ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library and command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.
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not got exiftool syntax( pretty basic)
I am trying to learn perl because it does arrays and I want to manipulate some images.
I'm not quite sure exactly what an object is.
In the explanations about Image::ExifTool it says that the example syntax can be used to get information from an…
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Exiftool - Keyword more than 64 character
I'm trying to use Exiftool to write metadata for my tif type file. Everything was fine until I try to write value for Keyword in metadata. I found that Keyword only accepts 64 characters at one time. I also found that by using + symbol we managed to…
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Using a node module within a Grunt Task fails
I'm trying to extract meta data from files read within a Grunt task.
executing: node test.js on this file:
var exif = require('exif2');
exif('fixtures/forest.png', function (err, o) {
console.log(arguments);
});
Produces the expected…
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Output specific value from Json object retrieved from external function
I'm having trouble getting the proper output value when doing
print metadata["File:FileSize"]
It gives me list indices must be a integer, not str error.
I thought json.loads returns a dictionary.
The variable metadata is retrieved like this from…
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Removing "enter" character with batch?
I use a tool called "exiftool" for reading metadata information from video file for Listing/Categorization. Exiftool output is something like this.
1920x1080
2:58:09
12421 MB
What I want is;
[1920x1080][2:58:09][12421 MB]
This is what I am trying…
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Is it possible to get PDF Document security using exiftool
I want to extract PDF document security settings, like content copying, printing, etc.
Is it possible to use exiftool.
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Write Metadata for document/presentation/spreadsheet files
While exiftool (one of the best tools in metadata space) can be used to extract metadata for doc/ppt/xls or odt/odf/ods files, it does not support writing/modifying metadata for these document types.
Is there a command-line tool or python library…
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Exiftool in Rails app running on Heroku not pulling EXIF consistently
I have a Rails app running on Heroku, using the mini_exiftool and paperclip gems. I've installed the BUILDPACK for the exiftool.
App tests successfully on localhost. But on heroku, photos taken with a camera will scrape EXIF data properly. Photos…
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Reading long exif tags in python
I'm trying to read the EXIF info for microscope images like this one:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3816350/E3-9.tif
I am most interested in the "Image Description" tag because it contains information about the scale of the image. I have…
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iOS, EXIF and Camera Model Name
I have an iOS application where users can upload photos taken with the UIImagePickerController.
When I look at the jpg exif data, I've noticed that a substantial number of photos have "iPod Touch" filled in the "Camera Model Name".
How come I can…
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'image' (T_STRING) in eval line
I`m trying to create a page that read the metadata of an image and allow user to edit it and save it to the same image.
After searching the internet I have found exiftool as the solution but I can make it work only as a command line not as a library…
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Grep- Search exiftool output for different matches
I have a large folder tree, and would like to make a script to open up gThumb or some other image viewer based on a keyword search. exiftool is already installed on my system. and the command
exiftool -a -r -G1 -s $FILE
prints the data out in…
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How to rotate a PNG image using ExifTool?
I am trying to rotate PNG images using exiftool using following command line:
exiftool -Orientation=3 -n ImageName
The command line run successfully in terminal and I can get the Orientation info via command line: exiftool -Orientation -n…
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calling exiftool from C++ in native windows
I have successfully called EXIFTOOL from a batch file, but now I need to call it from a C++ MFC dialog (which needs to pass the results to another program). I have used "CreateProcess" to call EXIFTOOL, which appears to have worked, but I can't…
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rename image file using its Picasa name tags
I am struggling with EXIFTOOL to rename a batch of JPG files using each file's Picasa name tags. Any help appreciated.
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