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ExifTool => Newbies => Topic started by: blj on November 02, 2019, 12:29:27 PM

Title: Help with copyright correction
Post by: blj on November 02, 2019, 12:29:27 PM
I have a need to change the copyright information on a bunch of cr2 raw files from my camera.  I have my camera set to auto add copyright information.  Just my name and all rights reserved.  I am not sure what I need to do to edit the all rights reserved part as I am planning to creative commons these images and I forgot to adjust the camera settings.

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Help with copyright correction
Post by: StarGeek on November 02, 2019, 03:22:29 PM
To write a new copyright, use something like this
exiftool -Copyright="New Notice" -CopyrightNotice="New Notice" -Rights="New Notice" <FileOrDir>

That will set the three major copyright tags to what you want.  If you want to batch recurse into subdirectories, use the -r (recurse) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#r-.--recurse).  This command will make backup files.  Use the Overwrite_Original option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#overwrite_original) to suppress that.  Add the -P (preserve) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#P--preserve) to keep the current file system modify date.
Title: Re: Help with copyright correction
Post by: blj on November 02, 2019, 09:59:59 PM
Thanks a bunch worked like a charm.