Extra XMP tags

[mulcamd]

I want to copy tag information between files.
The command I use is:

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"C:\Program Files\Exiftool\exiftool.exe" -m -@ "D:\Temp\Exiftool\Exif_terugzetten.args" -TagsFromFile "D:\Temp\Exiftool\DIV_20030720_002-LR-na GPS copy.jpg" "D:\Temp\Exiftool\DIV_20030720_002-org.jpg" >"copylog.txt"


The arg file contains:

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-EXIF:DateTimeOriginal < EXIF:DateTimeOriginal
-EXIF:CreateDate < EXIF:CreateDate
-EXIF:ModifyDate < EXIF:ModifyDate
-EXIF:TimeZoneOffset < EXIF:TimeZoneOffset
-EXIF:GPSLatitude < EXIF:GPSLatitude
-EXIF:GPSLongitude < EXIF:GPSLongitude
-EXIF:GPSLatitudeRef < EXIF:GPSLatitudeRef
-EXIF:GPSLongitudeRef < EXIF:GPSLongitudeRef
-EXIF:GPSMapDatum < EXIF:GPSMapDatum
-EXIF:GPSVersionID < EXIF:GPSVersionID
-EXIF:GPSAltitude < EXIF:GPSAltitude
-EXIF:GPSAltitudeRef < EXIF:GPSAltitudeRef
-EXIF:GPSDateStamp < EXIF:GPSDateStamp
-EXIF:GPSTimeStamp < EXIF:GPSTimeStamp
-IPTC:CodedCharacterSet < IPTC:CodedCharacterSet
-IPTC:Country-PrimaryLocationCode < IPTC:Country-PrimaryLocationCode
-IPTC:Country-PrimaryLocationName < IPTC:Country-PrimaryLocationName
-IPTC:Province-State < IPTC:Province-State
-IPTC:City < IPTC:City
-IPTC:Sub-Location < IPTC:Sub-Location
#-HierarchicalSubject < HierarchicalSubject


This works fine, but I also get XMP tags, see the listing I made with ExifTool Gui.

Question: why do I get also the XMP section?

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---- XMP ----
XMPToolkit                      : Image::ExifTool 8.45
CountryCode                     : DEU
Location                        : Dörfl
Subject                         : <<Waar - Plaatsen, <<Wanneer - Gebeurtenis, Konigssee, Meren, Oostenrijk, Vakantie
ComponentsConfiguration         : Y, Cb, Cr, -
CompressedBitsPerPixel          : 2
DateTimeDigitized               : 2003:07:20 10:40:38+02:00
FlashFired                      : False
FlashFunction                   : False
FlashMode                       : Unknown
FlashRedEyeMode                 : False
FlashReturn                     : No return detection
GPSDateTime                     : 2003:07:20 08:40:38Z
HierarchicalSubject             : <<Waar - Plaatsen|Oostenrijk|Meren|Konigssee, <<Wanneer - Gebeurtenis|Vakantie
Country                         : Germany
LegacyIPTCDigest                : AD6F17F81E12D11CA2685F266536BB77
State                           : Bayern
BitsPerSample                   : 8
Compression                     : JPEG (old-style)
ImageHeight                     : 960
ImageWidth                      : 1280
YCbCrPositioning                : Co-sited
YCbCrSubSampling                : YCbCr4:2:2 (2 1)
MetadataDate                    : 2011:03:13 15:23:25.718-01:00
Marked                          : True
RawFileName                     : DIV_20030720_002.jpg


[Phil Harvey]

The problem is that you are copying tags from 2 files.  The tag names must come after the corresponding -tagsfromfile option on the command line.  Since there is no -tagsfromfile before your -@ option, the -DSTTAG<SRCTAG syntax will copy all your tags from the target file.  Then since there are no tags after the -tagsfromfile option, all tags are copied from this file.

The solution is simply to put the -@ after -tagsfromfile.

Also, you can simplify your -@ argfile because you don't need to specify the destination tag if the source tag is the same.  This will do the same thing:

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-EXIF:DateTimeOriginal
-EXIF:CreateDate
-EXIF:ModifyDate
-EXIF:TimeZoneOffset
-EXIF:GPSLatitude
-EXIF:GPSLongitude
-EXIF:GPSLatitudeRef
-EXIF:GPSLongitudeRef
-EXIF:GPSMapDatum
-EXIF:GPSVersionID
-EXIF:GPSAltitude
-EXIF:GPSAltitudeRef
-EXIF:GPSDateStamp
-EXIF:GPSTimeStamp
-IPTC:CodedCharacterSet
-IPTC:Country-PrimaryLocationCode
-IPTC:Country-PrimaryLocationName
-IPTC:Province-State
-IPTC:City
-IPTC:Sub-Location


- Phil