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General => Metadata => Topic started by: blue-j on January 11, 2023, 08:05:30 PM

Title: IFD0 vs IFD1 in EXIF
Post by: blue-j on January 11, 2023, 08:05:30 PM
Are IFD0 fields always about the primary image, and IDD1 about the thumbnail?

Families I've seen....

IFD0
IFD1
IFD2
SubIFD
EXIFIFD
InteropIFD

etc.  I think I've seen SubIFD1, maybe 2...

I can't say that the EXIF spec really helped me interpret these families and their meaning!  Any help would be sincerely appreciated.  : )

- J
Title: Re: IFD0 vs IFD1 in EXIF
Post by: Phil Harvey on January 11, 2023, 09:28:54 PM
For JPEG images, IFD1 is the thumbnail.

For other types (TIFF, DNG, RAW), IFD1 may store other things.

- Phil