Copy IPTC tags to EXIF tags on same file.

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[Originally posted by munt on 2009-07-25 10:57:10-07]

Hi all.
Status = complete newbie.
OS Windows XP
Trying to copy iptc tag data to exif tag data on the same file.  I seem to be missing something though?
I am guessing this is simple but I just can't see it.

Code:

C:\Temp>exiftool -all= test.jpg

Code:

C:\Temp>exiftool -Caption-Abstract="Hello World" test.jpg
Result...
[IPTC]          Caption-Abstract                : Hello World

Code:

C:\Temp>exiftool -XPSubject=Caption-Abstract test.jpg
Result...
[IFD0]          XP Subject                      : Caption-Abstract
[IPTC]          Caption-Abstract                : Hello World

I want the data from the Caption-Abstract tag not a string literal.
Anyone?

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-07-25 11:35:56-07]

Try this:

Code:

exiftool "-xpsubject<caption-abstract" test.jpg

Also see the
copying
examples in the application documentation for more examples of
copying tags.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-07-25 11:40:40-07]

One more note.  Since you are in Windows you must use double
quotes around arguments with special characters, not single
quotes as in the copying examples.

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[Originally posted by munt on 2009-07-25 11:45:16-07]

Ha.  Brilliant.
Actually I am sure that was a doddle.
Thanks, that gets me moving and gives an further hint on syntax.  It seems that the double quotes in windows are the trick.
P.S.  Great Software.