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Title: Bad IPTC tags transfer
Post by: michel_b on September 09, 2014, 05:14:45 PM

Hi,

I am trying to transfer IPTC tags from one jpeg file to another, using the command:

exiftool -TagsFromFile DSC09037.jpg -iptc:all DSC09037-2.jpg

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1 image files updated

But when checking, all IPTC tags are not copied properly, and iPhoto or Preview Mac application do not recognize the transferred Caption-Abstract data.

exiftool -iptc:all DSC09037.jpg

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Coded Character Set             : UTF8
Application Record Version      : 2
Caption-Abstract                : Grand Koudou

and:

exiftool -iptc:all DSC09037-2.jpg

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Application Record Version      : 2
Caption-Abstract                : Grand Koudou

Am I missing something ? bug or feature ?

Thanks for this nice tool.
Regards, Michel

Title: Re: Bad IPTC tags transfer
Post by: Phil Harvey on September 09, 2014, 08:17:54 PM

Hi Michel,

Yes, you are missing FAQ 10 (https://exiftool.org/faq.html#Q10).

ExifTool doesn't automatically copy CodedCharacterSet with -iptc:all because it may invalidate the encoding of existing IPTC. So it is up to you to copy this if you want. Or just set it to UTF8 if you know you are creating new IPTC, because this is by far the best encoding to choose.

- Phil

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