Editing JPEG EXIF properties

Question

How can I edit EXIF properties of JPEG files on a Windows machine?

Some image editing utilities handle the Rotation property wrong, which leaves me needing to make manual edits after rotating images in those utilities. A utility which can perform rotation based on the Rotation property, and then remove the property and save the image, would be handy.

Alternatively, I could rotate images in an image editor and remove the properties manually with some utility.

Rotation is, however, not my only issue; I would like to edit/add other properties as well. What methods/tools will let me do this?

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 28 '11 at 05:59

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A freebie that looks good is PhotoME :

edited Oct 28 '11 at 05:59

Gareth

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answered Oct 19 '09 at 15:29

harrymc

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '09 at 16:32

Faststone Image viewer can view exif information.

http://www.faststone.org/

its a lightweight photoviewer and resembles early ACDSEE in functionality, continually updated.

has autorotate on exif orientation tag..

here's a summary from their website:

An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA. It has a nice array of features such as image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustments, musical slideshow and much more.

harrymc · Answer 3 · 2017-02-07T20:52:10.810

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Xnview shows EXIF and edits IPTC and XMP.

edited Feb 07 '17 at 20:52

answered Oct 19 '09 at 14:18

harrymc

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 19 '09 at 14:40

Years ago, I always used Exifer for Windows. I guess it's too old for nowadays' standards, but it had some big advantages you might also require for whatever you choose:

When rotating JPG images it will not mess with the actual image, and will not destroy the EXIF data. (In those days rotating using, for example, Windows Explorer or Microsoft Office's Photo Editor would result in reduced image quality or increased file size, and would destroy the EXIF data. But I assume that has meanwhile been fixed.)
It can rotate the preview EXIF image. (But I am not sure if it did so automatically.)
Nice to have: it can adjust all timestamps of selected images with some delta. (A time saver when forgetting to adjust a camera to another time zone, or when handling images from multiple cameras that are seconds apart.) It can also rename files given the EXIF timestamp.

(For changing EXIF data through command line tools see the "APP1" profile in, for example, ImageMagick. ImageMagick also supports auto-orient.)

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:43

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I always recommend Microsoft Pro Photo Tools (as it's free, and also allows geotagging)

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:43

Community

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answered Oct 19 '09 at 14:57

Rowland Shaw

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 18 '19 at 16:27

I just discovered that Windows Explorer (at least in Windows 10.0.18362) can edit some EXIF/XMP fields. Right click file > Properties > Details. From a quick test on a jpg file, here are the editable values and their corresponding metadata fields, as reported by exiv2 -pa pengwin.jpg (exiv2):

  Windows Explorer Value (in order)    Field(s) written (reported by exiv2)    
 ----------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 
  Title                               Exif.Image.ImageDescription            
  Title                               Exif.Image.XPTitle                     
  Title                               Xmp.dc.description                     
  Title                               Xmp.dc.title                           
  Subject                             Exif.Image.XPSubject                   
  Rating                              Exif.Image.Rating                      
  Rating                              Exif.Image.RatingPercent               
  Rating                              Xmp.MicrosoftPhoto.Rating              
  Rating                              Xmp.xmp.Rating                         
  Tags                                Exif.Image.XPKeywords                  
  Tags                                Xmp.MicrosoftPhoto.LastKeywordXMP      
  Tags                                Xmp.dc.subject                         
  Comments                            Exif.Image.XPComment                   
  Authors                             Exif.Image.Artist                      
  Authors                             Exif.Image.XPAuthor                    
  Authors                             Xmp.dc.creator                         
  Date taken                          Exif.Photo.DateTimeDigitized           
  Date taken                          Exif.Photo.DateTimeOriginal            
  Date taken                          Xmp.xmp.CreateDate                     
  Date acquired                       Xmp.MicrosoftPhoto.DateAcquired        
  Copyright                           Exif.Image.Copyright                   
  Copyright                           Xmp.dc.rights                          
  Camera maker                        Exif.Image.Make                        
  Cameral model                       Exif.Image.Model                       
  ISO Speed                           Exif.Photo.ISOSpeedRatings             
  Metering mode                       Exif.Photo.MeteringMode                
  Flash mode                          Exif.Photo.Flash                       
  35mm focal length                   Exif.Photo.FocalLengthIn35mmFilm       
  Lens maker                          Xmp.MicrosoftPhoto.LensManufacturer    
  Lens model                          Xmp.MicrosoftPhoto.LensModel           
  Flash maker                         Xmp.MicrosoftPhoto.FlashManufacturer   
  Flash model                         Xmp.MicrosoftPhoto.FlashModel          
  Camera serial number                Xmp.MicrosoftPhoto.CameraSerialNumber  
  Contrast                            Exif.Photo.Contrast                    
  Light source                        Exif.Photo.LightSource                 
  Exposure program                    Exif.Photo.ExposureProgram             
  Saturation                          Exif.Photo.Saturation                  
  Sharpness                           Exif.Photo.Sharpness                   
  White balance                       Exif.Photo.WhiteBalance                
  EXIF version                        Exif.Photo.ExifVersion

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 19 '09 at 14:46

I have always Used EXIFER for this. I checked the developer's web page for a link for this and see that EXIFER is not being developed ANY FURTHER. The author recommends several more up to Date utilities including:

XnView
IrfanView
KUSO EXIF Viewer
ACDSee (commercial)

The exifer page is here http://www.friedemann-schmidt.com/software/exifer/

Editing JPEG EXIF properties

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