Copying EXIF fields

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[Originally posted by kev on 2009-02-19 16:11:23-08]

I had a look at Exiftool, but I'm a bit a newbie and I couldn't tell if it can copy one exif field to another.  I want to copy the exif comment field to the description field of all my photos.  Anyone know if Exiftool can do this, and if it can, how?

Can it perform an action to all jpg images in a folder and it's sub folders, or do I need to find another way of using something else and exiftool to be able to do that?

Thanks for the help.

Kev

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-02-19 17:21:05-08]

Hi Kev,

Certainly you can do this with exiftool.  From the command line,
it would look like this:

Code:

exiftool "-imagedescription<usercomment" -r DIR

where DIR is a directory name.  But you must first
determine the exact names of the tags that you want to copy.
Here I have assumed you meant the EXIF ImageDescription
and UserComment tags, but you should use "exiftool -s" on a
few images containing this information to see what the actual
tag names are first.

Also, there are some GUI-based front-ends for exiftool that
may make things easier for  you (ExifDropper for example).
See the Resources section of the exiftool home page for
some possibilities.

- Phil