AutoRouting methods
File Name Prefix – Set the number of prefixes in the file name to route by, and whether the prefix length is fixed or if they are separated by a certain character. You may remove the prefix after routing, or simply remove the prefix without routing the image, in which case the image will be stored in the channel’ s output folder. Finally, set up the associations between prefixes and the folders in which the files are stored. These will be subfolders within the channel’ s output folder.
Metadata – Using metadata routing you can direct files to subfolders according to the contents of any metadata field in the file. Simply choose a metadata field and the string to look for, and associate it with a folder. Checking Add unlisted field values automatically will ensure that separate subfolders are created for any entries not listed.
Day of the week – Lets you route files according to the day of the week on which the processing takes place. A default set of weekdays and subfolders has been defined. If you wish to change the name of the associated folders, you may do so by clicking an entry and entering a new folder name.
Day of the month – Enables routing of files according to the day of the month when they are processed. By default, subfolders will be named from 1 to 31.
Year Month and Day – Allows you to sort files hierarchically by the year, month and date of processing. Choose between long and short year, month and day strings.
Folder Size – When routing by folder size you may choose between using one or two levels of folders. By default only one level is enabled, in which case the specified number of subfolders is created within the channel’ s output folder. You may set the maximum folder size before proceeding to the next folder and the desired course of action when all folders are full.
If you have chosen to begin filling the first folder over again when all folders are full, ticking the Empty New Folder First option will make Color Factory purge the contents of the first folder before starting to fill it again. Similarly, folder 2, 3 etc. will be purged when the need for a new folder arises.
When enabling two-stage folder size routing, enter the name of the base folder( i. e. images-001) and the number of such base folders to create in total. When the maximum number of folders specified below is full, a new base folder will be created until the maximum number of base folders has also been reached.
Clicking Set current folder allows you to set the current working folder.
Contrast Quality – Contrast quality routing makes it possible to redirect too light or too dark images to a special folder where they may for instance be picked up for manual tuning.
By default, images that pass the quality check are stored in the channel’ s output folder upon processing, although this may be changed by specifying a subfolder. Images that don’ t pass the quality check are by default stored in a subfolder called To be Edited.
In order to tune the quality checking sequence you may enable Add quality analysis to caption field and run a few images through the system that you find too dark or too light. Then you may adjust the lightness / darkness levels accordingly.
Use grayscale version is suitable to find real white and black areas since it can be easier to understand the contrast histogram of the grayscale image. This option makes the contrast analysis less complex and more correct.
If the images processed in the channel are surrounded by e. g. a white or black frame, you can adjust the percentage of the image border that should be ignored to rule this area out from the contrast evaluation. To do so, fill in the desired percentage in the field labelled Percent of image border to ignore.
Image Size – Routing by image size lets you route images above or below a certain measure or resolution to subfolders within the channel’ s output folder. Specify the maximum and / or minimum size or resolution and the folder to which images matching the criteria should be moved.
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