ExifTool Forum

[Originally posted by msdobrescu on 2009-04-06 08:55:45-07]

Hello,

I have a set of files named a1.jpg, a2.jpg .. a33.jpg.
I need to copy exif data from them to existing set of files named b1.png, b2.png .. b33.png.

What is the right command?

Thanks in advance,
Mike

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-04-06 11:13:25-07]

Hi Mike,

This depends on what form you want the information stored
in the PNG.  The basic command would look like this:


(where dir is a directory containing all the images).
However, if you want it in native PNG format and XMP, then
this command line will do it:


Or if you want it in the original metadata format, use
this:


Which one you choose depends on which format(s) are understood
by the software you want to read the information.

- Phil

[Originally posted by msdobrescu on 2009-04-06 16:17:10-07]

Thanks,

 '.1f' will take 1, 2, .. 33 from the file name?

I also try to remove some keywords from the iptc, and it does nothing. What is the magic combination?

Regards,
Mike

[Originally posted by msdobrescu on 2009-04-06 16:42:51-07]

Wow,

Amazingly, not -keywords-="key", but -Subject-="key" was the correct option.

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-04-06 16:48:02-07]

'%.1f' takes substring of the file name, ignoring 1 character
at the beginning.  (See the -w option description
in the exiftool application documentation for all the gory
details.)

'Subject' is the XMP equivalent of IPTC 'Keywords'.

- Phil

[Originally posted by msdobrescu on 2009-04-06 17:43:04-07]

Thanks so much!

Is there nothing so powerful as your tool!