Extracting binary data from a custom tag

[v16p20]

Hi,

when exporting a TIFF from Affinity Photo (version 1.8.5.703, Windows 10) Affinity creates a proprietary EXIF tag 0xc7e0 (length: 110 bytes, no idea what is in there). Using a configuration file I want to extract this data. But when I apply the configuration file, the size of the block grows to 305 bytes. Why? How can I extract the original data which is also shown with -htmldump?

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exiftool -U -v3 affinity.tiff
returns

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  | 13) Exif_0xc7e0 = 0 255 75 83 2 0 112 79 120 69 1 0 7 0 0 0 49 115 116 112 79 1 0 0[snip]
  |     - Tag 0xc7e0 (110 bytes, int8u[110]):
  |         00d0: 00 ff 4b 53 02 00 70 4f 78 45 01 00 07 00 00 00 [..KS..pOxE......]
  |         00e0: 31 73 74 70 4f 01 00 00 00 00 00 66 54 4f 45 01 [1stpO......fTOE.]
  |         00f0: 00 00 00 5f 52 4f 45 00 00 00 00 5f 5f 4f 45 00 [..._ROE....__OE.]
  |         0100: 00 00 02 31 50 43 43 49 00 29 50 49 6d 45 00 29 [...1PCCI.)PImE.)]
  |         0110: 74 4d 6d 45 00 31 74 74 61 4d 00 2a 70 6d 73 52 [tMmE.1ttaM.*pmsR]
  |         [snip 30 bytes]

affinity.config

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%Image::ExifTool::UserDefined = (
    'Image::ExifTool::Exif::Main' => {
        0xc7e0 => {
            Name => 'Affinity',
            Writable => 'undef',
            WriteGroup => 'IFD0',
            Binary => 1,
        },
    },
);
1; # end

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exiftool -config affinity.config -affinity -v3 affinity.tiff
returns

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  | 13) Affinity = 0 255 75 83 2 0 112 79 120 69 1 0 7 0 0 0 49 115 116 112 79 1 0 0 0 [snip]
  |     - Tag 0xc7e0 (110 bytes, int8u[110]):
  |         00d0: 00 ff 4b 53 02 00 70 4f 78 45 01 00 07 00 00 00 [..KS..pOxE......]
  |         00e0: 31 73 74 70 4f 01 00 00 00 00 00 66 54 4f 45 01 [1stpO......fTOE.]
  |         00f0: 00 00 00 5f 52 4f 45 00 00 00 00 5f 5f 4f 45 00 [..._ROE....__OE.]
  |         0100: 00 00 02 31 50 43 43 49 00 29 50 49 6d 45 00 29 [...1PCCI.)PImE.)]
  |         0110: 74 4d 6d 45 00 31 74 74 61 4d 00 2a 70 6d 73 52 [tMmE.1ttaM.*pmsR]
  |         [snip 30 bytes]
Affinity                        : (Binary data 305 bytes, use -b option to extract)

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exiftool -config affinity.config -b -affinity affinity.tiff > affinity.dat
creates a 305 bytes file

Thanks

[Luuk2005]

It seems that 110-bytes is only pretending for [ConvertedData] at end of lines, but binary-data is actually 305-bytes.

[Phil Harvey]

The 305 bytes is after ExifTool converts from int8u format to "0 255 75 83 2 0 112 79 120 69 1 0 7 0 0 0 49 ...".

You must override the int8u format with Format => 'undef', in your config file if you want the actual binary data.

- Phil

Edit: Added missing quotes

[v16p20]

You must override the int8u format with Format => undef, in your config file if you want the actual binary data.

I have changed the config, but the extracted data remains the same as before and is still converted (Win 10, ExifTool 12.14).

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%Image::ExifTool::UserDefined = (
    'Image::ExifTool::Exif::Main' => {
        0xc7e0 => {
            Name => 'Affinity',
            Writable => 'undef',
            WriteGroup => 'IFD0',
            Binary => 1,
            Format => undef,
        },
    },
);
1; # end

[Luuk2005]

For some reason, the only thing working for me is Format=>binary?? Why the -b not does this?<>
Edit: Its because Im using undef instead of 'undef' !

[Phil Harvey]

I have changed the config, but the extracted data remains the same as before and is still converted (Win 10, ExifTool 12.14).

Ooops.  My mistake.  You need quotes around undef:

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        Format => 'undef',
- Phil

[v16p20]

Ah, thank you very much. I could have thought of that myself. Works now as desired.