Types of metadataĮXIF, IPTC and XMP are the 3 metadata formats you will commonly find in an image, with EXIF being the most familiar to photographers. Here are some examples of what an image file can hold: Google likes to keep every bit of info. Image metadata can contain info about the time and location a picture was taken, the camera settings that were used, the camera itself (make, model, serial numbers), how it was edited, the copyright and author, and many other things. If you make and share pictures, even just snaps you make with your phone, it’s good to have a little knowledge about what’s actually in those picture files. Why would I want to use ExifTool in the first place?ĮxifTool is a program that edits metadata on images. This intro is about why you would want to use ExifTool in the first place.
For the instructions straight up, skip to the section ‘Actually Using ExifTool’.
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