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RE: EXIF, metadata editors

2014-01-05 by <jimt.zapspam@...>

I think the more-or-less standard is Phil Harvey's EXIFTool. The native program uses a command-driven interface and thus is not easily remembered for occasional use. However there are Graphical User Interfaces written for it that make it comparatively easy to use and will allow you to edit almost everything the command interface allows.

EXIFTool download from Mr Harvey's page: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

The GUI I use is EXIFToolGUI at: http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php?topic=2750.0
Scroll down the page to get to the links for the latest versions.

With great power comes great responsibility, so the default settings save a backup of your original file.

With EXIFTool you can change the EXIF, IPTC, XMP etc. metadata to read most anything you want that is allowed in that field. For example on some submitted images of mine the lens information states that I used a "Holga Sortamicron 20mm f/1.0 Tilt-Shift". Be the envy of your photographic colleagues!

Adobe Bridge etc. does not allow changing many of the EXIF fields that EXIFTool can alter.

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