- Using exiftool to set iptc date equal to exif date free#
- Using exiftool to set iptc date equal to exif date windows#
I double-click a photo and then press “I”, and then “I” again. Irfanview can do a lot of things but I’ll just describe the metadata stuff.
Using exiftool to set iptc date equal to exif date windows#
I adjust my Windows settings so that this is the default program used when I double-click a photo from Windows Explorer.
Using exiftool to set iptc date equal to exif date free#
I use a handy little free program called Irfanview. These are examples of just two photo editing programs. But if you modify the image in Gimp and save it as a new version, the metadata is lost in the new file. JPG in PhotoShop Elements, adjust the lighting, crop it, etc., and then save it as a new version of that file, you’ll be happy to see that the metadata will be preserved (except for create date) in the new file. Facebook and many other sites will modify the image, making it smaller in size and resolution, etc.Īlso, some programs don’t keep your metadata in your new copy of the image. For example, if you upload a photo to Facebook and then someone right-clicks the photo to save it, they won’t have your metadata because they’re really grabbing a modified version of the photo that you uploaded. However, depending on how the image is shared, the metadata may not be retained. This way you won’t need to keep this information elsewhere with some kind of cross-reference system. It’s the equivalent of writing on the back of a photo so you and others can know who’s in the photo, etc. If the file is shared with others this information goes with the image. More on this later.īy adding metadata to your images, it becomes part of that image file.