IMatch log shows lots of Exiftool warnings:-
Warning: IPTC pointer references previous Photoshop directory
What do they mean and how can I fix the files? Do I need to?
Thanks in advance
Steve
Hi Steve,
If you could send me a sample I will take a look: (philharvey66 at gmail.com)
- Phil
Hi Steve,
I got the file, thanks.
The root problem is that the file contains a Photoshop record in the wrong location for a JPEG image (the "minor" warning below):
> exiftool "Y276 1987-12.jpg" -validate -warning -a
Validate : 4 Warnings (1 minor)
Warning : Non-standard format (undef) for IFD0 0x8649 PhotoshopSettings
Warning : [minor] Non-standard Photoshop at JPEG-APP1-IFD0-Photoshop
Warning : IPTC pointer references previous Photoshop directory
Warning : Invalid value for ExifIFD tag 0x9000 ExifVersion
This problem reveals in issue in ExifTool: The warning about the IPTC pointer is actually wrong, and this will be fixed in the next release.
The non-standard IPTC shouldn't cause problems (other than making the file larger than necessary), and would be difficult to remove, so I suggest just leaving the file as it is.
- Phil
Thanks Phil, sorry for the delay in responding
Steve