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More photography-oriented sites like Flickr, 500px and DeviantArt will display any camera setting info that the file contains: I find this very satisfying.
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In the beginning this piece might have sounded like a warning about privacy (which it is, in part), but my real interest in it, and the reason I came to ExifTool, is because I wanted to preserve metadata. Many photo editors, including Lightroom and Photoshop, have limited ability to do this. But before we get on to ExifTool, let’s look at- Alternatives to ExifTool You can’t pick and choose all of the things you might want to keep or clear. The main reason I’m writing all of this is that ExifTool is not all that beginner-friendly, and not just because it doesn’t have a GUI (it’s command line only). It’s not hard to use, there’s just a difficulty barrier when getting started.
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This is kind of an ‘ExifTool for dummies’ since the official one is still under construction. if you’re interested in wiping all exif data, or everything except copyright info, then Lightroom/Photoshop/Capture One have you covered if you’re already using them.Anyway, you may already have an easy solution for your metadata needs. The free editors GIMP and RawTherapee can also remove all or most metadata during the edit process. if you shoot film and want to add in copyright info, camera/film/settings info, you could try AnalogExif.if you need to wipe/edit a small number of files, you might like – upload your pics and off you go. I only found it while researching for this piece, but I think it’s brilliant for that purpose. It doesn’t show/edit all metadata, however. ExifTool does actually have a GUI, called ExifToolGUI.There also aren’t proper entries for film type in EXIF (as you might expect for a digital file), so it has to fudge that stuff a little bit. This hasn’t been developed for about a decade now and is only for Windows. It seems to work pretty well for editing details here and there and it can also batch edit. However, you have to add each tag to your ‘Workspace’ and clear them one by one. It doesn’t leave an original image as ExifTool does. So finally, this is: Actually Using ExifTool Installing Still, none of these can do what ExifTool can: quickly wipe data while keeping exactly the bits you want. If you’re on Linux just use your package manager (it may even be installed already).
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If you’re on Windows, there are extra steps.
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