ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in image, audio and video files. ExifTool supports many different types of metadata including EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3, as well as the maker notes of many digital cameras by Canon, Casio, FujiFilm, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Ricoh, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon and Sony.
Features:
-Powerful, fast, flexible and customizable
-Supports a large number of different file formats
-Reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, ID3 and more...
-Writes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, AFCP and more...
-Reads and writes maker notes of many digital cameras
-Shifts date/time values to fix timestamps in images
-Renames files and organizes in directories (by date or by any other meta information)
-Extracts thumbnail images, preview images, and large JPEG images from RAW files
-Copies meta information between files (even different-format files)
-Deletes meta information individually, in groups, or altogether
-Sets the file modification date from EXIF information
-Supports alternate languages in XMP and MIE information
-Processes entire directory trees
-Creates text output file for each image file
-Automatically backs up original image when writing
-Organizes output into groups
-Conditionally processes files based on value of any meta information
-Ability to add user-defined tags
-Recognizes thousands of different tags
-Tested with images from thousands of different camera models
-Advanced verbose and HTML-based hex dump outputs

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