Copying .tif Metadata to files in a different folder

[lpartna]

After reading several posts, it looks like ExifTool can do what I would like to do, but I have a feeling that it may be beyond my ability.

I have about 900 .tif image files with metadata that I would like to copy to files of the same name in a different directory. Is this something that a novice can do?

The available instructions seem to be geared toward people with more advanced computer skills than I think I possess. Are there any simplified instructions available? ("ExifTool for Dummies" maybe?)

Thanks.

[Phil Harvey]

The command could be something like this:

exiftool -tagsfromfile SOURCE_DIRECTORY/%f.%e -all:all -ext tif TARGET_DIRECTORY

Here the SOURCE_DIRECTORY is the path to the image you are copying from.

I added -all:all to copy all writable tags to the same location in the target files.

After running this command, the original target files will be saved with "_original" added to their name.  If everything checks out, you can delete these originals later.  Or restore them if things didn't go as planned.  (There are ExifTool commands to perform each of these operations.)

- Phil

[lpartna]

Thanks, Phil.

I really appreciate your help. It worked perfectly and saved me hours of time. Now I want to get better at using ExifTool for other projects that I have in mind.