ExifTool Version History

Note: The most recent production release is Version 11.85. (Other versions are considered development releases, and are not uploaded to CPAN.)

Added Exit() and ExitDir() functions for use in -if conditions
Enhanced -geotag feature to support a more flexible input CSV file format
Enhanced -if and API Filter options to allow access to ExifTool object via $self
Fixed problem reading HEIC Exif with a missing header

Added support for QuickTime ItemList:GPSCoordinates
Added additional Validate test for overlapping EXIF values
Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
Added a new Nikon LensID
Decode a few more Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
Decode Pentax ShutterType
Changed color of locked highlighted selection in -htmlDump output
Fixed problem reading PDF files written by Microsoft Print-to-PDF
Fixed problem where -X output would produce invalid XML for MP4 files containing an HTCTrack

Added new config file to the distribution for writing Pix4D XMP-Camera tags (config_files/pix4d.config)
Added support for the DOSCyrillic (cp866) character set
Added IO::String to the Windows EXE version
Improved identification of Canon RF lenses (thanks LibRaw)
Enhanced -htmlDump output to add "File offset" entry for EXIF tags and ability lock highlighted selection by clicking the mouse
Enhanced -srcfile option to generate OriginalFileName and OriginalDirectory UserParam tags
Patched HEIC writer to add missing pitm box if necessary
Fixed problem adding back EXIF after deleting it from HEIC file
Fixed minor problem with incorrect number of bytes being reported for invalid header in corrupt files
API Changes:
- Enhanced UserParam option to allow parameters to be extracted as if they were normal tags

Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Wolfgang Exler)
Decode a few new Leica tags (thanks Tim Gray)
Decode AccelerometerData from Samsung Gear 360 videos
Fixed a couple of problems decoding timed GPS metadata from NextBase dashcam videos
Fixed problem where -X option could produce invalid XML when reading corrupted XMP

Decode a couple of new Panasonic tags
Documented -ec option (available since version 11.54)
Reverted -htmlDump fix of 11.90 because it broke more than it fixed, and instead applied a targeted patch to fix this problem for RW2 files

Added support for Exif 2.32 for XMP
Recognize the HIF file extension
Improved verbose output for QuickTime iref items
Patched to create new GPS metadata in Canon CR3 images using a default byte order that is the same as existing EXIF boxes
Patched to add missing newline that could occur in XMP with the API Compact Shorthand option

Added write support for new Google depth-map XMP tags
Added config_files/depthmap.config to the distribution
Added minor error when attempting to write FFF images due to incompatibility with Hasselblad Phocus software
Patched to avoid "Invalid iloc offset size" error when writing some QuickTime-based files
Fixed incorrect ColumnCount for CSV files
Fixed various spelling errors (thanks Jens Schleusener)
Fixed bug writing QuickTime:Rotation in HEIC files

Added support for DNG version 1.5
Added config_files/acdsee.config to the full distribution (thanks StarGeek)
Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
Decode two more bits from Nikon LensType (thanks LibRaw)
Decode QuickTime MovieFragmentSequence
Patched HEIC writer to add missing iref box if necessary
Fixed typo in a Canon LensType value
API Changes:
- Patched ImageInfo() to recognize a stringified object as a file name

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