I created these 2 scripts somewhere before 2016, have not used them since 2017. They are to remove absolutely all metadata from jpeg and tiff files but preserve a few tags I need. Hope they still work fine with current ExifTool. Perhaps the Phil (Harvey) will comment the scripts have flaws or are excellent :P .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FOR_JPEG~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#FULL_PATH_TO_EXIFTOOL.EXE -@ THIS_FILE DIRECTORY_PATH
#
-r
-overwrite_original
-all=
-tagsfromfile
@
-ICC_Profile
-IFD0:Make
-IFD0:Model
-ExifIFD:ExposureTime
-ExifIFD:FNumber
-ExifIFD:ISO
-ExifIFD:ExifVersion
-ExifIFD:DateTimeOriginal
-ExifIFD:CreateDate
-ExifIFD:ShutterSpeedValue
-ExifIFD:ApertureValue
-ExifIFD:ExposureCompensation
-ExifIFD:Flash
-ExifIFD:FocalLength
#comment the following line if "ExifIFD:ExifVersion" is not equal to "0230"
-ExifIFD:LensModel=Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
-IFD0:XResolution=
-IFD0:YResolution=
-IFD0:ResolutionUnit=
-IFD0:YCbCrPositioning=
-ExifIFD:ComponentsConfiguration=
-ExifIFD:FlashpixVersion=
-ExifIFD:ColorSpace=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FOR_JPEG~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FOR_TIFF~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#FULL_PATH_TO_EXIFTOOL.EXE -@ THIS_FILE DIRECTORY_PATH
#
-r
-overwrite_original
-all=
-tagsfromfile
@
-ICC_Profile
-ExifIFD:ExposureTime
-ExifIFD:FNumber
-ExifIFD:ISO
-ExifIFD:ExifVersion
-ExifIFD:DateTimeOriginal
-ExifIFD:CreateDate
-ExifIFD:ShutterSpeedValue
-ExifIFD:ApertureValue
-ExifIFD:ExposureCompensation
-ExifIFD:Flash
-ExifIFD:FocalLength
#comment the following line if "ExifIFD:ExifVersion" is not equal to "0230"
-ExifIFD:LensModel=Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
-IFD0:XResolution=
-IFD0:YResolution=
-IFD0:ResolutionUnit=
-IFD0:YCbCrPositioning=
-ExifIFD:ComponentsConfiguration=
-ExifIFD:FlashpixVersion=
-ExifIFD:ColorSpace=
-IFD0:Software=
-IFD0:Artist=
-IFD0:ModifyDate=
-IFD0:Orientation=
-IFD0:SubfileType=
-IFD0:PlanarConfiguration=
#
# Required (by the TIFF 6.0 Specification) Fields for RGB TIFF-Images
#
# TagName Decimal Hex
#
# ImageWidth 256 100
# ImageLength 257 101
# BitsPerSample 258 102
# Compression 259 103
# PhotometricInterpretation 262 106
# StripOffsets 273 111
# SamplesPerPixel 277 115
# RowsPerStrip 278 116
# StripByteCounts 279 117
# XResolution 282 11A
# YResolution 283 11B
# ResolutionUnit 296 128
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FOR_TIFF~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PS: I don't remember the story about adding "-ExifIFD:LensModel=Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM", sorry :(
These should all work the same with the current version of ExifTool.
It looks like you are avoiding creation of the mandatory EXIF tags. As of ExifTool 12.71 can simplify this by adding -api nomandatory to the command instead of removing these tags manually.
- Phil
Quote from: Phil Harvey on January 21, 2024, 07:11:44 AMThese should all work the same with the current version of ExifTool.
It looks like you are avoiding creation of the mandatory EXIF tags. As of ExifTool 12.71 can simplify this by adding -api nomandatory to the command instead of removing these tags manually.
- Phil
can it be done with pyexiftool?
See my post (https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php?topic=15933.msg85696#msg85696) in your other thread.