Resolution

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[Originally posted by loloeroket on 2008-12-22 20:16:55-08]

Hello,

The resolution is really confusing as each software reads different resolution. So I came up to set resolution the following way:

Code:

exiftool -photoshop:Xresolution=$resolution -photoshop:Yresolution=$resolution -jfif:Xresolution=$resolution -jfif:Yresolution=$resolution -XYResolution=$resolution $Myfile

Is this correct? Is there a better way? Am I forgetting another one?

Thank you in advance,

Laurent

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2008-12-23 12:12:41-08]

Hi Laurent,

There is also EXIF:XResolution and EXIF:YResolution (which are actually
the most commonly used values).  And you can drop the XYResolution,
since this is a proprietary Fotostation tag (unless you use Fotostation
of course).  Also, you must set the resolution units where applicable:
EXIF:ResolutionUnit and JFIF:ResolutionUnit.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by loloeroket on 2009-01-06 02:40:44-08]

Thanks Phil,

Yes I have some people using Fotostation, some using Photoshop and some using software I don't even know. Both Mac and Windows. It would be great to be able to set the resolution for all at once ;-) For now I will add the exif related one. Is default Unit dpi if not set?

Laurent

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-01-06 12:07:46-08]

I don't think that EXIF defines a default (it is a braindead standard),
so it is best to set it to "inches" explicitly.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by loloeroket on 2009-01-06 14:52:01-08]

 This resolution thing is so useless but such a time wasting...

Thanks,

Laurent