Metadata is additional data related to a photo, this is usually written by the camera into the image file at the time of shooting but can be edited later. This metadata includes information such as the time and date of shooting, equipment involved and settings used.
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DPI in photos vs DPI in Printers/Scanners [duplicate]
When I look at the properties of a JPEG shot on my Canon 5D MkIII (set to the highest quality settings on the camera), i've noticed that the 'Horizontal/Vertical Resolution is 72 DPI'
My only ...
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What metadata editor is capable of overwriting originals?
Photography workflows seem to be oblivious to version control systems like git. Instead iPhoto and Lightroom seem to expect you to keep multiple copies of edited/catalogued images.
I simply want to ...
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Is there a glossary of camera metadata terms?
I'm trying to learn to interpret my camera's metadata (Exif) tags (if "tags" is the right word) as they appear in Adobe Bridge. I'm seeing some terms I don't understand and I was wondering if there ...
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How do I apply my copyright information from XMP automatically with DigiKam?
I have an xmp file with my copyright information provided by the Creative Commons license wizard. How can I configure DigiKam to automatically apply this information to every image I import?
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Where should I store the metadata for personal images?
I'm adding coordinates, location, country name, my name, url, and occasionally a description to my photos. They are all in the JPEG format. I use them mostly for personal use but give some away to ...
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How do I preserve commas when exporting metadata from Lightroom to csv?
I am using LR/Transporter to export metadata from Lightroom to a .csv file. For the most part this works flawlessly. However, if I have a comma in the Caption field anything after that comma gets ...
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What software should I use to batch cropping images from paper notes?
I am turning a scanning of a collection of notes with lots of pictures of inventions and mathematics and organizing it into a wiki. The notebook pages consist of blocks of text, images, and captions ...
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Is it possible to extract the IPTC information of many scans programmatically?
I have several hundred jpeg-scans of negatives. For some of these, I stored a textual description of the picture in the Caption-field of the IPTC metadata. (Whether it was a clever idea to store it ...
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How to add EXIF Lens data in Lightroom for unknown lens?
One of my prime lenses is non-electronic and so the photos EXIF data does not include any lens information. These show up in Lightroom 4.3 as "Unknown".
I see no way through Lightroom to add this ...
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What software can I use to show the position and arc use for an image on a map? [duplicate]
I've recently bought a GPS for my camera and am trying to make the most of it. I've used the basic functions in Lightroom to show my images on a map, tag the city etc, but what I really want is ...
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Does lens metadata from crop-sensor cameras factor in the crop?
I use a Canon 60D, which is a crop-sensor DSLR. Does the metadata found in Lightroom or Bridge report the actual focal length or the crop-sensor equivalent?
For example, if the metadata says the ...
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Is there a digital camera that is able to save people bounding boxes?
I am looking for digital cameras that are able to recognize faces(automatically or by user input) and save those as tags in XMP using either Microsoft Photo 1.2 Schema or Metadata Working Group - ...
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How can I measure luminance values from different cameras?
Calculating EV and then Lx is pretty simple. The problem starts when trying to calculate these by using EXIF data that come from different cameras.
I tried capturing a static object in the exact ...
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What is “Image Unique ID”?
What is the Image Unique ID in Exif info? what is it used for?!
It seems each system could use its own method, so is it still unique between different systems?
Searching online I was able to find ...
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Can information like a signature, secret key or password be encoded in a photo?
I want to protect copyright of my photographs. So, I've decided I'd like to put some signature like information in my photos.
According to my research,
- I have copyright as default and I don't ...
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Photo Management software which stores Profile / Bio Info
Looking for photo management software to do the following:
Image or multi images with the capability of adding bio/info for each profile. For example lets say we have a model, and would like to have ...
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How can I create a map with GPS data from EXIF?
I've been taking photos all over the country last year and now I want to create a map with all the places I've been. Luckily all my photos are geotagged which makes the whole process easier.
The main ...
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Does Lightroom automatically save the date of printing events, or just the date a print is saved?
I am trying to discover best way to keep track of printing from Lightroom rather than from printer data.
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How to add keywords to lightroom from a textfile (after import)?
I have a fairly large (20,000 photos) catalog. I'm trying to add keywords from the exif data that lightroom doesn't read, for instance any effects (like "pop color") applied to the photo.
Using ...
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Does Lightroom export white-balance temperature and tint value to JPEG metadata?
When I export a JPEG from Lightroom 3.6, is the white-balance temperature and tint value written in the JPEG file somewhere? Could I later take that JPEG and see (in the EXIF for example) what the WB ...
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In Lightroom 4, how to apply same title and keywords to multiple photos?
In Lightroom 4, how do I apply the same title and keywords to multiple photos?
Alternatively, how do I apply title and keywords of a photo to another set of multiple photos?
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How can I downsample high-resolution shots with Lightroom?
I have many casual travel shots taken with a high resolution camera. I want to take the shots with high resolution because I'm not sure on beforehand if I want to print big or crop.
After reviewing ...
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How to change camera model with exiftool?
I bought a Nikon D600 only to realise that Lightroom 4 can't read the RAW format that it shoots in. I've done some research and found that some people use the Exiftool to change the model and then ...
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What does GPSInfoIFDPointer 5438 mean?
What is the meaning of GPSInfoIFDPointer in an image's EXIF meta data?
Just found a "spec-type" description about "a set of tags ...", but have no idea what that is supposed to mean.
Especially the ...
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What are some reasons to not display EXIF data when sharing photos online?
I notice that some photographers choose to deliberately omit the information pertaining to how the photo was taken when sharing online.
There's a communal value in learning how other folks staged a ...
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How can I find out which camera mode I used for a photo?
I have a Canon 450D, when I want more information on what setting I used to take a photo, I can hit the display button and see that I took that particular picture in Auto Mode or TV Mode etc. Once I ...
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Seeking free program to (batch) change photo file's date to match EXIF (Windows)
Does anyone know of such a thing?
I specify a directory and it finds all the photos in the directory & its sub-directories & if they contain EXIF date/time it sets their Windows timestamp to ...
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Format for importing keywords into Lightroom from exif
I have my photos on disk and I want to import them into Lightroom.
On each photo I have keyword information in the exif and when I import the files in Lightroom I can see the keywords appear in the ...
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How do I add watermark for photos already in Picasa web?
Is it possible to add visible/invisible watermark to photos already uploaded to Picasa Web/500px/Flickr?
Do they preserve EXIF(metadata) of the image?
I am looking for free tools/services. If ...
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Recommended XMP tag for “Scanner”
What XMP tag should I use to store information about the scanner that was used to scan the print?
I don't see anything in the recommended dc, xmp, iptcCore and iptcExt schemas:
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Adding context to your images, specifically within Apple Aperture
I am an amateur photographer, and am looking to streamline my aperture workflow. Up till now, I have added specific "version name" metadata to all my photos, for example:
"Exhausted after a long ...
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How can I convert geotagged location to a collection of descriptive tags?
If I have a photo which has a geotagged location, is there a way of automatically converting this location to a collection or hierarchy of descriptive tags?
For example, a GPS location near the ...
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Photos with EXIF data
Many of the blogs / Flickr streams do not publish images their EXIF data with the pictures - all I can see is the histogram.
Can you recommend blogs / samples with EXIF data in them so that I may ...
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Can I add the filename as a tag to the image on Lightroom when exporting
Is there a way to add the filename as a keyword tag to the files being exported on Lightroom?
I'm using LR 4.1, just in case.
The thing is that after exporting, the files are renamed. Sometimes I ...
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Is there a free piece of software that will export metadata for a folder full of images to a table?
I have hundreds of thousands of images in a set of about 50 folders, each of the folders has a varying number of subfolders. I'd like to extract certain pieces of metadata (latitude/longitude, ...
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Photo and data sorting software
I would like to be able to have thumbnail images of my photographs with information next to them (Location, Photo ID #, Date Photo Taken, etc.) that I can sort according to the column headers (like in ...
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How do I see settings afterwards on my Nikon D5100?
I am quite new to DSLR photography. What I can't figure out is how to see the settings for the photo after I have taken it.
For example, if I take a photo with 1/200, f5,6 and ISO 200. Can I see it ...
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Lightroom 4: How to export files as RAW/DNG with history?
Say I have a file with the following history:
Export
Crop
White Balance: Custom
Auto-Tone
Import
If I then import the exported file, the copy has all the changes but none of the history. If I don't ...
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Can I restore metadata wiped out by Topaz using Lightroom?
When using Lightroom, I edit a photo in Topaz Adjust. When the edited photo is imported back into Lightroom, some of the metadata is missing - namely the focal length, ISO, shutter speed, and ...
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How to check what White Balance setting was used (on a Mac)?
I've been experimenting with different white balance settings, and I can see what was used while browsing photos on my Nikon preview screen.
But when I copy the photos to my laptop where I can ...
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What is the best practice for setting JPEG metadata for CC-BY-NC licensed pictures?
I want to publish my pictures with a CC-BY-NC license but I could not find a tutorial how store this information with my JPEG metadata.
Is there a best practice? Do services like Flickr, Google+ or ...
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What tools exist to remove metadata from photos?
Whenever I share my photographs, I also share lots of information that I do not want to pass on:
specific camera model that the photo was taken with
exposure time
focal ratio
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How can I remove ...
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How to find all photos taken in April - any April?
I have 100+ gB of photos going back 25 years. They are arranged in a directory tree by category, with nested sub-directories.
How can I make a search for all photos taken in a given month, say April, ...
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What media formats supported by LR for embedding metadata?
I am writing an article about migrating Lightroom catalogs to Daminion via XMP metadata.
Does anybody know what media formats supported by LR for embedding metadata. Except JPEG and TIFF formats.
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What is Interoperability Index R98?
In the uploaded pictures from my mobile phone, I get a line with the following information: Interoperability Index = R98? What is this Index?
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iPad photo editing app that exports edits as XMP to reuse in lightroom?
Basically, I'm looking for Lightroom for iPad :) but until then, I'm trying to find an alternative.
To organize and tag pictures I'll be using Photosmith which integrates with Lightroom.
Now, I ...
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What's a good batch-mode EXIF data editor?
I'm currently scanning a lot of old slides. The scanner I use has this annoying habit of adding "My beautiul picture" in a description field in the EXIF format.
I'd like to use an EXIF editor to get ...
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Where are in camera ratings on the Canon 5D MkIII stored?
The Canon 5D MkIII introduced a new featured that lets you rate images by using a dedicated rear button. I am interested in finding out where in the EXIF data that this rating is stored. I wasn't ...
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Why can't I view an edited image on my camera?
This question is an extension of How can I copy images to my camera for viewing?.
When I take a picture on my camera, edit it on my computer, and send it back to my camera, my camera cannot display ...
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How can I copy images to my camera for viewing?
I'd like to copy an image from the web to my camera (Canon S95) and view it on my camera's screen, sort of a poor man's iPad. I tried renaming the file but the camera reports "Incompatible JPEG".
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