite the similarities, Tag Studio has unique features like subtags and aliases, and the speaker's personal customization options.

The speaker plans to continue developing Tag Studio, incorporating inspiration from Eagle and focusing on features beyond Eagle's capabilities.

Tag Studio's approach to file management allows for compatibility with other software like Obsidian, enabling integration possibilities.

The speaker invites feedback and suggestions from the audience for additional features they might want to see in Tag Studio.

Transcripts

hey where you been at man we're all

ready for game night yeah sorry I'm late

I was feeding the dogs and they bumped

into me and knock spaghetti sauce all

themselves oh wait I have the perfect

image for this where did I oh oh no

no back in 2021 I started really looking

through all my options for how to get

this sorted out was there a magic folder

organization method that would help me

find things quicker could I take advant

AG of some hidden file properties to add

in my own extra data would I just need

to find some other piece of software

that would help me organize my photos

and files did anything that could really

do what I want even exist after all the

options out there just really seemed not

to fit me I decided to take things into

my own hands and slowly started working

on my own piece of photo and file

management software over the past few

years it's gone from a simple python

script that connected words with photo

file names on my hard drive to a

full-blown file organization

Powerhouse this journey hasn't been

without its twists and turns though from

fundamentally rethinking how I go about

storing and retrieving files to

rebuilding this program from scratch

more than once after running into

technical limitations to even

questioning the entire project after a

recent discovery today I'm going to take

you through all that and show just

exactly what I've been trying to build

here this is the search for the perfect

file organizer the development of my own

program in the process and everything in

between

folders kind of suck at its core this

project has been about sculpting a great

system first and then using or building

software to bring those ideas to life

unless you were born in the late naughty

aies your first idea when it comes to

organizing files and photos on your

computer is probably going to be folders

they're the simple classic way to

organize your stuff into distinct

categories they work great for a lot of

things but have some serious

shortcomings

oh hello there here this file in

particular is a photo of this cat this

is important it will come up later

folders can basically do one of two

things they can either contain files or

contain other folders actually if you

use symbolic links you can actually link

to other files virtually no I'm not

talking about Sim links in this video

actually I'm not trying to scare off my

new audience they're probably already

about to click off once they realize

it's not an obsidian video that's why

I'm cracking jokes and waving pictures

of cute cats on the screen

uh yeah uh where was I folders are about

as Bare Bones as you can get you can use

them to create categories and

subcategories but whatever you want to

store in them has to fall under one of

those categories if you're trying to

store something that falls into more

than one then you're pretty much out of

luck you could start duplicating folders

or even start duplicating your files in

order to force things to work for you

but having to resort to any sort of

duplication like that is a sign that

there's probably something wrong with

the system you're using but what if we

took the idea of categories and flipped

it on its head what if instead of trying

to place a photo or file into a series

of siloed categories we brought the

categories to the file this is where the

power of tags come in don't try to place

our picture of the cat into separate

cats or creatures folders but instead

the tags build a natural description of

it it's tagged both a cat and a creature

no need for crazy subfolders or wasteful

duplication let's go ahead and tag this

cute too oh look at the little guy tags

not only make it easier to classify your

files but they make it even quicker and

more intuitive to find them later just

search for the tags you want in the

first place instead of sifting through

different possible folders now we're

getting somewhere but what if I told you

the tags can have even more power than

this some programs out there like

obsidian for example support what are

called nested tags this enables you to

put some tags Under the Umbrella of

others in a sort of parent child

relationship when searching for the

parent tag you'll also get results for

any child tags under that

but not the other way around this lets

us cut down on the number of tags needed

in order to fully describe a file in

addition to reducing confusion between

tags created with a single name but are

meant for different situations now while

Nesta tags are already in improvement

over regular tags they could be even

better nested tags have some limitations

of their own one is that they can only

have a single lineage of ancestor tags

if a tag could fall under more than one

parent tag you're basically out of luck

again because could we fix this the same

way we fix this folder problem yes we

can and as it turns out I'm only at

least the second most insane person

alive to dive this deep into studying

data organization systems like this

without getting too lost in some

hardcore data science by using something

called an attribute Value method of

creating tags where in this system tags

are treated as both attributes and

values we can basically tag our tags

with other tags and as much as we

want see this guy he's from One Piece

the anime or well the manga technically

well both see if I'm using a nest tag

then I kind of have to choose is one

piece of manga or an anime when I really

could be talking about either or both

but with attribute value style tags were

no longer limited to having to choose a

single parent category for all my

programmers out there you can think of

this as a type of multiple inheritance

the child tag inherits its values for

multiple parent attributes lovely are

you getting it by using these kinds of

tags we can create a single tag that

makes up the bulk of our categorization

with e paired with a powerful search

engine and finding our original files

will be just as easy even if I forget

some of the finer details of the image

or file I'll still be able to narrow it

down in a way that folders could never

offer so we've got the base of our

system that we want now let's take a

look at what's out there then my

helpless maker attacking dreams come

true back when I first started searching

for good solutions to this my standards

were a lot lower I just wanted something

with any kind of tagging something that

was crossplatform and they didn't want

to host all my stuff in their cloud or

rub their eyes all over my files in

order to train their AI algorithms this

was back in 2021 too mind you before I

jump straight into looking for any

dedicated software or Services I wanted

to see if there's any sort of Industry

standards for keeping track of extra

information or metadata along with

regular files this way I might be able

to stick to using a simple file manager

increasing the portability and future

proofness of the system

as far as standards go there's two main

schools of thought when it comes to this

storing data inside the file or storing

data alongside the file first there's

the idea of embedding custom metadata

right in files themselves most popular

media file types have some sort of way

to do this and typically rely on one of

two easily hard to- remember acronyms

xif and XMP I really won't go into too

much depth with these but here's the

gist of what they do and why they fail

to please me exf is most commonly used

by cameraman manufacturers to store

information like the f-stop exposure

time ISO speed location data and more in

the file it's great for well exactly

that but not a great option if you have

your own custom fields that you want to

add XMP on the other hand gives you some

more freedom when it comes to user

created tags and Fields the biggest

shortcomings of these standards though

are their limited file type

compatibility and their ease of use or

lack thereof XMP is probably the closest

there is to an existing standard that

would fulfill what I'm looking for but

with everything it would take to use it

I'm kind of just better off creating my

own system for managing metadata without

worrying about making sure it was

backwards compatible with some

photographers aging copy of Photoshop on

their Windows XP laptop from 20 years

ago luckily there's a way around files

that don't support this kind of metadata

being crammed into them sidecar files

are little text files that ride along

with a main file and store all of its

metadata for it how consider it they

typically name something similar to the

main file and are meant to be kept in

the same directory at all times XMP

actually supports keeping data inside of

sidecar files instead of baking it

directly into the files themselves this

has the added benefit of keeping your

personal metadata separate from your

files in the event of sharing them with

other people the big issue with sidecar

files though is that they can get lost

easily when you manually move your files

around for me personally just this

awkwardness alone is pretty much a deal

breaker when it comes to these things oh

my God just pick something so XF is out

and I'd rather use something better than

XMP Sidecar files just lower your

standards Heck if I even did go down the

XMP route I'd still be limited to

whatever file manager or specialty

software I'd be using so while keeping

that nice taging system that we want in

mind let's take a look at how the big

file manager and photo gallery programs

stack up Windows File Explorer Pros I'm

already using it it's crossplatform if

you consider folders to be crossplatform

it's compatible with all files cons no

native tag support whatsoever ever the

search is slow it keeps glitching out on

me it keeps doing the green load thingy

all right this it's just a bit Bucky in

my experience Mac OS finder Pros again

folders are crossplatform I guess and it

technically works with all file types

plus it actually has some native tag

support but the tags are Global and the

tags are only crossplatform between iOS

editor's note here just wanted to add I

don't really want every tag I create to

be in a global pool but rather separate

by something like a vault or Library

System I know it's another Wrinkle In

The Fold but I just don't like the idea

of sensitive tags just showing up

everywhere I don't want to see my tax

information when to tag in Taco recie

you know dolphin the Linux file manager

from KDE same folder benefits works with

all files also has its own native tag

support but like Mac OS the tags are

Global the tags aren't crossplatform at

all and the tags can be lost if you're

not careful the give and take of Linux

okay what about programs just for photos

then Apple photos and iCloud Pros it's

crossplatform it has albums and it has

folders but for some reason you can't

add existing albums to folders on iOS I

don't understand why they made it like

this at all I'll mention this now but

depending on the program albums can

behave strictly like folders or sort of

tag- likee categories allowing for the

same photo to be in multiple albums at

once for the purposes of comparing these

in my own sanity I'm going to assume

that you can add the same photo photo to

multiple albums in all of these cons

include it only works with photos and

videos gee didn't see that coming no

tags crossplatform functionality

requires their Cloud doesn't work great

on Windows or Linux can't put existing

albums into folders and these days AI

scanning could be applied to your

library at any time without your consent

Google photos Pros include crossplatform

is it's web based it has albums which is

honestly more than I remember it having

cons include pretty much requires a

subscription it used to be free in that

regard Cloud only AI search only no tags

no folders no focus on user organization

whatsoever I used to use Google photos

but then it got me so frustrated that I

started this project in the first place

all right reeling it back in Samsung

gallery Pros include it actually has

tags but not in the secure folder it

used to have this and then they kind of

took it away out of nowhere I feel like

I'm one of three people in the world who

noticed this anyway it has albums it has

album groups or folders cons include

well it's a not crossplatform pretty

much uh just Samsung phones really not a

uh desktop app oh and I hope you don't

lose all your tags in an update that

would just be tragic wouldn't it Adobe

Lightroom turns out there's a whole

organization side of this program that I

didn't even know about Pros include it

has folders it has albums it has tags it

has tag groups it has custom metadata

and it's crossplatform and cross desktop

cons include it's photo focused

understandably it's a paid

subscription and it's Adobe thanks

Adobe here's an interesting one that

came up early in my research tag spaces

Pro I'm also realizing now that I may

have come up with a similar name for my

program Pros include it has folders it

has tags I mean it better with a name

like that works with all files it's

crossplatform on desktop has an open

source tagging format allows for custom

metadata and it has a freaking Web

Clipper how cool is that the cons

include it is paid either a subscription

or a one-time purchase and uh well the

tagging system is literally just putting

the text of the tag in the file names

themselves and if you weren't aware file

names on operating systems usually have

a pretty small character limit although

to be fair they do have an alternative

system to this that uses sidecar files

instead although you know how I feel

about sidecar files at this point oh

wait where the other half of the graphic

go did it get lost in the transition

dang it while some of the previous

options seemed decent nothing I could

find out there completely checked off

everything from my list and if I was

going to put all this time and effort

into switching to a new program or

service to essentially organized my life

I didn't want it to be suddenly shut

down one day or start charging me a

subscription or do anything nefarious

with my personal data now as a

programmer myself this is when I began

to have my Thanos moment and started

just doing things myself thus began the

construction of my dream solution it all

began as a humble python script I knew

from the very beginning that I wanted a

central database that held all the tags

and additional metadata for files inside

it no sidecar files and no trying to

embed the metadata into files that could

even support it this would allow me to

have greater flexibility when moving

files around outside of the program as

well as gaining the ability to have

multiple vaults or libraries that

contain different sets of tags for

different purposes up to this point I've

been using python along with tiinder to

create a simple GUI I chose these

because I wanted something that was

crossplatform and JavaScript plus

electron was giving me some headaches

when it came to Native file access I've

already used tkinter as a front end for

some small projects in the past so I

just went ahead using it for this as

well it was during this time I developed

my attribute value tag system this is

when I gave the app a new name to better

reflect its Growing Power and potential

tag studio also tagbox was pretty

generic and apparently taken by

something similar around the time I

started implementing the custom tags

though things started to get sluggish

tkinter went from being a tool to an

obstacle the draw times were just

becoming too slow for a photo library

with a dynamic interface and the

consensus online yeah that's just teer

use something else instead so I did what

every programmer dreams of doing

refactoring and starting over from

scratch oh the joy I just went to work

building a proper GUI using QT this time

around now I developed the metadata

system into something unlike I'd ever

seen before let me show you exactly what

it's like now besides seeing some

relevant metadata built into the file

itself you can add pretty much any kind

of userdefined metadata you want to the

entry you want a title for the image

sure you want to add a description of it

of course some additional notes oh yeah

an artist how about two might be a

collaboration and this hasn't even

gotten to the tags yet tags themselves

are made up of a full name a shorthand

name a list of aliases a list of subtags

and a color for style usually the names

of the tags are displayed as their full

name followed by the first parent tag

shorthand in parenthesis for

clarification against other tags with

the same name both names as well as

everything in the Alias list are used to

help you find the tag without needing to

remember the exact name or spelling of

it this is in my opinion a GameChanger

when it comes to being able to search

through your media you may have also

noticed that instead of directly tagging

the entry I've decided to create these

groups or categories the tags can then

be applied to by default I had groups

for metat tags and content tags which in

my experience helps separate the

different circumstances of tagging for

Clear organization actually let me show

you an example of a metatag you're

probably familiar with some sort of

favoriting or liking system from

different programs and websites and tag

studio is no different instead of making

a favorite act as another bit of

information though marking an entry as a

favorite actually adds the favor tag

Under The Meta tag group so why the heck

would I do it this way what's the point

of adding this extra layer when thinking

about what a favorite is really it's

just a category that you're applying to

a piece of content just like a tag and

if a favor is just a tag then why not

give it full access to the power of our

tagging system now you can have other

tags and inherent from the favorite tag

or apply whatever aliases you want to it

the same goes for the archive tag both

of which I've given special easy access

badges on every

thumbnail as I've alluded to or tried to

brush over this whole thing isn't

exactly finished yet I've been working

at a slow pace on purpose for it but

also feature creep has slowly set in

causing me to keep pushing off a final

release there's a few little things left

that need to be in here for a public

release and then some big features that

will make the program much more usable

probably the biggest feature I've yet to

implement that I know I want in the

initial release is a cleaned up and

Powerful way to add tags in bulk right

now I'm planning on adding a series of

tag focused side panels that can always

be open or out of your way if you wish

these include a tag search panel a

recent tags panel a top tags panel and a

pin tags or tag pallet panel tag pal

yeah no way I'm calling it that combined

with a good multi- selection system I

want you to be able to bulk add tags

based on any or all of these common

metrics you'll also be able to copy and

paste data from one entry to another or

multiple others all that is probably

going to take the longest to implement

though and I came up with the ideas

before switching to the whole tag groups

concept so I'll need to Workshop some of

the finer details over

time all right while doing my research

for this video I came across something

new something that as a programmer or a

YouTuber you never want to see that is

the exact Pro that you've been working

on already done by someone else how did

I not find this program before Color Me

surprised when among some YouTube

results for tax spaces Pro I found a

video for something called Eagle app or

just Eagle eagle. cool I'll just call it

Eagle here at first glance it's

extremely similar to this tag studio app

I've been developing in the background

it's got the grid of images and files in

the center it's got the right SI panel

with all the metadata fields and worst

yet it's kind of just better than mine

in a lot of ways it's got this Web

Clipper plug-in that you can use to

instantly import posts and files into

your library it has native support for

audio files and waveform previews it's

got this fancy flow layout option in the

middle that I'll be honest I wanted in

tag Studio from the beginning but it's

pretty difficult to do that in a

performant way in QT and python so

that's when I realized I needed to stop

take a step back and think over my

options was this just the endgame of

everything that I have been planning

should I just throw my program aside

toss over the $29.95 onetime purchase

it's not even a subscription and embrace

my new Eagle life honestly I could Heck

if you're someone who's looking for what

seems like a great file organization

solution I'd even recommend giving this

thing a look somehow there's only what

less than like a dozen videos on YouTube

covering it no wonder I wasn't able to

find out about this thing earlier

however as I started thinking over it

more while eagle has most of what I was

working on for tag Studio it doesn't

have everything from what I can tell

it's using plain old traditional tags

without any of the subtags or aliases

that I've come to embrace in tag Studio

sure it's not a deal breaker but it's a

big difference nonetheless not only that

but I was curious just how Eagle is

handling storing all this metadata well

I was pleased to see it was in an open

format it's all in sidecar files under a

specific directory structure meaning

whenever you add a file to your Eco

Library it actually duplicates your file

and puts it under a new directory to

keep track of and plop a sidecar file

next to this is kind of bizarre to me as

someone who's had no trouble managing

libraries of files located on different

parts of my hard drive one great reason

to not move your files around is to

provide compatibility with other

software such as

obsidian you thought this wasn't an

obsidian video gotcha I mean it probably

would have helped my SEO if I put that

in the title but

gotcha with my vault-like approach to

creating libraries in tag Studio Plus

the fact that it doesn't move your files

you can effectively create a tag Studio

library right on top of your obsidian

Vault allowing some supercharged photo

and file management there's actually a

lot of untapped potential here huh I

could easily create a way to import taxs

from obsidian heck I wonder if I could

create some sort of plugin that would

integrate the two even better all right

right uh maybe in another video okay so

there's more differences than meet the

eye but what about use cases Eagle

advertises itself as being a way to

organize reference images although

clearly it's useful for a whole lot more

than that while managing reference

images is also one of the fundamental

reasons why I started developing tag

Studio I didn't want to generalize it

just that even though Eagle can handle

images and videos and icon files and

audio files and dang they can even do

PSD previews h even though it can do all

that due to focusing on references for

designers they probably don't have the

incentive to add additional support for

any file types outside of that space

wait they're working on a plug-in system

oh come

on if there's one sure thing that my

program has over Eagle is that it's my

program there's nothing more

customizable than your own app and to me

there's enough I want to do Beyond

Eagle's capabilities to where I'll

continue working on TX studio for the

time being if anything eagle has been an

inspiration for additional capability in

my own program and maybe as a cautionary

tale for things to avoid I don't know

though they seem to be on a pretty

similar wavelength is me a lot similar

of a wavelength in that tag space Pro

app oh wait they updated their logo oh

come

on thanks for watching this unusual

project video while I'll continue to

work on tag Studio I'm real curious if

there's any other features that you guys

might want to see added to it or if

maybe you're considering taking a look

at Eagle and seeing if it's a good fit

for you but if you've enjoyed coming

with me on this organizational Journey

or if you just like seeing me delve into

random technical projects then consider

subscribing I been Travis and I'll see

you in the next

one what the hell is this it's your dogs

covered in all that

sauce Travis that was three years ago

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