ExifTool is a platform-independent command-line application for reading, writing, and editing Meta information that is contained by image, audio and video files. Secure online EXIF viewer tool, perfect for viewing image and meta data including GPS location, camera make/model and photo author. No ExifTool GUI offers as many features as the command-line application. I don't know what you mean by giving a lens a name. There are various Mac apps based on ExifTool, but I don't know much about them. SetEXIFData sounds potentially useful, but again, it won't be nearly as powerful as the command-line application. Oct 06, 2007 The OS X package installs the ExifTool command-line application and libraries in /usr/bin. After installing, type 'exiftool' in a Terminal window to run exiftool and read the application documentation.Read the installation instructions for help installing ExifTool on Windows, Mac OS X and Unix systems. Powerful, fast, flexible and customizable.
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Table of Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Installation
- 2.2 Installation on Mac OS X
- 3 General usage
- 5 Edit Data
- 5.7 Example workflows
- 6 Extra Menu
pyExifToolGUI
This manual is for pyExifToolGUI (version 0.32, January 2013).pyExifToolGui is a python pySide QT4 script program that reads and writes metadata likeexif, xmp, gps, gpano tags from/to image files. It can use a 'reference' image as source image tocopy data from. A strong point of this software is the ability to write the data,copied or not from a source image, to multiple images at once.
1 Overview
pyExifToolGui is a python pySide QT4 script program that reads and writesexif, gps, xmp, gpano (and a very limited set of IPTC) tags from/to image files using exiftool. pyExifToolGUI: py for python, GUI for Graphical User Interface to ExifTool.
pyExifToolGui is a graphical frontend for the excellent open sourcecommand line tool ExifTool by Phil Harvey.pyExifToolGui is not a complete ExifTool Gui, far from that.I needed a tool to add gps data to my images and couldn't find oneand decided to write my own. So the main goal for this tool was the ability to write gps data to photos as I photograph a lot in buildings like Churches/Cathedrals and Musea (when allowed), which means that the gps functionality of the camera doesn't function.In the mean time the functionality of pyExifToolGUI has expanded and also supports reading, writing and exporting all kind of metadata. Next to that it now contains also extended photo file renaming functionality based on the exif info in your photos.By now pyExifToolGUI is a general exiftool Gui but it is still far from complete.
This pyExifToolGUI tool is also a geotagging tool since version 0.4!
IPTC tags are only partly supported. IPTC is an older and slowly deminishing metadata standard being replaced by xmp. Whereapplicable, e.g. redundant tags in xmp, the iptc tags will be updated simultaneously.
This program is Open Source and completely free and will always stay that way, but you can donate any amount to me to showyour appreciation. See the Help menu in the program or the donate button below.
1.1 This manual and the pyExifToolGUI version
This manual and the pyExifToolGUI version might not always run synchronously. If new functionality is added to the program which requires a new chapter or paragraph, the manual will be updated for that new section.However, not all parts of the manual will/might be updated which might lead to older program screens in the manual that might slightly deviate from the program version you will be working with.
Note also that you will see screen captures from several operating systems (Linux/Windows/Mac OS X) and/or window managers (on Linux).
Note also that you will see screen captures from several operating systems (Linux/Windows/Mac OS X) and/or window managers (on Linux).
2 Installation
This tool is written for Linux and primarily aimed at Linux.However, it runs fine and functions fine on Mac OS X and Windows as well for which, respectively, a program bundle and an executable is available for download.pyExifToolGUI is currently not part of any Linux distribution and I'm currently lacking the skills to write a distutils or exportutils (or good automake/configure) script to package it for Ubuntu (or any other Debian based linux), or (Open)Suse or Fedora/Redhat.This also means that it doesn't do any dependency checks for necessarylibraries and so on. I wrote a simple 'setup' script that takes care of installation and removal. This setup script is for Linux but can also be used on Mac OS X.
Note: pyExifToolGUI comes without exiftool which you need to download yourself from Phil Harvey's exiftool site if you want the latest version. On Linux you can also use the version belonging to your distribution.
For Mac OS X you can either run the simple pyExifToolGUI.app bundle (via the setup script) from the tar.gz and install the dependencies yourself, or you can download the full bundle which includes everything internally.
For Windows a python executable has been created (Note to Windows users: Currently there is the closed sourced but free exiftoolgui for windows. pyexiftoolgui contains the functionality of applying your changes to a selected set of images at once, exiftoolgui only has this on a limited set of tags. The total 'functionality set' of exiftoolgui is currentlymore then that of pyexiftoolgui, but it misses the new GPano functionality (see paragraph 5.4).
You can run pyexiftoolgui without installing it: see paragraph 2.4 below theinstallation instructions.
2.1 Installation on Linux
Dependencies (Meaning that you need to install them yourself):
- python: part of every linux system, so always available, but >=2.6 required.
- pyside: Install via your distribution's package manager. Otherwise download it from www.pyside.org
- python-pyside (qtcore, qtgui and qtuitools are required): Install via your distribution's package manager.
Otherwise download it from www.pyside.org - ExifTool: Install via your distribution's package manager.
Installation:
- Untar the package to some folder.
- Open a terminal and move into the folder where you untarred the pyExifToolGui-x.y.tgz
- pyExiftoolGUI <= 0.31: Run the setup script from the command line with .
- pyExiftoolGUI >= 0.32: Run the setup script from the command line with .
- pyExifToolGUI will be installed and you should have an icon in your menu under the Graphics sub menu or in your Dash (Ubuntu).
- Start and enjoy.
2.2 Installation on Mac OS X
You have two options for installation on Mac OS X
2.2.1 Full application bundle
Download the dmg with the full pyexiftoolgui.app bundle. Open the dmg and copy the pyexiftoolgui.app to a place of your liking where /Applications is of course the most suitable location.
2.2.2 Simple application bundle (install dependencies yourself)
Dependencies (Meaning that you need to install them yourself):
- python: part of every linux system, so always available, but 2.7 required.
- (Snow) Leopard: Download python 2.7 from python.org and install. Then run the 'Update Shell Profile.command' from /Applications/Python 2.7
- (Mountain) Lion comes with python 2.7
- pyside: Download it from www.pyside.org. (You can also install it from MacPorts but this will give issues most of the time.)
- pyX.Y-pyside: Install via MacPorts. (XY needs to be 2.7).
- ExifTool: Download the DMG from the ExifTool website (highly preferred) or install via MacPorts.
Installation:
- Untar the package to some folder.
- Open a terminal and move into the folder where you untarred the pyExifToolGui-x.y.tgz
- pyExiftoolGUI <= 0.31: Run the setup script from the command line with .
- pyExiftoolGUI >= 0.32: Run the setup script from the command line with .
- The script will install a 'bare bones' pyExifToolGUI.app in your Applications folder. Note that the pyExifToolGUI.app is NOT a complete self contained application. It needs the mentioned dependencies.
- Start and enjoy.
2.3 Installation on Windows
For windows an executable has been created. This could be easily packaged with someopen source installer like INNOsetup, but for the moment it is simply packaged in a zip file. Unzip the zip archive to some folder of your liking and start it. This also meansthat the package does not create registry entries.Note: As mentioned in the intro: pyExifToolGUI comes without exiftool itself. If you download it, the default version for windows is called exiftool(-k).exe. Always rename this to exiftool.exe as the exiftool(-k).exe version pauses after every screen of output and requires a keypress to continue: You don't want that.(Tip: If you only see exiftool(-k) without an extension in you file manager then simply rename it to exiftool).
2.4 Run pyexiftoolgui from download folder (No Installation)
You can run pyexiftoolgui without installing it.
- Linux/MacOSX
- Make sure you have the dependecies installed as described above in the subsections.
- From this folder, start in a terminal:
- Windows
- Make sure you have the dependecies installed as described above in the Windows subsection.
- From this folder, start in a command-box (dos-box): python bin/pyexiftoolgui (If python is not in your path, provide the full path to it)
Uninstall / Removal
- Open a terminal
- Move into the folder where you untarred the pyExifToolGUI.
.tgz (You might need to download again if your removed everything). - pyExiftoolGUI <= 0.31: run the setup script from the command line with .
- pyExiftoolGUI >= 0.32: run the setup script from the command line with .
- On Mac OS X simply remove pyExifToolGUI.app from /Applications
- On Windows simply remove the folder containing the pyexiftoolgui.exe application.
3 General Usage
The program consists of a left pane containing your photos, and a right pane which consists of a set of tabs. One of these tabs contains a subset of tabs.Next to the tabs on the right the program also has an 'Extra' menu which contains another set of functionalities.A number of buttons and functions will not work, and are disabled, untill you have loaded at least one photo.Most actions on your images which you perform in the right tabs or in the Extra menu, only work after having selected at least one, or more of the loaded photos in the left pane.
View data
Select an image and simply click one of the radiobuttons. If you have multiple images selected, the metadata for the last selected image will be displayed.
Edit data
Here as well: All actions in the right 'Edit' tab only work after having selected one or more of the loaded photos.
- You can select one image and modify the data for it.
- You can select multiple images at once and modify the data for all these images at once.
- You can select one image, copy data from it, then select multiple images, and paste the (copied) data to these multiple images at once.
'Extra' menu
This is not a tab, but a sub-menu from the main menu. A few options can only be used in conjunction with the Context menu.
3.1 Context menu
The program also contains 'context menu' functionality, which is more generally known as 'right-click' functionality. This functionality can be very handy in some situations as it reduces mouse (kilo)meters.Without photos loaded, you will have a 'mini' menu. With photos loaded you will get a larger context menu containing image related functions.Context menu without photos loaded. | Context menu with photos loaded. |
4 View Data
The 'View Data' tab gives you the option to display all available meta data from a photo (image).You select a photo on the left side and click the radiobutton on the right side to see all or a selected set of data of the photo.As ExifTool supports a large number of image formats, but also movie formats, all available metadata thatExifTool can read, can be displayed by pyExifToolGUI as well. The file filter, used to select files from the file dialog, is by default set to all image types pexiftool supports, but can also be set to the total set of file extensions that exiftool supports (and simply to 'All files (*.*)'). Note that some of the data, or subsets of data, is simply not available in the non-image formats.
pyExifToolGUI will try to make a preview (thumbnail) of the image, but will not always succeed as most RAW formats are not supported. In case of other formats like movies and so on, the creation of a preview will almost certain not function.
pyExifToolGUI will try to make a preview (thumbnail) of the image, but will not always succeed as most RAW formats are not supported. In case of other formats like movies and so on, the creation of a preview will almost certain not function.
Note that the 'Display Image' button will display the selected image in the default image viewer. If this 'image' happens to be a movie, the movie will be displayed in the default movie/media viewer if the format is supported. (Right-click ->Display image works as well).
Image rotation is not always correctly 'interpreted' by the underlying QT image plugins that create the preview thumbnails. If you think it is not correct you can simply select the image, click on the 'Display Image' button and see whether your 'normal' image viewer displays it correctly, meaning that your image has the correct setting.
5 Edit Data
The application is a so called 'tabbed' application. The 'Edit Data' tab is the (obvious) tabthat contains the sub tabs with all the edit options. Currently a moderate set of tabs have been defined but the order, number and even content can change during the further development of this application.
5.1 Edit gps Data
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This tab is used to add GPS data to your images. This tab works on a combination ofexif, xmp and iptc gps data as latitude, longitude and altitude are covered in both the exif andin the xmp metadata structure. The Location metadata details (Country, Province/State, city, Location) are covered by xmp and IPTC. This tab therefore acts on multiple tag categories (exif, xmp and iptc) at once and simply tries to make your gps/location data as complete as possible in the several tag categories.
Buttons working on image(s):
- Copy from selected image: This will copy all the (available) gps data fromthe selected image into the input fields.
- Save to selected image(s): This will save the gps data to your selected image(s).
Note: When the 'Save' checkbox is enabled, empty fields will write empty values to your image(s). Take this into account!
General buttons:
- Reset fields: This will empty all fields and set radiobuttons and checkboxes to their defaults.
- Open MapCoordinates.net: This will open the mapcoordinates.net website enabling you to get and copy latitude, longitude and altitude data for your photo(s). MapCoordinates is based on Google Maps.
Note that the altitude is mostly correct. but sometimes completely wrong. - Help: This button opens the manual you are currently reading.
Calculator buttons:
- Copy to input fields: This copies the calculated values (bottom half) to the input fields (top half).
- Decimal to Minutes-Seconds: Convert decimal longitude/latitude values to deg-min-sec.
- Minutes-Seconds to Decimal: Convert deg-min-sec to decimal latitude/longitude (necessary for input).
5.2 Edit exif Data
This tab is used to add (a limited amount of) exif data to your selected image(s).
Things to take into account!
As you can see the options all have a Save checkbox behind their input fields.It means that this option will be saved when checked, even when the field is empty.This also means that you can:
- overwrite existing data with empty data 'by accident'.
- deliberately overwrite existing data with data from empty fields.
Available buttons:
- Copy from selected image: This will copy all the (available) exif data fromthe selected image into the input fields.
- Save to selected image(s): This will save the 'checked' exif data to your selected image(s).
- Copy Defaults: This will copy the default Artitst and Copyright data which you provided in the Preferences tab.
- Reset fields: This will empty all fields and set checkboxes to their defaults.
- Help: This button opens the manual you are currently reading.
5.3 Edit xmp Data
This tab is used to add (a limited amount of) xmp data to your selected image(s).
Things to take into account!
As you can see the options all have a Save checkbox behind their input fields.It means that this option will be saved when checked, even when the field is empty.This also means that you can:
- overwrite existing data with empty data 'by accident'.
- deliberately overwrite existing data with data from empty fields.
Available buttons:
- Copy from selected image: This will copy all the (available) xmp data fromthe selected image into the input fields.
- Save to selected image(s): This will save the 'checked' exif data to your selected image(s).
- Copy Defaults: This will copy the default creator and rights data which you provided in the Preferences tab.
- Reset fields: This will empty all fields and set checkboxes to their defaults.
- Help: This button opens the manual you are currently reading.
5.4 Edit GPano (Google Photosphere) data
This tab is used to add GPano Google PhotoSphere data to your selected image(s).
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This functionality is only available if you have exiftool 9.07 or newer. You can always downloadthe latest exiftool version.On Windows and Mac OS X simply install it. On Linux you simply unpack the tar.gz to some folder. After the install/unpack you can use the Preferences tab to select that untarred version.
Things to take into account!
As you can see the options all have a Save checkbox behind their input fieldsIt means that this option will be saved when checked, even when the field is empty.This also means that you can:
- overwrite existing data with empty data 'by accident'.
- deliberately overwrite existing data with data from empty fields.
Available buttons:
- Copy from selected image: This will copy all the (available) exif data fromthe selected image into the input fields.
- Save to selected image(s): This will save the 'checked' exif data to your selected image(s).
- Reset fields: This will empty all fields and set checkboxes to their defaults.
- Help: This button opens the manual you are currently reading.
5.5 Geotagging
Geotagging adds GPS data to your images based on data from a GPS track log file. This GPS track file can be used from your phone, gps device, navigation device, or whatever you have providing such a GPS track.
The GPS track log file is loaded, and linear interpolation is used to determine the GPS position at the time of the image, then the following tags are written to the image (if the corresponding information is available).It means that your camera needs to be set correctly with regard to the date/time of the location where you are.
PyExifToolGUI also supports the 'Geosync' feature of ExifTool. The Geosync tag is only needed when the image timestamps are not properly synchronized with GPS time.
For example, a value of '+1:20' specifies that 1 minute and 20 seconds is added to the Geotime value before checking with the GPS track file. This is for a camera running 1 minute 20 seconds slower than the GPS clock.
The Geosync time is specified as 'SS', 'MM:SS', 'HH:MM:SS' or 'DD HH:MM:SS' (where SS=seconds, MM=minutes, HH=hours and DD=days), and a leading '+' or '-' may be added for positive or negative differences.
Note: Do not use (double) quotes around the geosync time in pyExifToolGUI. Simply use something like -25 or +1:20
The GPS track log file is loaded, and linear interpolation is used to determine the GPS position at the time of the image, then the following tags are written to the image (if the corresponding information is available).It means that your camera needs to be set correctly with regard to the date/time of the location where you are.
PyExifToolGUI also supports the 'Geosync' feature of ExifTool. The Geosync tag is only needed when the image timestamps are not properly synchronized with GPS time.
For example, a value of '+1:20' specifies that 1 minute and 20 seconds is added to the Geotime value before checking with the GPS track file. This is for a camera running 1 minute 20 seconds slower than the GPS clock.
The Geosync time is specified as 'SS', 'MM:SS', 'HH:MM:SS' or 'DD HH:MM:SS' (where SS=seconds, MM=minutes, HH=hours and DD=days), and a leading '+' or '-' may be added for positive or negative differences.
Note: Do not use (double) quotes around the geosync time in pyExifToolGUI. Simply use something like -25 or +1:20
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- Use (a selection of) the images you loaded in the left images pane.
- Specify a folder containing a set of images to be tagged.
In case of the first option you need to leave the folder empty. If the 'Folder containing the images:' is not left empty, it will always be the first option used.
Note that pyExifToolGui will write both the EXIF GPS tags as well as the XMP GPS tags.
Note that pyExifToolGui will write both the EXIF GPS tags as well as the XMP GPS tags.
5.6 IPTC data (not directly supported)
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IPTC is an older metadata information standard.It stands for 'International Press Telecommunications Council', also with a combination with the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) Information Interchange Model (IIM).This already shows the primary goal of this standard which is perhaps not what an amateur photograph is aiming for.Next to that: IPTC is being phased out in favor of XMP.
On some of the edit tabs the IPTC data is automatically updated when (for example) the xmp data is updated.
5.7 Example workflows
5.7.1 General workflow
Below you'll find an example of how you can use the program to edit the metadata of your images.Click the images for a full size version.Load your image(s) via 'File -> Load Images', via the 'Load Images' button or via the right-click option in the context menu. Go to the 'Edit -> Gps' tag. If one of your images contains the info you need for your other image(s), select that image. Use the 'Copy from selected image'. The available gps information will be copied into the relevant input fields. |
The xmp/iptc location info (location, country, state, city) is hardly ever available, but you can add the info yourself. In case your images don't contain any information at all, but you do know the location, you can click the 'Open MapCoordinates.net' button. This will open the mapcoordinates.net website in your default webbrowser. mapcoordinates.net is based on google maps and you can search for the location and landmarks, like 'Eiffel tower' (in Paris) or 'machu picchu' (Peru). The website will display a popup with the decimal altitude and longitude coordinates and the altitude. Note that this altitude is mostly correct, but sometimes completely wrong. |
After you have added or altered the information, you need to pay attention to which information you want to save to your image(s). The Save checkboxes determine which information will be stored upon saving. Note that when an input field is empty, you can by accident, or deliberately write 'clean' the data in your images for the relevant tags. |
Now select the photos on the left side where you want the information to be saved into. Note that Shift and Control works in selecting the photos. Once you have selected the images click the 'Save to selected images' button. |
Once the button 'Save to selected images' has been clicked you will see a message displayed describing which image is processed and a progress bar displaying the complete progress. |
5.7.2 After scanning: Correcting Date/time and Renaming workflow
The following workflow shows an example where (in this case) old diapositives out of 1977 were scanned. We start with the scanned images and the workflow is as follows:
- Set the datetime metatags (We don't know the exact the date so we estimate the date as precise as possible.)
- We set the file date based on the datetime metatags we have just set in the previous set.
- We rename the photos based on metadata tags and possible string (like the occasion, location or whatever you want to use to identify/classify the photos).
The following workflow consists of a mix-and-match of Mac OS X screens and Ubuntu Unity screens (the latter with Mac OS X windowing icon theme as I don't like Ubuntu Unity's default orange icons).
After you have loaded your image(s) and made your selection, you select the 'Modify Date/time' option by either right-clicking and selecting it from the context menu or from the Extra menu. The 'Modify Date/time' dialog will be opened. |
Note: If you have a photo with the correct datetime tags, you can select it from your photo-selection, right-click that photo and select the option 'Select photo as reference for 'Extra' menu'. You can then use the copied data in a number of edit screens. It will remain available after a new 'load image(s)' session. |
Set the date and time in the 'ModifyDate' field to the correct date (In this case of old scanned photos as accurate as possible). Optionally copy&paste the 'ModifyDate' field value to the other two fields. These data fields are Exif datetime tags. If you want the XMP datetime tags also be set, check that XMP checkbox as well. When done click the 'Save' button. Note: If you did select a reference photo with correct datetime metadata tags, you can now use that data by checking the 'Use date and time from reference image'. It will immediately fill/update the three datetime fields. |
Right-click somewhere in your selection and select from the context-menu the option 'Set file date to DateTimeOriginal' or select that option from the 'Extra' menu. |
If you scanned your old photos, negatives or diapositives, your scanned images will get the file date time of the moment of scanning while your images itself are (most certainly) much older.This function will now take the 'exif:DateTimeOriginal' from the metadata datetime tags in your image(s) you just added in the previous step and use that as file date/time.Note: exiftool can go back as far as 01-01-1970 for file dates (metadata can be any date/time). If your images are from e.g. 26 December 1958 (mid day) you need to use the 'touch' function on linux/Mac OS X like 'touch -t 195812261200.00 name_of_image(s)' |
Renaming your photos requires that your photos must contain metadata as that is where exiftool renaming is based upon. Right-click somewhere in your image selection and select the option 'Rename photos' from the context menu or select that option from the 'Extra' menu. The 'Rename photos' dialog will be opened. |
In this screen you can rename your photos based upon a selection from the main screen, or from an entire folder which you can select here. In this example workflow the renaming is based on the main screen selection so we leave the source folder empty. (Click the info button in this dialog for more info) |
6 Extra Menu
The extra menu gives a set of exiftool command options which will be explained in the following subsections.
6.1 Rename photos
The functionality of this screen is also partially described in the 5.6.2 After scanning: Correcting Date/time and Renaming workflow above. There are two options to use this screen:
The way of working is described in the last subsection of 5.6.2. = Selecting a source folder in this renaming screen. When you use this option the renaming will work on all supported formats in the selected folder and in any subfolder of the selected folder. = What are the differences? The main screen selection gives you the option to load a set of images from a folder and work sequentially on the subselections. It is therefore more flexible. The source folder option on the other hand is up to 10 times faster. |
6.2 Create args file(s)
Exiftool has the option to output information in the form of exiftool arguments. If you create an args file by exporting the information from your photo(s), you can use this args file as an 'exiftool commands' file to write to another (set of) photo(s). pyExifToolGUI (currently) only supports the creation of these args files. pyExifToolGUI can't use these files (yet) to write to other photos. A workaround however is to use this args file from the 'Your commands' tab as explained in chapter 7 Your commands. |
6.3 Export metadata
Exiftool can export the metadata inside images to a number of output formats. From this popup screen you can export the metadata from your selected image(s) to files in these export formats. Note that per selected image an output (export) file is written (1 photo gives 1 export file). The only exception to this is the 'csv' format. The 'csv' format is an LibreOffice/OpenOffice/Excel compatible format which contains one row of metadata per image in one 'output.csv'file. Note also that the output files are written to the same folder as where the images are. |
6.4 Modify Date/time
As the popup mentions: This dialog gives you the option to modify the several date/time tags in the exif information like in the 'Edit->Exif' tab. It works on the images you selected in the main screen. This dialog gives you more date/time functionality (and only date/time functionality) compared to the exif->edit tab: You can use the 'shift above date/times' function to shift the date/time forward or backward (in the future or in the past) for the selected fields. This function also respects whether you selected the specific tag (field) to save or not, and also works on the selected images from the main screen. The 'Use date and time from reference image' can also be used in combination with the 'shift above date/times' function. The corresponding xmp values can be updated at the same time. |
6.5 Set file date to DateTimeOriginal
If you modified your images in a 'sloppy' image editor or copied them around or whatever other action(s), the file date/time of your images might have changed to the date when you did your action/modification on the photo(s). In such a situation the real filedate(= creation date) of your images is (much) older. You might want to change the file date back to what it really should be based on the metadata when you took the photo. Another option could be that you scanned some old photos, negatives or dia positives. These photos will get the date when they were saved after the scanning. Next to that: these scanned images mostly contain no exif data at all. This 'Set file/date time to DateTimeOriginal' function will take the original date/time when the photo was taken from the exif:DateTimeOriginal and use that (again) as file date/time. Note: In case you have images that don't contain datetime metadata anymore, or not at all like the scanned photos, you first need to use the 'Modify Date/time' function as described in 6.4 Modify Date/time |
6.6 Repair JPG(s) with corrupted metadata
As the popup on the left already mentions: If exiftool can't write to your photo it might be due to corrupted metadata. Exiftool can fix a lot of the metadata but only for the tags that are still readible. In a jpeg the image data is separated from the meta data. Exiftool will create a clean metadata structure and write as much metadata back to the metadata part of the JPG. Note: If your photo can't be displayed in an image viewer, your image data itself is corrupt. Exiftool can't repair that. This only works for jpgs as a lot of other formats don't separate the metadata from the image data. |
6.7 Copy all metadata to xmp format
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XMP stands for 'Extensible Metadata Platform', an XML/RDF-based metadata format which is being pushed by Adobe. Information in this format can be embedded in many different image file types including JPG, JP2, TIFF, GIF, EPS, PDF, PSD, IND, INX, PNG, DJVU, SVG, PGF, MIFF, XCF, CRW, DNG and a variety of proprietary TIFF-based RAW images, as well as in MOV, AVI, ASF, WMV, FLV, SWF and MP4 videos, but also in WMA and audio formats supporting ID3v2 information. XMP is a 'growing' and easy extensible metadata format and already incorporates a lot of EXIF and IPTC metadata. It also allows for software products to define their own set of XMP tags, like the Google photosphere, microsoft face recognition and Digikam xmp tags. This 'Copy all metadata to xmp format' function copies all the relevant information from the exif and iptc tags into the corresponding xmp tags. |
6.8 Remove metadata
This function (on the left) is the most dangerous one of the program. Therefore it is one of the few functions using a second 'Are you sure?' popup (see below) and that's also why it makes a backup of your images by default. For the rest it is simple: It removes the metadata you select. |
7 Your Commands
On this tab you can define your own parameters to 'send to' exiftool. The parameters will be executed on the images you have selected on the left.
You can both specify read parameters as well as write parameters but not in one command: write actions take precedence. You can also combine several parameters. Note: You don't need (must not) provide the exiftool command itself. The Gui will take care of that.
One thing YOU need to take care of is the use of either single quotes or double quotes around some commands. If you want to set the file date to the date the photo was taken, you need the command -FileModifyDate<DateTimeOriginal.On Windows you need to double-quote this and on Linux and Mac OS X you need to single-quote this, like
- Linux/Mac OS X: '-FileModifyDate<DateTimeOriginal'
- Windows: '-FileModifyDate<DateTimeOriginal'
-exif:all | will display all exif tags for the selected images |
-exif:all= | will remove(!) all exif tags from the selected images |
-Exif:Artist='My Name' | Will put 'Your Name' into the selected images |
-Xmp:City=Zwolle -Xmp:Country=Netherlands | Will write your city and country into the xmp tags of your image(s) |
8 Preferences
The Preferences tab gives you the option to select some defaults for this application.
ExifTool:
- Windows: You always have to specify where exiftool.exe is. Please rename exiftool(-k).exe to exiftool.exe. If you stick to exiftool(-k).exe the program will pause after every screen of output and wait for a key to continue. That will give problems in pyExifToolGUI (in any GUI for that matter).
- Linux and Mac OS X: The program will check for an installed exiftool in the standard program folders. If not found you have to specify where exiftool is. You can also use this option to specify a newer exiftool version then standard available for your distribution. At this moment most Linux distributions ship with some 8.xy exiftool version.
For the Gpano functionality you really need a version equal or newer then 9.07. See also '5.4 Edit GPano (Google Photosphere) data'.
Default values:
These fields give you the option to specify your name (for example) and some copyright notice (for example: Spiderman (c) 2012).They can be copied into the relevant exif, xmp and iptc fields for these values.
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Read, Write and Edit Meta Information!
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Supported File Types
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Running ExifTool
Example Output
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Tag Groups
Writing Information
Writer Limitations
Known Problems
Date/Time Shift
Renaming Files
Performance
ExifTool Library
Additional Resources
New Discoveries
Acknowledgements
License
Donations
Contact Me
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System Requirements
Running ExifTool
Example Output
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Download Version 6.99 (1.4 MB) -Oct. 6, 2007 |
ExifTool is a platform-independent Perllibrary plus a command-line application forreading, writing and editing meta information in image, audio and videofiles. ExifTool supports many different types of metadata includingEXIF,GPS,IPTC,XMP,JFIF,GeoTIFF,ICC Profile,Photoshop IRB,FlashPix,AFCP andID3,as well as the maker notes of many digital cameras byCanon,Casio,FujiFilm,HP,JVC/Victor,Kodak,Leaf,Minolta/Konica-Minolta,Nikon,Olympus/Epson,Panasonic/Leica,Pentax/Asahi,Ricoh,Sanyo,Sigma/Foveon andSony.
ExifTool is also available as a stand-alone Windows executable and aMacintosh OS X package. Note that these versions contain the executableonly, and do not include the HTML documentation or other files of the fulldistribution:
Windows Executable: exiftool-6.99.zip (1.8 MB) |
The stand-alone Windows executable does not require Perl. Justdownload and un-zip the archive then double-click on'
exiftool(‑k).exe
' to read the application documentation,drag-and-drop files and folders to view meta information, or rename to'exiftool.exe
' for command-line use.Exif Tool Gui For Mac Windows 7
Mac OS X Package: ExifTool-6.98.dmg (0.8 MB) |
The OS X package installs the ExifTool command-line application andlibraries in /usr/bin. After installing, type '
exiftool
' in aTerminal window to run exiftool and read the application documentation.Read the installation instructions for helpinstalling ExifTool on Windows, Mac OS X and Unix systems.
- Powerful, fast, flexible and customizable
- Reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3 and more.
- Writes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, AFCP and more.
- Reads and writes maker notes of many digital cameras
- Shifts date/time values to fix timestamps in images
- Renames files and organizes in directories (by date or by any other meta information)
- Extracts thumbnail images, preview images, and large JPEG images from RAW files
- Copies meta information between files (even different-format files)
- Deletes meta information individually, in groups, or altogether
- Sets the file modification date from EXIF information
- Supports alternate languages in XMP and MIE information
- Processes entire directory trees
- Creates text output file for each image file
- Automatically backs up original image when writing
- Organizes output into groups
- Conditionally processes files based on value of any meta information
- Ability to add user-defined tags
- Recognizes thousands of different tags
- Tested with images from thousands of different camera models
- Advanced verbose and HTML-based hex dump outputs
'In my experience, nothing but nothing is as complete, powerful, and flexible asPhil Harvey's exiftool . I've never seen anything that's in the same ballpark for power.'- dpreview forum
'While there are a lot of image tools available, nothing comes close for accessing/updatingthe metadata like ExifTool' - merg's blog
'exiftool is an amazingly powerful Perl module and script'- Brett's Place on the Web
'Fast, reliable and amazingly comprehensive .'- CPAN ratings
'. the one piece of free software that gets the mostdetailed exif data of /any/ tool I've found.'- gnome mail archives
'ExifTool makes every other EXIF reader (and writer) than I'veseen, including the camera manufacturers' readers, look lame.'- photo.net Nikon forum
'. it is the mother of all EXIF utilities; the BFG of meta-dataextraction; the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster of EXIF tools . This thing willsuck the last bit of metadata out of whatever image file you throw at it!' -Open Photography Forums
ExifTool can Read, Write and/or Create files in the following formats:
File Type | Support | Description |
---|---|---|
ACR | R | American College of Radiology ACR-NEMA (DICOM-like) |
AI | R | Adobe Illustrator (EPS or PDF) |
AIFF, AIF, AIFC | R | Audio Interchange File Format |
APE | R | Monkey's Audio format |
ARW | R | Sony Alpha RAW format (TIFF-based) |
ASF | R | Microsoft Advanced Systems Format |
AVI | R | Audio Video Interleaved (RIFF-based) |
BMP, DIB | R | Windows BitMaP / Device Independent Bitmap |
BTF, TIFF, TIF | R | BigTIFF (64-bit Tagged Image File Format) |
CR2 | R/W | Canon RAW 2 format (TIFF-based) |
CRW, CIFF | R/W | Canon RAW Camera Image File Format (CRW specification) |
CS1 | R/W | Sinar CaptureShop 1-Shot RAW (PSD-based) |
DCM, DC3, DIC, DICM | R | DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
DCR | R | Kodak Digital Camera RAW (TIFF-based) |
DNG | R/W | Digital Negative (TIFF-based) |
DOC | R | Microsoft Word Document (FPX-like) |
EPS, EPSF, PS | R/W | [Encapsulated] PostScript Format |
ERF | R/W | Epson RAW Format (TIFF-based) |
FLAC | R | Free Lossless Audio Codec |
FLV | R | Flash Video |
FPX | R | FlashPix image |
GIF | R/W | Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format |
HTML, HTM, XHTML | R | [Extensible] HyperText Markup Language |
ICC, ICM | R/W/C | International Color Consortium color profile |
JP2, JPX | R/W | JPEG 2000 image |
JPEG, JPG | R/W | Joint Photographic Experts Group image (see table below) |
K25 | R | Kodak DC25 RAW (TIFF-based) |
M4A | R | MPEG 4 Audio |
MEF | R/W | Mamiya (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) |
MIE | R/W/C | Meta Information Encapsulation format (MIE specification) |
MIFF, MIF | R | Magick Image File Format |
MOS | R/W | Creo Leaf Mosaic (TIFF-based) |
MOV, QT | R | Apple QuickTime Movie |
MP3 | R | MPEG Layer 3 audio (uses ID3 information) |
MP4 | R | Motion Picture Experts Group version 4 |
MPC | R | Musepack Audio |
MPEG, MPG | R | Motion Picture Experts Group version 1 or 2 |
MRW | R/W | Minolta RAW format |
NEF | R/W | Nikon (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) |
OGG | R | Ogg Vorbis and Ogg FLAC audio |
ORF | R/W | Olympus RAW Format (TIFF-based) |
R | Adobe Portable Document Format | |
PEF | R/W | Pentax (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) |
PICT, PCT | R | Apple Picture file |
PNG, JNG, MNG | R/W | Portable/JPEG/Multiple-image Network Graphics |
PPM, PBM, PGM | R/W | Portable Pixel/Bit/Gray Map |
PPT | R | Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (FPX-like) |
PSD | R/W | PhotoShop Drawing |
QTIF, QTI, QIF | R | QuickTime Image File |
RA | R | Real Audio |
RAF | R | FujiFilm RAW Format (TIFF-based) |
RAM, RPM | R | Real Audio/Plug-in Metafile |
RAW | R | Kyocera Contax N Digital RAW format |
RAW | R/W | Panasonic RAW format (TIFF-based) |
RIFF, RIF | R | Resource Interchange File Format |
RM, RV, RMVB | R | Real Media/Video [Variable Bitrate] |
SR2 | R | Sony RAW 2 format (TIFF-based) |
SRF | R | Sony RAW Format (TIFF-based) |
SWF | R | Shockwave Flash |
THM | R/W | Canon Thumbnail (JPEG) |
TIFF, TIF | R/W | Tagged Image File Format |
VRD | R/W | Canon DPP Virtual? Recipe Data |
WAV | R | Windows digital audio WAVeform (RIFF-based) |
WDP | R/W | Windows Media Photo (TIFF-based) |
WMA, WMV | R | Windows Media Audio/Video (ASF-based) |
X3F | R | Sigma/Foveon RAW format |
XLS | R | Microsoft Excel worksheet (FPX-like) |
XMP | R/W/C | Extensible Metadata Platform sidecar file |
Supported JPEG Meta Information
ExifTool can Read, Write and/or Create the following typesof meta information in JPEG images:
JPEG Meta Information | Support | Description |
---|---|---|
APP0 - JFIF | R/W/C | JPEG File Interchange Format |
APP0 - JFXX | R | Extended JFIF |
APP0 - CIFF | R/W | Camera Image File Format (used by some Canon models) |
APP1 - EXIF | R/W/C | Exchangeable Image File Format (including maker notes) |
APP1 - XMP | R/W/C | Extensible Metadata Platform |
APP2 - ICC | R/W/C | International Color Consortium (multi-segment) |
APP2 - FPXR | R | FlashPix Ready (multi-segment) |
APP3 - Kodak Meta | R | EXIF-like Kodak information |
APP5 - Ricoh RMETA | R | Ricoh custom fields |
APP6 - EPPIM | R | Toshiba PrintIM information |
APP8 - SPIFF | R | Still Picture Interchange File Format |
APP10 - Comment | R | PhotoStudio Unicode Comment |
APP12 - Picture Info | R | ASCII-based Picture Information |
APP12 - Ducky | R/W/C | Photoshop 'Save for Web' information |
APP13 - Photoshop IRB | R/W/C | Image Resource Block (multi-segment, includes IPTC) |
APP13 - Adobe CM | R | Adobe Color Management information |
APP14 - Adobe | R | Adobe DCT filter information |
APP15 - GraphicConverter | R | GraphicConverter quality information |
COM | R/W/C | JPEG Comment (multi-segment) |
SOF | R | JPEG Start Of Frame |
AFCP trailer | R/W | AXS File Concatenation Protocol (includes IPTC) |
CanonVRD trailer | R/W | Canon DPP Virtual? Recipe Data |
FotoStation trailer | R/W | FotoWare FotoStation edit information (includes IPTC) |
PhotoMechanic trailer | R/W | Camera Bits Photo Mechanic edit information |
MIE trailer | R/W | Meta Information Encapsulation |
PreviewImage trailer | R/W/C | (preview image written after JPEG EOI) |
Requires Perl 5.004 or later. No other libraries or software required.
Windows users: You can get a good, free Perl interpreter fromactiveperl.com.Alternatively, a stand-alone exiftool Windowsexecutable is now available (this version does not require Perl).
Everyone else (Mac, Unix, etc): Don't worry, you should already havePerl installed.
The exiftool application provides aconvenient command-line interface for theImage::ExifTool Perl package (both included in thefull distribution). Once you have downloaded and extracted the distribution, youcan immediately run exiftool (without building or installing) by typing'
DIR/exiftool FILE
' (or 'perl DIR/exiftool FILE
' inWindows), where DIR is the exiftool directory and FILE is the name of an imagefile, including directory name. Read the installationinstructions or the README file included in the full distribution for helpinstalling ExifTool.Many command-line options are available to allow you to access a wide rangeof features. Run exiftool with no arguments for acomplete list of available options withexamples.
Running in Windows
i) From the command line:
The Perl application ('
exiftool
') is run by typing 'perlexiftool
'. Alternately, you may be able to rename it to'exiftool.pl
' and type 'exiftool.pl
', but thisrequires that the proper Windows associations have been made for the the'.pl
' extension.The stand-alone version ('
exiftool(‑k).exe
') should berenamed to 'exiftool.exe
' to allow it to be run by typing'exiftool
' at the command line.If the exiftool executable ('
exiftool.pl
' or'exiftool.exe
') is not in the current directory or your systemPATH, then its directory must be specified on the command line (ie. by typing'c:path_to_exiftoolexiftool.pl
' or'c:path_to_exiftoolexiftool
').Note that when typing commands in the 'cmd.exe' shell, you should use doublequotes instead of single quotes as shown in some examples.
ii) Stand-alone version in the Windows GUI:
Double-click on '
exiftool(‑k).exe
' to read the applicationdocumentation, or drag-and-drop files and folders to run exiftool on theselected files.Simple options may be added inside brackets in the name of the stand-aloneexecutable. (But note that the characters
/?*:|'<>
may notbe used because they are invalid in Windows file names.) In this way, thebehaviour of the drag-and-drop application can be customized. For example:Executable Name | Operation |
---|---|
Print meta information in window and pause before terminating. | |
Generate output '.txt ' files with detailed meta information. | |
Generate sidecar '.xmp ' files. | |
Add copyright information (and don't pause before terminating). |
Hint: Options may also be added to the 'Target' property of a Windowsshortcut for the executable. Using a shortcut has 3 advantages over addingoptions in the file name: 1) multiple shortcuts may be created for performingdifferent operations without requiring multiple copies of the executable, 2)characters which are invalid in file names may be used, and 3) the shortcuts canbe given more meaningful (and more convenient) file names.
As well, it may be useful to increase the window and buffer sizes to displaymore information: Right-click on the window's title bar then select'Properties' from the menu and change the window layout settings.
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exiftool -h -canon pics/103_0315.JPG
File Name | 103_0315.JPG |
Camera Model Name | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL |
Date/Time Original | 2003:09:30 13:37:51 |
Shooting Mode | Sports |
Shutter Speed | 1/2000 |
Aperture | 7.1 |
Metering Mode | Evaluative |
Exposure Compensation | 0 |
ISO | 400 |
Lens | 75.0 - 300.0mm |
Focal Length | 300.0mm |
Image Size | 3072x2048 |
Quality | Normal |
Flash | Off |
White Balance | Auto |
Focus Mode | AI Servo AF |
Contrast | +1 |
Sharpness | +1 |
Saturation | +1 |
Color Tone | Normal |
File Size | 1606 kB |
File Number | 103-0315 |
Drive Mode | Continuous shooting |
Owner Name | Phil Harvey |
Camera Body No. | 0560012345 |
Verbose and HtmlDump Output
The Verbose (
‑v
) and HtmlDump (‑htmlDump
) options print additionalinformation that can be very useful for debugging or when decoding new tags.A tag name is a 'handle' that is used to refer to a specific piece of metainformation. Tag names are entered on the command line with a leading'
-
', in the order you want them displayed. Case is notsignificant. The tag name may be prefixed by a group namefrom family 0 or 1 (separated by a colon) to identify a specific informationtype or location. A special tag name of 'All
' may be used torepresent all tags, or all tags in a specified group. For example:A complete list of ExifTool Tag Namesaccompanies this documentation. As well, current lists of available tag namesand writable tag names may be obtained using the exiftool
‑list
and‑listw
options. But perhaps the easiest way to determine a tag nameis to use the ‑s
option to print the tag names instead ofdescriptions for all information in a file. It may also be helpful to use the‑G
option to display the group names, and the ‑H
or‑D
option to print the numerical tag ID's for reference.Notes:
- Tag names sometimes differ from their descriptions. Use the
‑s
command-line option to see the actual tag names instead of thedescriptions when extracting information. - When extracting information, tags will not appear in the output unless theyexist in the file, even if they are specified on the command line. The
‑f
option may be used to force all specified tags to be displayed. - Information for a given tag name may occur in multiple locations within asingle file. By default these duplicate tags are suppressed, but the
‑a
option may be used to extract all tags.
Shortcut Tags
Shortcut tags represent one or more other tags, and are used like any othertag when reading, writing or copying information.
ExifTool defines a few shortcut tags in the Image::ExifTool::Shortcutsmodule, and allows users to define their own shortcuts in aconfiguration file called'
.ExifTool_config
' in their home directory or exiftool applicationdirectory. Here is a simple example that defines two shortcuts:In this example, MyShortcut is a shortcut for the CreateDate, ExposureTimeand Aperture tags, and MyAlias is a shortcut for FocalLengthIn35mmFormat.
The current shortcuts may be listed with the
‑list
option.The
~/.ExifTool_config
file may also be used to define new tags.For more information about the configuration file, see thesample configuration file included with the ExifTooldistribution.Windows tip: You may have difficulty generating a filename beginningwith a '
.
' in the Windows GUI, but it can be done with the'rename
' command at the cmd.exe prompt.ExifTool classifies tags into groups in three different families.These groups are:
Family | Group Names |
---|---|
0 (Information Type) | AFCP, AIFF, APE, APP12, APP13, APP14, APP15, APP5, APP6, APP8, ASF, BMP,CanonVRD, Composite, DICOM, DNG, Ducky, EXIF, ExifTool, FLAC, File, Flash,FlashPix, FotoStation, GeoTiff, HTML, ICC_Profile, ID3, IPTC, JFIF, JPEG,Jpeg2000, Leaf, MIE, MIFF, MNG, MPC, MPEG, MakerNotes, Meta, PDF, PICT, PNG,PhotoMechanic, Photoshop, PostScript, PrintIM, QuickTime, RIFF, Real,SigmaRaw, Vorbis, XMP |
1 (Specific Location) | AFCP, AIFF, APE, ASF, Adobe, AdobeCM, BMP, Canon, CanonCustom, CanonRaw,CanonVRD, Casio, Composite, DICOM, DNG, Ducky, EPPIM, ExifIFD, ExifTool,FLAC, File, Flash, FlashPix, FotoStation, FujiFilm, GPS, GeoTiff,GlobParamIFD, GraphConv, HP, HTML, HTML-dc, HTML-ncc, HTML-prod, HTML-vw96,HTTP-equiv, ICC-chrm, ICC-clrt, ICC-header, ICC-meas, ICC-view, ICC_Profile,ID3, ID3v1, ID3v2_2, ID3v2_3, ID3v2_4, IFD0, IFD1, IPTC, InteropIFD, JFIF,JPEG, JVC, Jpeg2000, Kodak, KodakBordersIFD, KodakEffectsIFD, KyoceraRaw,Leaf, LeafSubIFD, MAC, MIE-Audio, MIE-Camera, MIE-Doc, MIE-Extender,MIE-Flash, MIE-GPS, MIE-Geo, MIE-Image, MIE-Lens, MIE-Main, MIE-MakerNotes,MIE-Meta, MIE-Orient, MIE-Preview, MIE-Thumbnail, MIE-UTM, MIE-Unknown,MIE-Video, MIFF, MNG, MPC, MPEG, MakerNotes, MakerUnknown, MetaIFD, Minolta,MinoltaRaw, Nikon, NikonCapture, NikonPreview, NikonScan, Olympus, PDF,PICT, PNG, Panasonic, Pentax, PhotoMechanic, Photoshop, PictureInfo,PostScript, PrintIM, QuickTime, RIFF, RMETA, Real, Real-CONT, Real-MDPR,Real-PROP, Real-RA3, Real-RA4, Real-RA5, Real-RJMD, Ricoh, SPIFF, SR2, SRF#,Sanyo, Sigma, SigmaRaw, Sony, SubIFD, Track#, Vorbis, XMP, XMP-DICOM,XMP-PixelLive, XMP-aux, XMP-cc, XMP-crs, XMP-dc, XMP-dex, XMP-exif,XMP-iptcCore, XMP-lr, XMP-mediapro, XMP-microsoft, XMP-pdf, XMP-photomech,XMP-photoshop, XMP-tiff, XMP-xmp, XMP-xmpBJ, XMP-xmpDM, XMP-xmpMM,XMP-xmpPLUS, XMP-xmpRights, XMP-xmpTPg |
2 (Category) | Audio, Author, Camera, Document, ExifTool, Image, Location, Other, Printing,Time, Unknown, Video |
The exiftool output can be organized based on these groups using the
‑g
or ‑G
option.When writing information, ExifTool preserves the original file by adding'
_original
' to the file name. Be sure to keep a copy of theoriginal, or thoroughly validate the new file before erasing the original.(Read here for some ramblings on the subject ofwriting meta information.)Syntax
Tag values are written rather than being extracted if the tag name ends witha '
=
' symbol. The '=
' may be prefixed by'+
', '-
' or '<
' to add a value,remove a value or set a value from file. The following table outlines thedifferent write syntaxes:Syntax | Result |
---|---|
-TAG= | Deletes all occurrences of TAG |
-all= | Deletes all meta information! |
-GROUP:TAG= | Deletes TAG only in specified group |
-GROUP:all= | Deletes all information in specified group |
-[GROUP:]TAG=VALUE | Sets value of TAG (only in GROUP if specified) |
-[GROUP:]TAG+=VALUE | Adds value to a tag list (only valid for List type tags) |
-[GROUP:]TAG-=VALUE | Deletes TAG only if it has the specified value |
-[GROUP:]TAG<=FILE | Sets tag value from contents of specified file |
Note that quotes are required around VALUE if it contains spaces, and aroundthe whole argument if the '
<=
' syntax is used (to prevent shellredirection).Group Priorities
ExifTool prioritizes the following types of meta information when writing:
1) EXIF, 2) IPTC, 3) XMP, 4) MakerNotes
Many tag names are valid for more than one of these groups. If a group name isnot specified when writing information, then the information is added only tothe highest priority group for which the tag name is valid (however, theinformation is updated in all groups where the tag already existed). Thepriority of the groups is given by the list above. Specifically, this means thatnew information is added preferentially to the EXIF group, or to the IPTC groupif no corresponding EXIF tag exists, or finally to the XMP group. TheMakernotes group is special, and new information generally can not be added here(see the note below).
Alternatively, information may be written to a specific group only, bypassingthese priorities, by providing a group name for the tag. The'Writing Meta Information' section above gave the syntaxrules for exiftool command-line arguments to do this. Any family 0 or 1 groupname may be used when writing information, although not all groups are writable.
Note: Information in the MakerNotes may be edited, but not added ordeleted. The reason for this is to avoid confusing manufacturer-specificsoftware which may be very inflexible about the information it expects in themaker notes. The exception is the JpgFromRaw image, which may be added ordeleted from Canon CRW files. This has been tested and doesn't cause problemswith the Canon software or Photoshop, however it does confuse Capture Onesomewhat if this image is missing, so beware.
The '-TagsFromFile' Option
A special ExifTool option allows copying tags from one file to another. Thecommand-line syntax for doing this is'
‑TagsFromFile SRCFILE
'. Any tags specified after thisoption on the command line are extracted from source file and written to thedestination file. If no tags are specified, then all writable tags are copied.This option is very simple, yet very powerful. Depending on the formats of thesource and destination files, some of tags read may not be valid in thedestination file, in which case they aren't written.This option may also be used to transfer information between different tagswithin a single image or between different images. See the-TagsFromFileoption in the application documentation for more details.
Writer Limitations^
- ExifTool will not rewrite a file if it detects a significant problem withthe file format.
- ExifTool has been tested with a wide range of different images, but since itis not possible to test it with every known image type, there is the possibilitythat it will corrupt some files. Be sure to keep backups of your files.
- Even though ExifTool does some validation of the information written, it isstill possible to write illegal values which may cause problems when reading theimages with other software. So take care to validate the information you arewriting.
Known Problems^
- There is a bug in the Apple RAW file support (OS X 10.4.10) which preventsedited PEF images from being displayed properly. However, the images can stillbe displayed using the Pentax Silkypix software, and converted with dcraw. Please send a bug report to Apple if this problem affects you.
- Some Macintosh applications may store information in the resource fork of afile. ExifTool does not process the resource fork, so this information is lostif the file is rewritten. (The resource fork is also typically dropped if thefile is simply transferred to a non-Macintosh system.)
Have you ever forgotten to set the date/time on your digital camera beforetaking a bunch of pictures? ExifTool has a time shift feature that makes iteasy to apply a batch fix to the timestamps of the images. For example, saythat your camera clock was reset to 2000:01:01 00:00:00 when you put in anew battery at 2005:11:03 10:48:00. Then all of the pictures you tooksubsequently have timestamps that are wrong by 5 years, 10 months, 2 days, 10hours and 48 minutes. To fix this, put all of the images in the same directory('
DIR
') and run exiftool:The example above changes only the DateTimeOriginal tag, but any writable dateor time tag can be shifted, and multiple tags may be written with a singlecommand line. Commonly, in JPEG images, the DateTimeOriginal, CreateDate andModifyDate values must all be changed. For convenience, ashortcut tag called AllDates has been defined torepresent these three tags. So, for example, if you forgot to set your cameraclock back 1 hour at the end of daylight savings time in the fall, you can fixthe images with:
SeeImage::ExifTool::Shift.plfor details about the syntax of the time shift string.
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By writing a new value to the FileName and/or Directory tags,files can be renamed and/or moved to different directories. This can be a verypowerful tool in combination with the
‑d
(date format) option fororganizing images by date/time. For example, the following command renames allimages in directory 'DIR' according to the individual file's creation date inthe form 'yyyymmdd_HHMMSS.ext
'.Or a new directory can be specified by setting the value of the Directorytag. For example, the following command moves all images originally indirectory 'DIR' into a directory hierarchy organized by year/month/day:
Read here for more details about this powerfulfeature.
The processing speed of ExifTool can be improved when extracting informationby reducing the amount of work that it must do. Disabling the composite tags(
‑e
option) and the print conversions (‑n
option) will speed things up somewhat if these features aren't required, but thebiggest performance benefits come from reducing the number of extracted tags.By specifying only the tags you need to extract, you can speed things upsignificantly.There is also a
‑fast
option which can significantly increase speedwhen extracting information from JPEG images which are piped across a slownetwork connection. However, with this option any information in a JPEG trailerwill not be extracted. Ppsspp cheats android.The 'exiftool' script is essentially just a command-line interface to theImage::ExifTool Perl library module which is part of the ExifTool distribution.The Image::ExifTool module can be used in any Perl script to provide easy accessto meta information. Here is an example a very simple script that usesImage::ExifTool to print out all recognized meta information in a file:
Note that some tag values may be returned as SCALAR references indicatingbinary data. The simple script above does not handle this case.
See the Image::ExifTool Documentation for more details.
- ExifTool Forum (CPAN Forum)
- Image::ExifTool at CPAN (CPAN Search)
- ExifTool Bug Reports (CPAN Request Tracker)
- ExifTool Test Reports (CPAN Testers)
Related Utilities
Below are some utilities which take advantage of the ExifTool engine:
- Downloada stand-alone Mac OS X droplet to extract preview images from RAW files (thanks to Brett Gross)
- renrot: Perl utility to perform various processing tasks on images
- Proxel EXIF Tool: Photoshop plugin based on ExifTool
- rawimage: A kfile plugin and thumbnail image handler for RAW formats
- Exif Stats Utility: Analyzes images to tabulate apertures, exposure times, etc
- gpsPhoto: Geotag your images from a GPS (GPX) track log
- Geotagging Automator Action: Mac OS X application to geotag images from GPX tracks
- MacMetaMod: Mac OS X droplet for adding Keywords to images
- PhotoGPSEditor and PhotoInfoEditor: Mac OS X geocoding utilities
- Auto ISO Tool: Windows GUI front-end for ExifTool to patch Canon ISO information
- ExifAuto: Windows GUI front-end for ExifTool to perform simple operations
- ExifTool GUI for Windows: A nice Windows GUI for viewing meta information with some editing features
- MetaDataMover: A GUI-based Mac OS X automator utility for moving/renaming images
- CS1ToCR2: Mac OS X utility that uses Sony GPS-CS1 log files to add GPS information to CR2 images
References
The following sources were very useful in helping to decode various types ofinformation:
- wwwis Perl utilites by Alex Knowles
- http://homepage3.nifty.com/kamisaka/makernote/index.htm (in english)
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Other Links
There is still much unknown information in the maker notes for many cameramodels. (To see this information, run exiftool with the
‑U
option.) In this area, ExifTool is very much a collaborative effort, anddevelopment relies heavily on the input from camera owners to help decode newmeta information. If you manage to figure out what any of it means, send me ane-mail (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca) and I'll add your new discoveries toExifTool. Many thanks to all who have helped so far.Thanks to everyone who has sent in bug reports, comments, or suggestions, andspecial thanks to the following people for their valuable input and/or additionsto the code:
- Malcolm Wotton for his help with the D30 Custom Functions
- David Anson for his help sorting out binary file problems on Windows
- Leon Booyens for his suggestions
- Jeremy Brown for the '35efl' tags
- Dan Heller for his bug reports, detailed suggestions and guidance
- Wayne Smith for his help figuring out the Pentax maker notes
- Michael Rommel for his bug fixes and additions to the Canon maker notes
- Joseph Heled for help figuring out some of the Nikon D70 maker notes
- Joachim Loehr for adding the Casio type 2 maker notes
- Greg Troxel for his suggestions and for adding ExifTool to pkgsrc
- Jay Al-Saadi for his discoveries with the Minolta white balance tag
- Thomas Walter for figuring out some Nikon tags
- Brian Ristuccia for more information about some Nikon tags
- Daniel Pittman for his additions to the Canon WhiteBalance conversion
- Christian Koller for decoding the 20D custom functions
- Juha Eskelinen for figuring out the 20D FileNumber
- Matt Madrid for his testing and feedback
- Tom Christiansen for his help decoding some Nikon tags
- Markku Hänninen for help decoding tags for the Olympus E-1
- Frank Ledwon for decoding many new Olympus tags
- Robert Rottmerhusen for decoding many tricky Nikon lens data tags
- Michael Tiemann for decoding a number of new Canon tags
- Albert Bogner for his image samples, testing and useful suggestions
- Rainer Hönle for decoding a number of new Canon 5D tags
- Nilesh Patel for his help with the web page layout
- Jens Duttke for his help in decoding tags for various makes
And special thanks to my family for putting up with me and thistime-consuming hobby of mine.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under thesame terms as Perl itself.
ExifTool is free, but due to popular request I am providing a way forthose who feel the need to send me some money. It is really not necessary,but thank you very much if you decide to make a contribution:
Feel free to drop me a note if you find ExifTool useful, or if you have anycomments, suggestions or questions. My e-mail address is on the first line ofthe README file of the full distribution. Thanks. - Phil Harvey
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