Questions tagged [metadata]
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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Where are Samsung's "Gallery" app's automatic "tags" stored and how can they be used downstream (i.e. in non-Android photo mgmt / dam software)?
Samsung's "Gallery" does a fantastic job at automatically / on its own assigning "tags" to photos, making it easy to find photos with certain keywords (e.g. "sunset" or &...
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How do these modern multi-lens/multi-sensor smartphones work?
My last smartphone just had one front lens, so I could understand.
My current phone has three front lenses (and three sensors, too, I guess), so I was a bit surprised, that I had zero control over the ...
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Software for detecting orange dates on 4x6" photo prints and adding to metadata
Is there any software that will detect (e.g., OCR) the orange date timestamps burned into 4x6" snapshot prints and automatically add the date EXIF metadata? Would be interested in options either baked ...
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How do I find raw files corresponding to selected JPEGS
I shoot RAW + JPEG on fujifilm cameras and 90% of the time I'm fully content with my jpeg images but a few could use some editing. To save time I would like to cull my photos into three categories:
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What EXIF fields are commonly populated and don't vary shot-to-shot on photos from the same camera?
For programmatic reasons I'd like to be able to group photos taken by a photographer using multiple cameras on a given day by the camera.
I'm thinking make, model, & software.
Though it's very ...
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Does anybody know software that limits amount of keywords?
Does anybody know software that limits the amount of keywords in each photo, e.g. by discarding all keywords above keyword no. 50, for example? (Of course using the given sorting of keywords)
If ...
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LG phone camera. How to interpret this EXIF User Comment metadata? "0 FM0 CR0 Prmid2 mxDrkA..."
What do the following numbers and abbreviations mean? Photos taken with LG phone cameras tend to have information like this in the "User Comment" metadata:
0 FM0 CR0 Prmid2 mxDrkA2.07 ...
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Change EXIF format in Lightroom Classic
I noticed Lightroom Classic outputs the Exposure Time in the EXIF data as 0.0025 instead of 1/400. Is there anyway I can change the format?
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How to transfer Microsoft Photo Person tags to 'normal file tags'?
How to transfer Microsoft Photo Person tags to 'normal file tags'?
For instance, I found a program called "TagThatPhoto" that has a video about MS Photo Gallery that says it can transfer ...
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Metadata "keywords" or "descriptions" for non-controlled-vocabulary search terms?
I have a bunch of unorganized scanned family photos. I want to add metadata to make them more searchable.
I thought I'd mostly use the IPTC keyword field (because I don't have a need for well-written ...
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Can't set Sony image ratings via windows explorer
I'm having issues changing metadata for photos from 1 camera.
When I load photos from my camera (Nikon D7000) I can use the details bar at the bottom of windows explorer to add tags, change star ...
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Camera showing incorrect used focal length in EXIF data
Using a Canon 5D Mk2 with a 17-40mm f/4L lens.
Everything seems to work just fine, except no matter how i shoot, the EXIF-data will show 40mm as the used focal length, even if I know the image is ...
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Lightroom Classic v12.1 error: A change in Develope remove all Fujifilm metadata
Lightroom Classic v12.1 error: Any change in Develope removed all Fujifilm metadata (Exif tags) when saved.
When comparing a jpg file from my X-H2s camera by ExifTool, the following where missing ...
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How to group pictures based on various degrees of image similarity, for the purpose of fixing the pictures that contain incorrect or No metadata
Preface: ( 3 Actions that led to the problem)
I upgrade iPhones every other year and foolishly enabled “delete after backup” from both Amazon and Google photos. In some cases; both at the same time, ...
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How can I change the "time taken" metadata for iPhone HEIC files?
I have some recent iPhone photos with timestamps in the wrong timezone. In Windows PowerShell, exiftool -s -a -G1 *.heic | select-string 'date|heic' | select-string -notmatch file produces this for ...
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Lightroom: read metadata of files based on a list containing full-paths-filenames
Is there a way in Lightroom to force update (read) metadata of image-files according to a list consisting of full-paths/filenames only?
That list contains the full paths to the files to be updated, ...
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Which IPTC field to use for the lead image in a set?
Is there an IPTC field which allows me to specify that an image is the 'lead image' from a set? Not necessarily the first image, but more like a manually chosen cover-image for an album?
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How to determine whether a coordinate is inside a geotagged image?
I have a JPEG image with Exif data that I can use to get latitude, longitude, altitude. How can I determine whether a coordinate (latitude, longitude, altitude) is inside or outside the above image?
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Software with GUI to edit a .CR2's metadata
I have happily been using Microsoft's Pro Photo Tools for about 10 years to batch-add keywords, location etc. to my CR2 files.
Late last year it stopped working and from what I see it is a problem ...
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