Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
use Image::ExifTool qw(:Public); # ---- Simple procedural usage ---- # Get hash of meta information tag names/values from an image $info = ImageInfo('a.jpg'); # ---- Object-oriented usage ---- # Create a new Image::ExifTool object $exifTool = new Image::ExifTool; # Extract meta information from an image $exifTool->ExtractInfo($file, \%options); # Get list of tags in the order they were found in the file @tagList = $exifTool->GetFoundTags('File'); # Get the value of a specified tag $value = $exifTool->GetValue($tag, $type); # Get a tag description $description = $exifTool->GetDescription($tag); # Get the group name associated with this tag $group = $exifTool->GetGroup($tag, $family); # Set a new value for a tag $exifTool->SetNewValue($tag, $newValue); # Write new meta information to a file $success = $exifTool->WriteInfo($srcfile, $dstfile); # ...plus a host of other useful methods...
ExifTool provides an extensible set of perl modules to read and write meta information in a wide variety of files, including the maker note information of many digital cameras by various manufacturers such as Canon, Casio, FujiFilm, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Ricoh, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon and Sony.
Below is a list of file types and meta information formats currently supported by ExifTool (r = read, w = write, c = create):
File Types ------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------ 3FR r | DOC r | K25 r | PAGES r | RWZ r 3G2 r | DOCX r | KDC r | PBM r/w | RM r 3GP r | DVB r | KEY r | PDF r/w | SO r ACR r | DYLIB r | LNK r | PEF r/w | SR2 r/w AFM r | EIP r | M2TS r | PFA r | SRF r AI r/w | EPS r/w | M4A/V r | PFB r | SRW r/w AIFF r | ERF r/w | MEF r/w | PFM r | SVG r APE r | EXE r | MIE r/w/c | PGM r/w | SWF r ARW r/w | EXIF r/w/c | MIFF r | PICT r | THM r/w ASF r | F4A/V r | MNG r/w | PNG r/w | TIFF r/w AVI r | FLA r | MOS r/w | PPM r/w | TTC r BMP r | FLAC r | MOV r | PPT r | TTF r BTF r | FLV r | MP3 r | PPTX r | VRD r/w/c COS r | FPX r | MP4 r | PS r/w | WAV r CR2 r/w | GIF r/w | MPC r | PSB r/w | WDP r/w CRW r/w | GZ r | MPG r | PSD r/w | WMA r CS1 r/w | HDP r/w | MPO r/w | PSP r | WMV r DCM r | HTML r | MQV r | QTIF r | X3F r DCP r/w | ICC r/w/c | MRW r/w | RA r | XLS r DCR r | IIQ r | NEF r/w | RAF r/w | XLSX r DFONT r | IND r/w | NRW r/w | RAM r | XMP r/w/c DIVX r | ITC r | NUMBERS r | RAW r/w | ZIP r DJVU r | JNG r/w | OGG r | RIFF r | DLL r | JP2 r/w | ORF r/w | RW2 r/w | DNG r/w | JPEG r/w | OTF r | RWL r/w | Meta Information ----------------------+----------------------+--------------------- EXIF r/w/c | JPEG 2000 r | APE r GPS r/w/c | DICOM r | Vorbis r IPTC r/w/c | Flash r | SPIFF r XMP r/w/c | FlashPix r | DjVu r MakerNotes r/w/c | QuickTime r | M2TS r Photoshop IRB r/w/c | GeoTIFF r | PE/COFF r ICC Profile r/w/c | PrintIM r | AVCHD r MIE r/w/c | ID3 r | ZIP r JFIF r/w/c | Kodak Meta r | (and more) Ducky APP12 r/w/c | Ricoh RMETA r | PDF r/w/c | Picture Info r | CIFF r/w | Adobe APP14 r | AFCP r/w | MPF r | PhotoMechanic r/w | Stim r |
User-defined tags can be added via the ExifTool configuration file, or by defining the %Image::ExifTool::UserDefined hash before calling any ExifTool methods. See "ExifTool_config" in the ExifTool distribution for more details.
By default ExifTool looks for a configuration file named ".ExifTool_config" first in your home directory, then in the directory of the application script, but a different file may be specified by setting the ExifTool configFile variable before using Image::ExifTool. For example:
configFile
BEGIN { $Image::ExifTool::configFile = '/Users/phil/myconfig.cfg' } use Image::ExifTool;
or the configuration feature may be disabled by setting configFile to an empty string:
BEGIN { $Image::ExifTool::configFile = '' } use Image::ExifTool;
Exports nothing by default, but "ImageInfo" and all static methods may be exported with the :Public export list.
:Public
All ExifTool features are accessed through the methods of the public interface listed below. Other Image::ExifTool methods and modules should not be accessed directly because their interface may change with future versions.
None of these methods should ever die or issue warnings to STDERR if called with the proper arguments (with the exception of "SetNewValue" which returns an error string when called in list context, or sends the error to STDERR otherwise). Error and warning messages that occur during processing are stored in the values of the Error and Warning tags, and are accessible via the "GetValue" method.
Creates a new ExifTool object.
$exifTool = new Image::ExifTool;
Note that ExifTool uses AUTOLOAD to load non-member methods, so any class using Image::ExifTool as a base class must define an AUTOLOAD which calls Image::ExifTool::DoAutoLoad(). ie)
sub AUTOLOAD { Image::ExifTool::DoAutoLoad($AUTOLOAD, @_); }
Read image file and return meta information. This is the one step function for retrieving meta information from an image. Internally, "ImageInfo" calls "ExtractInfo" to extract the information, "GetInfo" to generate the information hash, and "GetTagList" for the returned tag list.
# return meta information for 2 tags only (procedural) $info = ImageInfo($filename, $tag1, $tag2); # return information about an open image file (object-oriented) $info = $exifTool->ImageInfo(\*FILE); # return information from image data in memory for specified tags %options = (PrintConv => 0); @tagList = qw(filename imagesize xmp:creator exif:* -ifd1:*); $info = ImageInfo(\$imageData, \@tagList, \%options); # extract information from an embedded thumbnail image $info = ImageInfo('image.jpg', 'thumbnailimage'); $thumbInfo = ImageInfo($$info{ThumbnailImage});
"ImageInfo" is very flexible about the input arguments, and interprets them based on their type. It may be called with one or more arguments. The one required argument is either a SCALAR (the image file name), a file reference (a reference to the image file) or a SCALAR reference (a reference to the image in memory). Other arguments are optional. The order of the arguments is not significant, except that the first SCALAR is taken to be the file name unless a file reference or scalar reference comes earlier in the argument list.
Below is an explanation of how the "ImageInfo" function arguments are interpreted:
"ImageInfo" may be called with an ExifTool object if desired. The advantage of using the object-oriented form is that the options may be set before calling "ImageInfo", and the object may be used afterward to access member functions. Must be the first argument if used.
The first scalar argument is taken to be the file name unless an earlier argument specified the image data via a file reference (file ref) or data reference (SCALAR ref). The remaining scalar arguments are names of tags for requested information. If no tags are specified, all possible information is extracted.
Tag names are case-insensitive and may be prefixed by optional group names separated by colons. A group name may begin with a family number (ie. '1IPTC:Keywords'), to restrict matches to a specific family. A tag name of '*' may be used, thus allowing 'GROUP:*' to represent all tags in a specific group, or a group name of '*' may be used, in which case all available instances of the specified tag are returned regardless of the "Duplicates" setting (ie. '*:WhiteBalance'). Multiple groups may be specified (ie. 'EXIF:Time:*' extracts all EXIF Time tags). And finally, a leading '-' indicates a tag to be excluded (ie. '-IFD1:*'), or a trailing '#' causes the ValueConv value to be returned for this tag.
Note that keys in the returned information hash and elements of the returned tag list are not necessarily the same as these tag names -- group names are removed, the case may be changed, and an instance number may be added. For this reason it is best to use either the keys of the returned hash or the elements of the tag array when accessing the tag values.
See Image::ExifTool::TagNames for a complete list of ExifTool tag names.
A reference to an open image file. If you use this method (or a SCALAR reference) to access information in an image, the FileName and Directory tags will not be returned. (Also, the FileSize, FileModifyDate and FilePermissions tags will not be returned unless it is a plain file.) Image processing begins at the current file position, and on return the file position is unspecified. May be either a standard filehandle, or a reference to a File::RandomAccess object. Note that the file remains open and must be closed by the caller after "ImageInfo" returns.
[Advanced: To allow a non-rewindable stream (ie. a network socket) to be re-read after processing with ExifTool, first wrap the file reference in a File::RandomAccess object, then pass this object to "ImageInfo". The File::RandomAccess object will buffer the file if necessary, and may be used to re-read the file after "ImageInfo" returns.]
A reference to image data in memory.
Reference to a list of tag names. On entry, any elements in the list are added to the list of requested tags. Tags with names beginning with '-' are excluded. On return, this list is updated to contain an ordered list of tag keys for all extracted tags.
Reference to a hash containing the options settings. See "Options" documentation below for a list of available options. Options specified as arguments to "ImageInfo" take precedence over "Options" settings.
"ImageInfo" returns a reference to a hash of tag key/value pairs. The tag keys are identifiers, which are similar to the tag names but may have an embedded instance number if multiple tags with the same name were extracted from the image. Many of the ExifTool functions require a tag key as an argument. Use "GetTagName [static]" to get the tag name for a given tag key. Note that the case of the tag names may not be the same as requested. Here is a simple example to print out the information returned by "ImageInfo":
foreach (sort keys %$info) { print "$_ => $$info{$_}\n"; }
Values of the returned hash are usually simple scalars, but a scalar reference is used to indicate binary data and an array reference may be used to indicate a list. Lists of values are joined by commas into a single string only if the PrintConv option is enabled and the List option is disabled (which are the defaults). Note that binary values are not necessarily extracted unless specifically requested or the Binary option is set. If not extracted the value is a reference to a string of the form "Binary data ##### bytes". The value may also be a hash reference if the Struct option is enabled.
The code below gives an example of how to handle these return values, as well as illustrating the use of other ExifTool functions:
use Image::ExifTool; my $exifTool = new Image::ExifTool; $exifTool->Options(Unknown => 1); my $info = $exifTool->ImageInfo('a.jpg'); my $group = ''; my $tag; foreach $tag ($exifTool->GetFoundTags('Group0')) { if ($group ne $exifTool->GetGroup($tag)) { $group = $exifTool->GetGroup($tag); print "---- $group ----\n"; } my $val = $info->{$tag}; if (ref $val eq 'SCALAR') { if ($$val =~ /^Binary data/) { $val = "($$val)"; } else { my $len = length($$val); $val = "(Binary data $len bytes)"; } } printf("%-32s : %s\n", $exifTool->GetDescription($tag), $val); }
ExifTool returns all values as byte strings, even values which are natively UTF-8 as with XMP.
As well as tags representing information extracted from the image, the following tags generated by ExifTool may be returned:
ExifToolVersion - The ExifTool version number. Error - An error message if the image could not be processed. Warning - A warning message if problems were encountered while processing the image.
Get/set ExifTool options. This function can be called to set the default options for an ExifTool object. Options set this way are in effect for all function calls but may be overridden by options passed as arguments to some functions.
The initial default options are obtained from values in the %Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Options hash if it exists. See the .ExifTool_config file in the full ExifTool distribution for details.
# exclude the 'OwnerName' tag from returned information $exifTool->Options(Exclude => 'OwnerName'); # only get information in EXIF or MakerNotes groups $exifTool->Options(Group0 => ['EXIF', 'MakerNotes']); # ignore information from IFD1 $exifTool->Options(Group1 => '-IFD1'); # sort by groups in family 2, and extract unknown tags $exifTool->Options(Sort => 'Group2', Unknown => 1); # reset DateFormat option $exifTool->Options(DateFormat => undef); # do not extract duplicate tag names $oldSetting = $exifTool->Options(Duplicates => 0); # get current Verbose setting $isVerbose = $exifTool->Options('Verbose');
0) ExifTool object reference.
1) Option parameter name.
2) [optional] Option parameter value (may be undef to clear option).
3-N) [optional] Additional parameter/value pairs.
Flag to extract the value data for all binary tags. Tag values representing large binary data blocks (ie. ThumbnailImage) are not necessarily extracted unless this option is set or the tag is specifically requested by name. Default is 0.
The byte order for newly created EXIF segments when writing. Note that if EXIF information already exists, the existing order is maintained. Valid values are 'MM', 'II' and undef. If ByteOrder is not defined (the default), then the maker note byte order is used (if they are being copied), otherwise big-endian ('MM') order is assumed. This can also be set via the ExifByteOrder tag, but the ByteOrder option takes precedence if both are set.
Character set for encoding characters with code points above U+007F. Valid values are listed below, case is not significant:
Value Alias(es) Description ----------- --------------- ---------------------------------- UTF8 cp65001, UTF-8 UTF-8 characters Latin cp1252, Latin1 Windows Latin1 (West European) Latin2 cp1250 Windows Latin2 (Central European) Cyrillic cp1251, Russian Windows Cyrillic Greek cp1253 Windows Greek Turkish cp1254 Windows Turkish Hebrew cp1255 Windows Hebrew Arabic cp1256 Windows Arabic Baltic cp1257 Windows Baltic Vietnam cp1258 Windows Vietnamese Thai cp874 Windows Thai MacRoman cp10000, Roman Macintosh Roman MacLatin2 cp10029 Macintosh Latin2 (Central Europe) MacCyrillic cp10007 Macintosh Cyrillic MacGreek cp10006 Macintosh Greek MacTurkish cp10081 Macintosh Turkish MacRomanian cp10010 Macintosh Romanian MacIceland cp10079 Macintosh Icelandic MacCroatian cp10082 Macintosh Croatian
Note that this option affects some types of information when reading/writing the file and other types when getting/setting tag values, so it must be defined for both types of access.
Character encoding to assume for ID3v1 strings. By the specification ID3v1 strings should be encoded in ISO 8859-1 (essentially Latin), but some applications may use local encoding instead. Default is Latin.
Fallback IPTC character set to assume if IPTC information contains no CodedCharacterSet tag. Possible values are the same as the "Charset" option. Default is Latin.
Flag to write compact output. Default is 0. The XMP specification suggests that the data be padded with blanks to allow in-place editing. By setting this flag, 2kB is saved for files with XMP data.
Flag to calculate Composite tags automatically. Default is 1.
Flag to write new values in compressed format if possible. Has no effect unless Compress::Zlib is installed. Default is 0.
Format for printing GPS coordinates. This is a printf format string with specifiers for degrees, minutes and seconds in that order, however minutes and seconds may be omitted. For example, the following table gives the output for the same coordinate using various formats:
CoordFormat Example Output ------------------- ------------------ q{%d deg %d' %.2f"} 54 deg 59' 22.80" (default for reading) q{%d %d %.8f} 54 59 22.80000000 (default for copying) q{%d deg %.4f min} 54 deg 59.3800 min q{%.6f degrees} 54.989667 degrees
Note: To avoid loss of precision, the default coordinate format is different when copying tags with "SetNewValuesFromFile".
Format for printing date/time values. See strftime in the POSIX package for details about the format string. The default is similar to a format of "%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S". If date can not be converted, value is left unchanged unless the StrictDate option is set. Timezones are ignored.
strftime
Flag to return values from tags with duplicate names when extracting information. Default is 1.
Escape special characters in extracted values for HTML or XML. Also unescapes HTML or XML character entities in input values passed to "SetNewValue". Valid settings are 'HTML', 'XML' or undef. Default is undef.
Exclude specified tags from tags extracted from an image. The option value is either a tag name or reference to a list of tag names to exclude. The case of tag names is not significant. This option is ignored for specifically requested tags. Tags may also be excluded by preceeding their name with a '-' in the arguments to "ImageInfo".
Flag to extract information from embedded documents in PostScript files and the AIPrivateData stream in PDF files, and embedded MPF images in JPEG and MPO files. Default is 0.
Flag to increase speed of extracting information from JPEG images. With this option set to 1, ExifTool will not scan to the end of a JPEG image to check for an AFCP, CanonVRD, FotoStation, PhotoMechanic, MIE or PreviewImage trailer. This also stops the parsing after the first comment in GIF images, and at the audio/video data with RIFF-format files (AVI, WAV, etc), so any trailing metadata (ie. XMP written by some utilities) may be missed. When combined with the ScanForXMP option, prevents scanning for XMP in recognized file types. With a value of 2, ExifTool will also avoid extracting any EXIF MakerNote information. Default is 0.
Fix maker notes base offset. A common problem with image editing software is that offsets in the maker notes are not adjusted properly when the file is modified. This may cause the wrong values to be extracted for some maker note entries when reading the edited file. FixBase specifies an integer value to be added to the maker notes base offset. It may also be set to the empty string ('') for ExifTool will take its best guess at the correct base, or undef (the default) for no base adjustment.
Maximum interpolation time in seconds for geotagging. Geotagging fails if the Geotime value lies between two fixes in the same track which are separated by a number of seconds greater than this. Default is 1800.
Maximum extrapolation time in seconds for geotagging. Geotagging fails if the Geotime value lies outside a GPS track by a number of seconds greater than this. Default is 1800.
Maximum Horizontal (2D) Dilution Of Precision for geotagging. GPS fixes are ignored if the HDOP is greater than this. Default is undef.
Maximum Position (3D) Dilution Of Precision for geotagging. GPS fixes are ignored if the PDOP is greater than this. Default is undef.
Minimum number of satellites for geotagging. GPS fixes are ignored if the number of acquired satellites is less than this. Default is undef.
Extract tags only for specified groups in family # (Group0 assumed if # not given). The option value may be a single group name or a reference to a list of groups. Case is significant in group names. Specify a group to be excluded by preceding group name with a '-'. See "GetGroup" for a description of group families, and "GetAllGroups [static]" for lists of group names.
Dump information in hex to dynamic HTML web page. The value may be 0-3 for increasingly larger limits on the maximum block size. Default is 0. Output goes to the file specified by the TextOut option (\*STDOUT by default).
Specifies base for HTML dump offsets. If not defined, the EXIF/TIFF base offset is used. Set to 0 for absolute offsets. Default is undef.
Flag to ignore minor errors. Causes minor errors to be downgraded to warnings, and minor warnings to be ignored. This option is provided mainly to allow writing of files when minor errors occur, but also allows thumbnail and preview images to be extracted even if they don't have a recognizable header. Minor errors/warnings are denoted by '[minor]' at the start of the message.
Localized language for exiftool tag descriptions, etc. Available languages are given by the Image::ExifTool::Lang module names (ie. 'fr'). If the specified language isn't available, the option is not changed. May be set to undef to select the built-in default language. Default is 'en'.
Flag to indicate that 64-bit file offsets are supported on this system. Default is 0.
Flag to extract lists of PrintConv values into arrays instead of joining them into a string of values. The "ListSep" option specifies the separator used when combining values. Default is 0.
Separator string used to join lists of PrintConv values when "List" option is not set. Default is ', '.
Regular expression used to split values of list-type tags into individual items when writing. (ie. use ',\\s*' to split a comma-separated list.) Default is undef.
Option to extract MakerNotes and other writable subdirectories (such as PrintIM) as a data block. Normally when the MakerNotes are extracted they are rebuilt to include data outside the boundaries of the original maker note data block, but a value of 2 disables this feature. Possible values are:
0 - Do not extract writable subdirectories [default] 1 - Extract and rebuild maker notes into self-contained block 2 - Extract without rebuilding maker notes
Value for missing tags in expressions evaluated by "SetNewValuesFromFile". If not set, a minor error is issued for missing values, or the value is set to '' if "IgnoreMinorErrors" is set. Default is undef.
Flag to enable automatic print conversion. Also enables inverse print conversion for writing. Default is 1.
Flag for scan all files (even unrecognized formats) for XMP information unless XMP was already found in the file. When combined with the FastScan option, only unrecognized file types are scanned for XMP. Default is 0.
Specifies order to sort tags in returned list:
Alpha - Sort alphabetically File - Sort in order that tags were found in the file Group# - Sort by tag group, where # is zero or more family numbers separated by colons. If # is not specified, Group0 is assumed. See GetGroup for a description of group families. Input - Sort in same order as input tag arguments (default)
Flag to return undefined value for any date which can't be converted when the DateFormat option is used. Default is 0.
Flag to return XMP structures as hash references instead of flattening into individual tags. Default is 0. Currently, the struct feature applies only when reading (so "SetNewValue" can not be called with a hash reference when writing).
Output file reference for Verbose and HtmlDump options. Default is \*STDOUT.
Flag to get the values of unknown tags. If set to 1, unknown tags are extracted from EXIF (or other tagged-format) directories. If set to 2, unknown tags are also extracted from binary data blocks. Default is 0.
Print verbose messages to file specified by TextOut option. Value may be from 0 to 5 for increasingly verbose messages. Default is 0. With the verbose option set, messages are printed to the console as the file is parsed. Level 1 prints the tag names and raw values. Level 2 adds more details about the tags. Level 3 adds a hex dump of the tag data, but with limits on the number of bytes dumped. Levels 4 and 5 remove the dump limit on tag values and JPEG segment data respectively.
The original value of the last specified parameter.
Reset all options to their default values. Loads user-defined default option values from the %Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Options hash in the .ExifTool_config file if it exists.
$exifTool->ClearOptions();
0) ExifTool object reference
(none)
Extract all meta information from an image.
$success = $exifTool->ExtractInfo('image.jpg', \%options);
"ExtractInfo" takes exactly the same arguments as "ImageInfo". The only difference is that a list of tag keys is not returned if an ARRAY reference is given. The following options are effective in the call to "ExtractInfo":
Binary, Charset, CharsetID3, CharsetIPTC, Composite, ExtractEmbedded, FastScan, FixBase, HtmlDump, HtmlDumpBase, IgnoreMinorErrors, Lang, LargeFileSupport, MakerNotes, ScanForXMP, Struct, TextOut, Unknown and Verbose.
1 if this was a recognized file format, 0 otherwise (and 'Error' tag set).
"GetInfo" is called to return meta information after it has been extracted from the image by a previous call to "ExtractInfo" or "ImageInfo". This function may be called repeatedly after a single call to "ExtractInfo" or "ImageInfo".
# get image width and hieght only $info = $exifTool->GetInfo('ImageWidth', 'ImageHeight'); # get information for all tags in list (list updated with tags found) $info = $exifTool->GetInfo(\@ioTagList); # get all information in Author or Location groups $info = $exifTool->GetInfo({Group2 => ['Author', 'Location']});
Inputs are the same as "ExtractInfo" and "ImageInfo" except that an image can not be specified. Options in effect are:
Charset, CoordFormat, DateFormat, Duplicates, Escape, Exclude, Group#, Lang, List, ListSep, StrictDate, PrintConv, Sort (if a tag list reference is given) and StrictDate.
Reference to information hash, the same as with "ImageInfo".
Write meta information to a file. The specified source file is rewritten to the same-type destination file with new information as specified by previous calls to "SetNewValue". The necessary segments and/or directories are created in the destination file as required to store the specified information. May be called repeatedly to write the same information to additional files without the need to call "SetNewValue" again.
# add information to a source file, writing output to new file $exifTool->WriteInfo($srcfile, $dstfile); # create XMP data file from scratch $exifTool->WriteInfo(undef, $dstfile, 'XMP'); # edit file in place (you do have backups, right?) $exifTool->WriteInfo($srcfile);
1) Source file name, file reference, scalar reference, or undef to create a file from scratch
2) [optional] Destination file name, file reference, scalar reference, or undef to edit in place
3) [optional] Destination file type
1 if file was written OK, 2 if file was written but no changes made, 0 on file write error.
If an error code is returned, an Error tag is set and GetValue('Error') can be called to obtain the error description. A Warning tag may be set even if this routine is successful. Calling this routine clears any pre-existing Error and Warning tags.
$errorMessage = $exifTool->GetValue('Error'); $warningMessage = $exifTool->GetValue('Warning');
The source file name may be undefined to create a file from scratch (currently only XMP, MIE, ICC, VRD and EXIF files can be created in this way -- see "CanCreate" for details). If undefined, the destination file type is required unless the type can be determined from the destination file name.
If a destination file name is given, the specified file must not exist because an existing destination file will not be overwritten. The destination file name may be undefined to edit the source file in place (make sure you have backups!). In this case, if a source file name is provided, a temporary file is created and renamed to replace the source file if no errors occurred while writing. Otherwise, if a source file reference or scalar reference is used, the image is first written to memory then copied back to replace the original if there were no errors.
The destination file type is only used if the source file is undefined.
The following ExifTool options are effective in the call to "WriteInfo":
ByteOrder, Charset, CharsetID3, CharsetIPTC, Compact, Compress, FixBase, IgnoreMinorErrors and Verbose.
Combine information from more than one information hash into a single hash.
$info = $exifTool->CombineInfo($info1, $info2, $info3);
1-N) Information hash references
If the Duplicates option is disabled and duplicate tags exist, the order of the hashes is significant. In this case, the value used is the first value found as the hashes are scanned in order of input. The Duplicates option is the only option that is in effect for this function.
Get a sorted list of tags from the specified information hash or tag list.
@tags = $exifTool->GetTagList($info, 'Group0');
0) ExifTool object reference,
1) [optional] Information hash reference or tag list reference,
2) [optional] Sort order ('File', 'Input', 'Alpha' or 'Group#').
If the information hash or tag list reference is not provided, then the list of found tags from the last call to "ImageInfo", "ExtractInfo" or "GetInfo" is used instead, and the result is the same as if "GetFoundTags" was called. If sort order is not specified, the sort order is taken from the current options settings.
A list of tags in the specified order.
Get list of found tags in specified sort order. The found tags are the tags for the information obtained from the most recent call to "ImageInfo", "ExtractInfo" or "GetInfo" for this object.
@tags = $exifTool->GetFoundTags('File');
1) [optional] Sort order ('File', 'Input', 'Alpha' or 'Group#')
If sort order is not specified, the sort order from the ExifTool options is used.
A list of tag keys in the specified order.
Get list of requested tags. These are the tags that were specified in the arguments of the most recent call to "ImageInfo", "ExtractInfo" or "GetInfo", including tags specified via a tag list reference. Shortcut tags are expanded in the list.
@tags = $exifTool->GetRequestedTags();
List of requested tag keys in the same order that the tags were specified. Note that this list will be empty if tags were not specifically requested (ie. If extracting all tags).
Get the value of a specified tag. The returned value is either the human-readable (PrintConv) value, the converted machine-readable (ValueConv) value, or the original raw (Raw) value. If the value type is not specified, the PrintConv value is returned if the PrintConv option is set, otherwise the ValueConv value is returned. The PrintConv values are same as the values returned by "ImageInfo" and "GetInfo" in the tag/value hash unless the PrintConv option is disabled.
Tags which represent lists of multiple values (as may happen with 'Keywords' for example) are handled specially. In scalar context, the returned PrintConv value for these tags is either a string of values or a list reference (depending on the List option setting), and the ValueConv value is always a list reference. But in list context, "GetValue" always returns the list itself.
Note that "GetValue" requires a case-sensitive tag key as an argument. To retrieve tag information based on a case-insensitive tag name (with an optional group specifier), use "GetInfo" instead.
# PrintConv example my $val = $exifTool->GetValue($tag); if (ref $val eq 'SCALAR') { print "$tag = (unprintable value)\n"; } else { print "$tag = $val\n"; } # ValueConv examples my $val = $exifTool->GetValue($tag, 'ValueConv'); if (ref $val eq 'ARRAY') { print "$tag is a list of values\n"; } elsif (ref $val eq 'SCALAR') { print "$tag represents binary data\n"; } else { print "$tag is a simple scalar\n"; } my @keywords = $exifTool->GetValue('Keywords', 'ValueConv');
1) Tag key
2) [optional] Value type, 'PrintConv', 'ValueConv', 'Both' or 'Raw'
The default value type is 'PrintConv' if the PrintConv option is set, otherwise the default is 'ValueConv'. A value type of 'Both' returns both ValueConv and PrintConv values as a list.
The value of the specified tag. If the tag represents a list of values and the List option is disabled then PrintConv returns a string of values, otherwise a reference to the list is returned in scalar context. The list itself is returned in list context. Values may also be scalar references to binary data, or hash references if the Struct option is set.
Note: It is possible for "GetValue" to return an undefined ValueConv or PrintConv value (or an empty list in list context) even if the tag exists, since it is possible for these conversions to yield undefined values.
Set the new value for a tag. The routine may be called multiple times to set the values of many tags before using "WriteInfo" to write the new values to an image.
For list-type tags (like Keywords), either call repeatedly with the same tag name for each value, or call with a reference to the list of values.
# set a new value for a tag (errors go to STDERR) $success = $exifTool->SetNewValue($tag, $value); # set a new value and capture any error message ($success, $errStr) = $exifTool->SetNewValue($tag, $value); # delete information for specified tag if it exists in image # (also resets AddValue and DelValue options for this tag) $exifTool->SetNewValue($tag); # reset all values from previous calls to SetNewValue() $exifTool->SetNewValue(); # delete a specific keyword $exifTool->SetNewValue('Keywords', $word, DelValue => 1); # set keywords (a List-type tag) with two new values $exifTool->SetNewValue(Keywords => 'word1'); $exifTool->SetNewValue(Keywords => 'word2'); # equivalent, but set both in one call using an array reference $exifTool->SetNewValue(Keywords => ['word1','word2']); # add a keyword without replacing existing keywords in the file $exifTool->SetNewValue(Keywords => $word, AddValue => 1); # set a tag in a specific group $exifTool->SetNewValue(Headline => $val, Group => 'XMP'); $exifTool->SetNewValue('XMP:Headline' => $val); # (equivalent) # shift original date/time back by 1 hour $exifTool->SetNewValue(DateTimeOriginal => '1:00', Shift => -1); # write a tag only if it had a specific value # (the order of the following calls is not significant) $exifTool->SetNewValue(Title => $oldVal, DelValue => 1); $exifTool->SetNewValue(Title => $newVal); # write tag by numerical value $exifTool->SetNewValue(Orientation => 6, Type => 'ValueConv'); $exifTool->SetNewValue('Orientation#' => 6); # (equivalent) # delete all but EXIF tags $exifTool->SetNewValue('*'); # delete all... $exifTool->SetNewValue('EXIF:*', undef, Replace => 2); # ...but EXIF
1) [optional] Tag key or tag name, or undef to clear all new values. A tag name of '*' can be used when deleting tags to delete all tags, or all tags in a specified group. The tag name may be prefixed by group name, separated by a colon (ie. 'EXIF:Artist'), which is equivalent to using a Group option argument. Also, a '#' may be appended to the tag name (ie. 'EXIF:Orientation#'), with the same effect as setting Type to 'ValueConv'.
2) [optional] New value for tag. Undefined to delete tag from file. May be a scalar, scalar reference, or list reference to set a list of values.
3-N) [optional] SetNewValue option/value pairs (see below).
Specifies that the value be added to an existing list rather than replacing the list. Valid values are 0 or 1. Default is 0.
Delete the existing tag if it has the specified value. Valid values are 0 or 1. Default is 0.
Create tags in existing groups only. Don't create new group. Valid values are 0 and 1. Default is 0.
Edit tag only if it already exists. Don't create new tag. Valid values are 0 and 1. Default is 0.
Specifies group name where tag should be written. If not specified, tag is written to highest priority group as specified by "SetNewGroups". Any family 0 or 1 group name may be used. Case is not significant.
Disables default behaviour of looking up tag in shortcuts if not found otherwise.
Bit mask for tag protection levels to write. Bit 0x01 allows writing of 'unsafe' tags (ie. tags not copied automatically via "SetNewValuesFromFile"). Bit 0x02 allows writing of 'protected' tags, and should only be used internally by ExifTool. See Image::ExifTool::TagNames, for a list of tag names indicating 'unsafe' and 'protected' tags. Default is 0.
Flag to replace the previous new value for this tag (ie. replace the value set in a previous call to "SetNewValue"). Valid values are 0 (don't replace), 1 (replace with specified new value) or 2 (reset previous new value only).
Shift the tag by the specified value. Currently only date/time tags can be shifted. Undefined for no shift, 1 for a positive shift, or -1 for a negative shift. If 0, the shift is applied only if the tag is shiftable, and the shift is positive if AddValue is set, or negative if DelValue is set. Default is undef. See Image::ExifTool::Shift.pl for more information.
The type of value being set. Valid values are PrintConv, ValueConv or Raw. Default is PrintConv if the "PrintConv" Option is set, otherwise ValueConv.
In scalar context, returns the number of tags set and error messages are printed to STDERR. In list context, returns the number of tags set and the error string.
When deleting groups of tags, the Replace option may be used as in the last example above to exclude specific groups from a mass delete. However, this technique may not be used to exclude individual tags. Instead, use "SetNewValuesFromFile" to recover the values of individual tags after deleting a group.
The following ExifTool options are effective in the call to "SetNewValue":
Charset, Escape, IgnoreMinorErrors, Lang, ListSep, ListSplit, PrintConv and Verbose.
A very powerful routine that sets new values for tags from information found in a specified file.
# set new values from all information in a file... my $info = $exifTool->SetNewValuesFromFile($srcFile); # ...then write these values to another image my $result = $exifTool->WriteInfo($file2, $outFile); # set all new values, preserving original groups $exifTool->SetNewValuesFromFile($srcFile, '*:*'); # set specific information $exifTool->SetNewValuesFromFile($srcFile, @tags); # set new value from a different tag in specific group $exifTool->SetNewValuesFromFile($fp, 'IPTC:Keywords>XMP-dc:Subject'); # add all IPTC keywords to XMP subject list $exifTool->SetNewValuesFromFile($fp, 'IPTC:Keywords+>XMP-dc:Subject'); # set new value from an expression involving other tags $exifTool->SetNewValuesFromFile($file, 'Comment<ISO=$ISO Aperture=$aperture Exposure=$shutterSpeed'); # set keywords list from the values of multiple tags $exifTool->SetNewValuesFromFile($file, { Replace => 0 }, 'keywords<xmp:subject', 'keywords<filename'); # copy all EXIF information, preserving the original IFD # (without '>*.*' tags would be copied to the preferred EXIF IFD) $exifTool->SetNewValuesFromFile($file, 'EXIF:*>*:*');
1) File name, file reference, or scalar reference
2-N) [optional] List of tag names to set or options hash references. All writable tags are set if none are specified. The tag names are not case sensitive, and may be prefixed by an optional family 0 or 1 group name, separated by a colon (ie. 'exif:iso'). A leading '-' indicates tags to be excluded (ie. '-comment'), or a trailing '#' causes the ValueConv value to be copied (same as setting the Type option to 'ValueConv' for this tag only). An asterisk ('*') may be used for the tag name, and is useful when a group is specified to set all tags from a group (ie. 'XMP:*'). A special feature allows tag names of the form 'SRCTAG>DSTTAG' (or 'DSTTAG<SRCTAG') to be specified to copy information to a tag with a different name or a specified group. Both 'SRCTAG' and 'DSTTAG' may use '*' and/or be prefixed by a group name (ie. 'modifyDate>fileModifyDate' or '*>xmp:*'). Copied tags may also be added or deleted from a list with arguments of the form 'SRCTAG+>DSTTAG' or 'SRCTAG->DSTTAG'. Tags are evaluated in order, so exclusions apply only to tags included earlier in the list. An extension of this feature allows the tag value to be set from an expression containing tag names with leading '$' symbols (ie. 'Comment<the file is $filename'). Braces '{}' may be used around the tag name to separate it from subsequent text, and a '$$' is used to to represent a '$' symbol. (The behaviour for missing tags in expressions is defined by the "MissingTagValue" option.) Multiple options hash references may be passed to set different options for different tags. Options apply to subsequent tags in the argument list.
By default, this routine will commute information between same-named tags in different groups, allowing information to be translated between images with different formats. This behaviour may be modified by specifying a group name for extracted tags (even if '*' is used as a group name), in which case the information is written to the original group, unless redirected to a different group. When '*' is used for a group name, the family 1 group of the original tag is preserved. (For example, specifying '*:*' copies all information while preserving the original family 1 groups.)
The options are the same was for "SetNewValue", and are passed directly to "SetNewValue" internally, with a few exceptions:
- The Replace option defaults to 1 instead of 0 as with "SetNewValue".
- The AddValue or DelValue option is set for individual tags if '+>' or '->' (or '+<' or '-<') are used.
- The Group option is set for tags where a group name is given.
- The Protected flag is set to 1 for individually specified tags.
- The Type option also applies to extracted tags.
A hash of information that was set successfully. May include Warning or Error entries if there were problems reading the input file.
The PrintConv option applies to this routine, but it normally should be left on to provide more reliable transfer of information between groups.
If a preview image exists, it is not copied. The preview image must be transferred separately if desired, in a separate call to "WriteInfo"
When simply copying all information between files of the same type, it is usually desirable to preserve the original groups by specifying '*:*' for the tags to set.
Get list of new Raw values for the specified tag. These are the values that will be written to file. Only tags which support a 'List' may return more than one value.
$rawVal = $exifTool->GetNewValues($tag); @rawVals = $exifTool->GetNewValues($tag);
1) Tag name (case sensitive, group names not allowed)
List of new Raw tag values. The list may be empty either if the tag isn't being written, or if it is being deleted (ie. if "SetNewValue" was called without a value).
Return the total number of new values set.
$numSet = $exifTool->CountNewValues(); ($numSet, $numPseudo) = $exifTool->CountNewValues();
In scalar context, returns the total number of tags with new values set. In list context, also returns the number of "pseudo" tag values which have been set. "Pseudo" tags are tags like FileName and FileModifyDate which are not contained within the file and can be changed without rewriting the file.
Save state of new values to be later restored by "RestoreNewValues".
$exifTool->SaveNewValues(); # save state of new values $exifTool->SetNewValue(ISO => 100); # set new value for ISO $exifTool->WriteInfo($src, $dst1); # write ISO + previous new values $exifTool->RestoreNewValues(); # restore previous new values $exifTool->WriteInfo($src, $dst2); # write previous new values only
None.
Restore new values to the settings that existed when "SaveNewValues" was last called. May be called repeatedly after a single call to "SaveNewValues". See "SaveNewValues" above for an example.
Set the file modification time from the new value of the FileModifyDate tag.
$exifTool->SetNewValue(FileModifyDate => '2000:01:02 03:04:05-05:00', Protected => 1); $result = $exifTool->SetFileModifyDate($file);
1) File name
2) [optional] Base time if applying shift (days before $^T)
1 if the time was changed, 0 if nothing was done, or -1 if there was an error setting the time.
Equivalent to, but more efficient than calling "WriteInfo" when only the FileModifyDate tag has been set. If a timezone is not specified in the FileModifyDate value, local time is assumed. When shifting FileModifyDate, the time of the original file is used unless an optional base time is specified.
Set the file name and directory. If not specified, the new file name is derived from the new values of the FileName and Directory tags. If the FileName tag contains a '/', then the file is renamed into a new directory. If FileName ends with '/', then it is taken as a directory name and the file is moved into the new directory. The new value for the Directory tag takes precedence over any directory specified in FileName.
$result = $exifTool->SetFileName($file); $result = $exifTool->SetFileName($file, $newName);
1) Current file name
2) [optional] New file name
1 if the file name or directory was changed, 0 if nothing was done, or -1 if there was an error renaming the file.
Will not overwrite existing files. New directories are created as necessary.
Set the order of the preferred groups when adding new information. In subsequent calls to "SetNewValue", new information will be created in the first valid group of this list. This has an impact only if the group is not specified when calling "SetNewValue" and if the tag name exists in more than one group. The default order is EXIF, IPTC then XMP. Any family 0 group name may be used. Case is not significant.
$exifTool->SetNewGroups('XMP','EXIF','IPTC');
1-N) Groups in order of priority. If no groups are specified, the priorities are reset to the defaults.
Get current group priority list.
@groups = $exifTool->GetNewGroups();
List of group names in order of write priority. Highest priority first.
Get the ID for the specified tag. The ID is the IFD tag number in EXIF information, the property name in XMP information, or the data offset in a binary data block. For some tags, such as Composite tags where there is no ID, an empty string is returned. In list context, also returns a language code for the tag if available and different from the default language (ie. with alternate language entries for XMP "lang-alt" tags).
$id = $exifTool->GetTagID($tag); ($id, $lang) = $exifTool->GetTagID($tag);
In scalar context, returns the tag ID or '' if there is no ID for this tag. In list context, returns the tag ID (or '') and the language code (or undef).
Get description for specified tag. This function will always return a defined value. In the case where the description doesn't exist, one is generated from the tag name.
A description for the specified tag.
Get group name(s) for a specified tag.
# return family 0 group name (ie. 'EXIF'); $group = $exifTool->GetGroup($tag, 0); # return all groups (ie. qw{EXIF IFD0 Author Main}) @groups = $exifTool->GetGroup($tag); # return groups as a string (ie. 'Main:IFD0:Author') $group = $exifTool->GetGroup($tag, ':3:1:2'); # return groups as a simplified string (ie. 'IFD0:Author') $group = $exifTool->GetGroup($tag, '3:1:2');
2) [optional] Group family number, or string of numbers separated by colons
Group name (or '' if tag has no group). If no group family is specified, "GetGroup" returns the name of the group in family 0 when called in scalar context, or the names of groups for all families in list context. Returns a string of group names separated by colons if the input group family contains a colon. The string is simplified to remove a leading 'Main:' and adjacent identical group names unless the family string begins with a colon.
The group family numbers are currently available:
0) Information Type (ie. EXIF, XMP, IPTC) 1) Specific Location (ie. IFD0, XMP-dc) 2) Category (ie. Author, Time) 3) Document Number (ie. Main, Doc1, Doc3-2) 4) Instance Number (ie. Copy1, Copy2, Copy3...)
Families 0 and 1 are based on the file structure, and are similar except that family 1 is more specific -- it sub-divides the EXIF, MakerNotes, XMP and ICC_Profile groups to give more detail about the specific location where the information was found. The EXIF group is split up based on the specific IFD (Image File Directory), the MakerNotes group is divided into groups for each manufacturer, and the XMP group is separated based on the XMP namespace prefix. Note that only common XMP namespaces are listed below but additional namespaces may be present in some XMP data. Also note that the 'XMP-xmp...' group names may appear in the older form 'XMP-xap...' since these names evolved as the XMP standard was developed. The ICC_Profile group is broken down to give information about the specific ICC_Profile tag from which multiple values were extracted. As well, information extracted from the ICC_Profile header is separated into the ICC-header group.
Family 2 classifies information based on the logical category to which the information refers.
Family 3 gives the document number when the "ExtractEmbedded" option is used. Nested sub-documents (if they exist) are indicated by numbers separated with dashes in the group name, to an arbitrary depth. (ie. 'Doc2-3-1' is the 1st sub-sub-document of the 3rd sub-document of the 2nd embedded document of the main file.)
Family 4 provides a method for differentiating tags when multiple tags exist with the same name in the same location. The primary instance of a tag (the tag extracted when the Duplicates option is disabled and no group is specified) has no family 4 group name, but additional instances have have family 4 group names of 'Copy1', 'Copy2', 'Copy3', etc.
See "GetAllGroups [static]" for complete lists of group names.
Get list of group names that exist in the specified information.
@groups = $exifTool->GetGroups($info, 2); @groups = $exifTool->GetGroups('3:1');
1) [optional] Info hash ref (default is all extracted info)
2) [optional] Group family number, or string of numbers (default 0)
List of group names in alphabetical order. If information hash is not specified, the group names are returned for all extracted information. See "GetGroup" for an description of family numbers and family number strings.
Builds composite tags from required tags. The composite tags are convenience tags which are derived from the values of other tags. This routine is called automatically by "ImageInfo" and "ExtractInfo" if the Composite option is set.
Tag values are calculated in alphabetical order unless a tag Require's or Desire's another composite tag, in which case the calculation is deferred until after the other tag is calculated. Composite tags may need to read data from the image for their value to be determined, so for these "BuildCompositeTags" must be called while the image is available. This is only a problem if "ImageInfo" is called with a filename (as opposed to a file reference or scalar reference) since in this case the file is closed before "ImageInfo" returns. However if you enable the Composite option, "BuildCompositeTags" is called from within "ImageInfo" before the file is closed.
Get name of tag from tag key. This is a convenience function that strips the embedded instance number, if it exists, from the tag key.
Note: "static" in the heading above indicates that the function does not require an ExifTool object reference as the first argument. All functions documented below are also static.
$tagName = Image::ExifTool::GetTagName($tag);
0) Tag key
Tag name. This is the same as the tag key but has the instance number removed.
Get a list of shortcut tags.
List of shortcut tags (as defined in Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts).
Get list of all available tag names.
@tagList = Image::ExifTool::GetAllTags($group);
0) [optional] Group name, or string of group names separated by colons
A list of all available tags in alphabetical order, or all tags in a specified group or intersection of groups. The group name is case insensitive, and any group in families 0-2 may be used except for EXIF family 1 groups (ie. the specific IFD).
Get list of all writable tag names.
@tagList = Image::ExifTool::GetWritableTags($group);
A list of all writable tags in alphabetical order. These are the tags for which values may be set through "SetNewValue". If a group name is given, returns only writable tags in specified group(s). The group name is case insensitive, and any group in families 0-2 may be used except for EXIF family 1 groups (ie. the specific IFD).
Get list of all group names in specified family.
@groupList = Image::ExifTool::GetAllGroups($family);
0) Group family number (0-4)
A list of all groups in the specified family in alphabetical order.
Here is a complete list of groups for each of these families:
AFCP, AIFF, APE, APP0, APP12, APP13, APP14, APP15, APP4, APP5, APP6, APP8, ASF, BMP, CanonVRD, Composite, DICOM, DNG, DjVu, Ducky, EXE, EXIF, ExifTool, FLAC, File, Flash, FlashPix, Font, FotoStation, GIF, GeoTiff, H264, HTML, ICC_Profile, ID3, IPTC, ITC, JFIF, JPEG, Jpeg2000, LNK, Leaf, M2TS, MIE, MIFF, MNG, MPC, MPEG, MPF, MakerNotes, Meta, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSP, PhotoMechanic, Photoshop, PostScript, PrintIM, QuickTime, RAF, RIFF, Rawzor, Real, SVG, SigmaRaw, SonyIDC, Stim, Vorbis, XML, XMP, ZIP
AC3, AFCP, AIFF, APE, ASF, AVI1, Adobe, AdobeCM, BMP, Canon, CanonCustom, CanonRaw, CanonVRD, Casio, Composite, DICOM, DNG, DjVu, DjVu-Meta, Ducky, EPPIM, EXE, EXIF, ExifIFD, ExifTool, FLAC, File, Flash, FlashPix, Font, FotoStation, FujiFilm, GIF, GPS, GeoTiff, GlobParamIFD, GraphConv, H264, HP, HTML, HTML-dc, HTML-ncc, HTML-prod, HTML-vw96, HTTP-equiv, ICC-chrm, ICC-clrt, ICC-header, ICC-meas, ICC-view, ICC_Profile, ICC_Profile#, ID3, ID3v1, ID3v1_Enh, ID3v2_2, ID3v2_3, ID3v2_4, IFD0, IFD1, IPTC, IPTC#, ITC, InteropIFD, JFIF, JPEG, JVC, Jpeg2000, KDC_IFD, Kodak, KodakBordersIFD, KodakEffectsIFD, KodakIFD, KyoceraRaw, LNK, Leaf, LeafSubIFD, Leica, M2TS, MAC, MIE-Audio, MIE-Camera, MIE-Canon, MIE-Doc, MIE-Extender, MIE-Flash, MIE-GPS, MIE-Geo, MIE-Image, MIE-Lens, MIE-Main, MIE-MakerNotes, MIE-Meta, MIE-Orient, MIE-Preview, MIE-Thumbnail, MIE-UTM, MIE-Unknown, MIE-Video, MIFF, MNG, MPC, MPEG, MPF0, MPImage, MakerNotes, MakerUnknown, MetaIFD, Minolta, MinoltaRaw, NITF, Nikon, NikonCapture, NikonCustom, NikonScan, Olympus, PDF, PICT, PNG, Panasonic, Pentax, PSP, PhotoMechanic, Photoshop, PictureInfo, PostScript, PreviewIFD, PrintIM, ProfileIFD, QuickTime, RAF, RAF2, RIFF, RMETA, Rawzor, Real, Real-CONT, Real-MDPR, Real-PROP, Real-RA3, Real-RA4, Real-RA5, Real-RJMD, Ricoh, SPIFF, SR2, SR2DataIFD, SR2SubIFD, SRF#, SVG, Sanyo, Scalado, Sigma, SigmaRaw, Sony, SonyIDC, Stim, SubIFD, System, Track#, Version#, Vorbis, XML, XMP, XMP-DICOM, XMP-MP, XMP-PixelLive, XMP-acdsee, XMP-album, XMP-aux, XMP-cc, XMP-crs, XMP-dc, XMP-dex, XMP-digiKam, XMP-exif, XMP-iptcCore, XMP-iptcExt, XMP-lr, XMP-mediapro, XMP-microsoft, XMP-pdf, XMP-pdfx, XMP-photomech, XMP-photoshop, XMP-plus, XMP-prism, XMP-prl, XMP-pur, XMP-rdf, XMP-tiff, XMP-x, XMP-xmp, XMP-xmpBJ, XMP-xmpDM, XMP-xmpMM, XMP-xmpNote, XMP-xmpPLUS, XMP-xmpRights, XMP-xmpTPg, ZIP
Audio, Author, Camera, Document, ExifTool, Image, Location, Other, Printing, Time, Unknown, Video
Doc#, Main
Copy#
Get list of all deletable group names.
@delGroups = Image::ExifTool::GetDeleteGroups();
A list of deletable group names in alphabetical order. The current list of deletable group names is:
AFCP, CIFF, CanonVRD, EXIF, ExifIFD, Ducky, File, FlashPix, FotoStation, GlobParamIFD, GPS, IFD0, IFD1, InteropIFD, ICC_Profile, IPTC, JFIF, MakerNotes, Meta, MetaIFD, MIE, PhotoMechanic, Photoshop, PNG, PrintIM, RMETA, SubIFD, Trailer, XMP
All names in this list are either family 0 or family 1 group names, with the exception of 'Trailer' which allows all trailers in JPEG and TIFF-format images to be deleted at once, including unknown trailers. To schedule a group for deletion, call "SetNewValue" with an undefined value and a tag name like 'Trailer:*'.
Get type of file given file name.
my $type = Image::ExifTool::GetFileType($filename); my $desc = Image::ExifTool::GetFileType($filename, 1);
0) [optional] File name (or just an extension)
1) [optional] Flag to return a description instead of a type
A string, based on the file extension, which indicates the basic format of the file. Note that some files may be based on other formats (like many RAW image formats are based on TIFF). In array context, may return more than one file type if the file may be based on different formats. Returns undef if files with this extension are not yet supported by ExifTool. Returns a list of extensions for all recognized file types if no input extension is specified. Returns a more detailed description of the specific file format when the description flag is set.
Can the specified file be written?
my $writable = Image::ExifTool::CanWrite($filename);
0) File name or extension
True if ExifTool supports writing files of this type (based on the file extension).
Can the specified file be created?
my $creatable = Image::ExifTool::CanCreate($filename);
True if ExifTool can create files with this extension from scratch. Currently, this can only be done with XMP, MIE, ICC, VRD and EXIF files.
Copyright 2003-2010, Phil Harvey
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Many people have helped in the development of ExifTool through their bug reports, comments and suggestions, and/or additions to the code. See the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in the individual Image::ExifTool modules and in html/index.html of the Image::ExifTool distribution package for a list of people who have contributed to this project.
exiftool(1), Image::ExifTool::TagNames(3pm), Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts(3pm), Image::ExifTool::Shift.pl, Image::Info(3pm), Image::MetaData::JPEG(3pm)
To install Image::ExifTool, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Image::ExifTool
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Image::ExifTool
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.