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Comparison of metadata editorsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article presents a comparison of digital image metadata viewers and metadata editors.

A metadata editor is a computer program that allows users to view and edit metadata tags interactively on the computer screen and save them in the graphics file. Usually a metadata viewer is preferred over a metadata editor for viewing tags.

A number of metadata editors for various platforms exist. Users choose among them based on factors such as the availability for the user's platform, the feature set and usability of the user interface (UI).

The Metadata Working Group (MWG) is a consortium of leading companies in the digital media industry.[1] The MWG publishes technical specifications that describe how to effectively store metadata into digital media files. These royalty-free specifications are made

available to software developers, manufacturers and service providers so that they may create products that use metadata in a consistent way, and that allow consumers to better describe, organize and find their media. Where possible, these specifications rely on

existing standards, and aim to create a unified and cohesive approach to applying these standards.[2]

Contents

1 Features2 Notes3 See also4 References

Features

Software Platform License Latest

version

Last

release

year

Size

(MB) Description

Number

(*1)

Supported metadata standards

(*2)

Supported file formats

(*3)

Exif GPS IPTC XMP Maker Other JPG TIF RAW Other

Auto ISO Tool[1]

(http://aeropic.free.fr/H&B/AUTO_ISO_patcher/) Windows Freeware 2007 0.2

GUI for ExifTool to patch

Canon ISO information. 0 W - - - R - Yes - - -

AvPicFaceXmpTagger[2] (http://www.anvo-it.de/wiki/doku.php?id=avpicfacexmptagger:main)

WindowsLinux

Freeware 1.7 2010 3.7Write Picasa face recognitioninformation as XMP to your images.

0 - - - RW - - Yes - - -

Daminion[3] (http://daminion.net) Windows Freeware and

Shareware 3.7 2015 41,6

A tool that can updateEXIF/IPTC/XMP/ID3/Officemetadata in images, video,audio, Office documents,Camera RAW images andvector images. UsesExifTool and own metadatahandling libraries.

>70 REW REW R EW REW R REW Yes Yes Yes Yes

DBGallery[4] (http://dbgallery.com) Windows Shareware 6.8 2014 63

Image management softwarewhich can update IPTC andXMP metadata in images,video, and audio. Uses

Adobe's XMP Toolkit toread/write metadata.

32 R REW REW REW - - Yes Yes Yes Yes

Description Explorer[5](http://www.optimasc.com/products/dex/index.html)

Windows Freeware 0.5.2 2009 10.7 Collection of tools for XMPmetadata.

15 - - - EW - - Yes - - -

E as y E xi f Del et e[ 6] ( ht tp :/ /www.e as ye xi fd el et e. co m/ ) Win do ws F re ewar e 1 .0 2 01 0 0 .8Clean any Exif unwanteddata from your digital

pictures.0 D D - - - -i Yes - - -

EXIF-O-Matic[7] (http://www.rahulbotics.com/personal- projects/exif-o-matic/)

WindowsMacOSLinux

Freeware 1.2 2012 0.2 View Exif tags. 0 R R - - - - Yes - - -

ExifAuto[8] (http://home.roadrunner.com/~dick/ExifAuto.htm) Windows Freeware 2.2 2007 0.4GUI front-end for ExifToolto perform simpleoperations.

5 EW - - - - - Yes Yes - -

EXIF Browser[9] (http://www.software- Extract Exif information

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXIF_Browser&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.software-factory.ch/software/exifbrowser/exifbrowser_software_en.htmhttp://www.anvo-it.de/wiki/doku.php?id=avpicfacexmptagger:mainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AvPicFaceXmpTagger&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_(disambiguation)#Computinghttp://www.easyexifdelete.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata_taghttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Easy_Exif_Delete&action=edit&redlink=1http://daminion.net/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ExifAuto&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXIF_Browser&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daminion&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXIF-O-Matic&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AvPicFaceXmpTagger&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBGalleryhttp://dbgallery.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_imagehttp://home.roadrunner.com/~dick/ExifAuto.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadatahttp://www.anvo-it.de/wiki/doku.php?id=avpicfacexmptagger:mainhttp://www.software-factory.ch/software/exifbrowser/exifbrowser_software_en.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_viewerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Description_Explorer&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.optimasc.com/products/dex/index.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interfacehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Auto_ISO_Tool&action=edit&redlink=1http://aeropic.free.fr/H&B/AUTO_ISO_patcher/http://www.rahulbotics.com/personal-projects/exif-o-matic/


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factory.ch/software/exifbrowser/exifbrowser_software_en.htm) Windows Freeware 0.9 2007 0.9 from image files. 0 R R - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes

E xi f C op ie r[1 0] ( ht tp :/ /e xi fc op ie r. 11 0mb .c om/ ) W in do ws F re ew are 0 .9 2 01 0 5 .0Copy metadata between setsof multiple images usingExifTool.

0 W W W W W W Yes Yes Yes Yes

ExifCleaner[11](http://www.superutils.com/products/exifcleaner/)

Windows Shareware 1.6 2011 1.2 Lets you to erase/remove photographic metadata.

0 D D D D D D Yes - - -

EXIF Date Changer[12](http://www.relliksoftware.com/exifdatechanger/)

Windows Freeware /

Shareware 3.3 2015 5.1

Allows you change the time,date, and other informationstored in the metadata of your photos.

7 EW - EW - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes

ExifDropper[13] (http://fliggs.wordpress.com/exifdropper-

help/)

Windows Freeware 0.9 2009 0.1

Graphical front-end for ExifTool with drag-and-drop

and command-line parameters.

>200 EW EW EW EW EW EW Yes Yes Yes Yes

ExifMixer[14] (http://www.moonsoftware.com/exifmixer.asp) Windows Freeware 0.50 2008 0.4GUI extension for theExifTool with command-line

parameters.>200 EW EW EW EW EW EW Yes Yes Yes Yes

E xi f Pi lot [1 5] (h tt p: // ww w. co lo rp il ot .c om/ ex if. ht ml ) W in do ws F re ew are 4 .4 2 01 1 2 .1Software for viewing,editing, and creatingmetadata.

26 REW REW REW R R R Yes Yes Y es Yes

E xi f S ta ts [1 6] ( ht tp :/ /www.t he ze al .c om /b lo g/ ex if -s ta ts /) Win do ws F re ewar e 2 00 6 2 .0 Extract some tags usingExifTool.

0 R R R R R R Yes Yes Yes Yes

Exif Tag Remover[17](http://www.rlvision.com/exif/about.asp)

Windows Shareware 4.1 2011 3.5 Allows you to easily deleteall metadata tags.

0 D D D D D D Yes Yes Yes Yes

ExifTool[18] (http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/)WindowsMacOSLinux

GPLv1 9.58 2014 3.6 Powerful command lineutility.

>200 REW REW REW REW REW REW Yes Yes Yes Yes

E xi fT oo l GUI [1 9] ( ht tp :/ /u 88 .n 24 .q ue en su .c a/ ~b og da n/ ) Win do ws F re ewar e 5 .1 5 2 01 2 1 .3 GUI for the ExifTool withsome editing features. 64 REW REW REW REW R R Yes Yes Yes Yes

EXIFutils[20] (http://www.hugsan.com/EXIFutils)WindowsMacOSLinux

Shareware 3.1.4 2011 3.5Set of command line utilitiesthat extract, add, remove,copy, and replace metadata.

>200 REW REW REW REW REW REW Yes Yes Yes Yes

ExifyMe[21] (http://www.xtrasimplicity.info/archives/185) Windows Freeware 1.0 2010 3.3 Restore Exif metadata froman original image.

0 W W - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes

Exiv2[22] (http://www.exiv2.org/) Windows

LinuxGPL/Proprietary(Dual licensed)

0.25 2015 1.6 Command line utility. >200 REW REW REW REW REW - Yes Yes Yes -

ExposurePl ot[23] (ht tp://www.vandel.nl/) Windows Freeware 1.14 2009 0.6

Analyze your usage of thefocal length of your lenses,ISO, shutter speed andaperture.

0 R - - - - - Yes - - -

F re e E XIF Er ase r[2 4] (h tt p: // ww w. ex ife ra se r. co m/ ) W in do ws F re ew are 1 .1 2 01 1 0 ,8

Allows you to easily andeffectively delete entireExif/IPTC/XMP information

from image files.

0 D D D D D D Yes - - -

GUI2[25] (http://gui2-for-exiftool.weebly.com/gui2-for-exiftool.html)

Windows Freeware 1.3 2010 15.7 GUI extension for theExifTool.

12 R REW R R R R Yes Yes Yes Yes

Image Info Toolkit[26] (http://www.image-info-toolkit.com/en/welcome.html)

WindowsMacOS

Shareware 3.0 2012 4.9 Editor for IPTC and XMPmetadata.

36 R R REW REW - - Yes Yes - Yes

ImBatch[27](http://www.highmotionsoftware.com/products/imbatch)

Windows Free for non-

commercial use 3.1 2014 11.9 Batch image processing tool >50 REW - REW - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes

IPTC-PLUS Photo Metadata Toolkit[28](http://www.iptc.org/cms/site/single.html)

Windows Freeware 4 2011 1.2Editor for IPTC and PLUS

photo metadata with AdobeCS3 to CS5.

150 - - REW REW - - Yes Yes - Yes

iTag[29] (http://itagsoftware.com/) Windows Shareware 478 2011 9.1A tool that adds title,description and keyword tagsto photos.

10 - - REW REW - - Yes Yes Yes Yes

Windows View Exif information stored

http://www.colorpilot.com/exif.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ExposurePlot&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exiv2&action=edit&redlink=1http://exifcopier.110mb.com/http://www.highmotionsoftware.com/products/imbatchhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Free_EXIF_Eraser&action=edit&redlink=1http://itagsoftware.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ExifDropper&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JExifViewer&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExifToolhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exif_Copier&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exif_Tag_Remover&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.iptc.org/cms/site/single.htmlhttp://www.thezeal.com/blog/exif-stats/http://www.relliksoftware.com/exifdatechanger/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ExifMixer&action=edit&redlink=1http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IPTC-PLUS_Photo_Metadata_Toolkit&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.superutils.com/products/exifcleaner/http://fliggs.wordpress.com/exifdropper-help/http://www.exiv2.org/http://www.software-factory.ch/software/exifbrowser/exifbrowser_software_en.htmhttp://www.exiferaser.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exif_Stats&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ExifTool_GUI&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.image-info-toolkit.com/en/welcome.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ExifyMe&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image_Info_Toolkit&action=edit&redlink=1http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/~bogdan/http://www.vandel.nl/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXIF_Date_Changer&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.xtrasimplicity.info/archives/185https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ExifCleaner&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.rlvision.com/exif/about.asphttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exif_Pilot&action=edit&redlink=1http://gui2-for-exiftool.weebly.com/gui2-for-exiftool.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ITag&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXIFutils&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.hugsan.com/EXIFutilshttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GUI2&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.moonsoftware.com/exifmixer.asphttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ImBatch&action=edit&redlink=1


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JExifViewer[30] (http://jexifviewer.sourceforge.net/) Linux GPL 1.8 2010 5.3 in JPG files. 0 R R - - - - Yes - - -

JPEG & PNG Stripper[31] (http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=30)

Windows Freeware 1.5.4 2012 0.1A tool for stripping/cleaning/removingunnecessary metadata.

0 D D D D D D Yes - - Yes

JPEG Comment Editor[32] (http://www.mwisoft.com/jpeg-comment-editor)

Windows Freeware and

Shareware 1.0 2015 1.0

Software for creating,viewing, editing, and savingmetadata as text file for your

photos.

0 - - - - - - Yes - - -

MAT[33] (https://mat.boum.org/) Linux

MacOS GPLv2 0.5.2 2014 3.1

MAT is a toolbox composedof a GUI application, a CLIapplication and a library, toanonymize/remove metadata

200 REW REW REW REW - - Yes Yes - -

MetaLith[36] (http://www.metalith.ru/) Windows Shareware 6.00 2014 12.2

Allows you read, analyzeand edit metadata. The mainfeature of the program is theability to simultaneously editany number of files.

>200 REW REW REW REW - R Yes Yes - -

Opa nd a P ower Ex if [3 7] ( ht tp :/ /www.o pa nd a. co m/ en /p e/ ) Win do ws S ha re wa re 1 .2 2 2 01 3 1 .6

A powerful GUI tool with batch processing to editExif/GPS data andcompletely remove all data(include Exif) in images.

>130 REW REW - - - - Yes Yes - -

PhotoME[38] (http://www.photome.de/) Windows Freeware 0.8ß2 2009 3.1

Powerful tool to show andedit the metadata of imagefiles. Thanks to the wellorganized layout andintuitive handling, it's

possible to analyze andmodify Exif and IPTC-NAAdata as well as analyze ICC

profiles.

>200 REW REW RE - REW R Yes Yes Yes Yes

X NV ie w[3 9] (h tt p: // ww w. xn vi ew .c om/ ) W in do wsFreeware (for

private and

educational use)

2.22 2014 14,5Powerful picture viewer,editor with loads of features(slide show, scan module, ..)

? ? ? ? - ? R ? ? ? ?

Notes

*1

Number of editable tags

*2

Exif - Exchangeable image file format for digital still camerasGPS - The global positioning systemIPTC - IPTC-NAA Information Interchange ModelXMP - Extensible Metadata PlatformMaker - Proprietary Maker NotesOther - Other standards, for example: IRB Adobe Photoshop image resource blocks, MPF - Multu-Picture Format

R - Can Read tagsE - Can Edit tagsW - Can Write tags

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JPEG_%26_PNG_Stripper&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=XNView&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JExifViewer&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaLithhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PhotoME&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MetadataTouch&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=30http://www.mwisoft.com/jpeg-comment-editorhttp://digitalconfidence.com/MetadataTouch.htmlhttp://www.xnview.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metadata_Anonymisation_Toolkit&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MetadataFox&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.metalith.ru/http://www.opanda.com/en/pe/http://www.photome.de/https://mat.boum.org/http://digitalconfidence.com/MetadataFox.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JPEG_Comment_Editor&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Opanda_PowerExif&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MetaEditor&action=edit&redlink=1http://jexifviewer.sourceforge.net/


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D - Can Delete tags

*3

JPG - JPEG, ISO/IEC IS 10918-1 1993(E)TIF - TIFF, Tagged Image File FormatRAW - Proprietary RAW formatsOther - Other formats, for example: PSD Adobe Photoshop, DNG Digital Negative, JP2 JPEG2000

Yes - Format is supported

See also

Digital photography

Exchangeable image file format (Exif)IPTC Information Interchange ModeleXtensible Metadata Platform (XMP)Image file formats

References

1. http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org/info/pdf/photokina_pr_2008_09_24.pdf Metadata Working Group Introduces First Specification for Interoperability and Preservation of Metadata in Digital Photography

2. http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org/pdf/mwg_guidance.pdf Guidelines for Handling Image Metadata

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