Photographers here -- apart from Photoshop want app to extract EXIF info from photos


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Hi folks
Any good apps here to extract the EXIF info from digital photos -- EXCLUDING photoshop --
What I want is a quick "extraction" program that can simply scan a file list of photos - and without having to open them manually one ny one to get the EXIF info and then just create a text file.

What I'm doing is creating a MySQL (actually MariaDB) database with a thumbnail of the photo, a link to the actual print image, and the EXIF -- quite a simple DB. With this type of system I don't have to worry about proprietary "catalogs" and the system isn't at risk if a volume gets full up (MariaDB/MySQL can span dynamically many volumes if required).

It's also simple to extract MySQL / MariaDB into EXCEL via simple MsQuery type of stuff (install the Windows ODBC driver).

I know loads here do serious photography so maybe they've got aome suggestions.

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I wonder if this would help you extract the data into your DB. Works in Windows, Linux and on MacOS

ExifTool by Phil Harvey
 

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I left that first tool out of my post because it is not what @jimbo45 was looking for.
 

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Don't these EXIF data appear when you right-click on the photo and select Properties? However I am not sure if you can extract the data from there apart from copy-paste them.

PS: Yes, you can read them, but not copy-paste or extract them.
 

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Don't these EXIF data appear when you right-click on the photo and select Properties? However I am not sure if you can extract the data from there apart from copy-paste them.
exactly...BINGO...and here lies the issue.
 

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I wonder if this would help you extract the data into your DB. Works in Windows, Linux and on MacOS

ExifTool by Phil Harvey
Looks "Exactly what the doctor ordered" !!! -- Might have to create some type of batch script to recursively navigate folders -- this is where the Linux version could be better as I'm OK with Linux Bash scripts and crontab for running jobs than Windows.

Thanks

@SlicEnDicE

Playing around with it now on Linux -- should keep me quiet and busy this weekend !!!!!


Screenshot_20251010_111222.webp

Cheers
jimbo
 
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I realise this is a bit late, but I had looked into this a bit a few years back, using vbs. So I set about creating something that simply listed all the properties for a jpeg file (which seem to all be EXIF values). But a holiday to Greece got in the way, and I only got back today. So I 'finished it off' as far as it seems worth going at this stage. It allows one to select a folder at or below the starting point (the location of the vbs file) and lists, to screen and text file, all the properties it can find of the jpegs in that folder. If it proves useful, then it could be extended to start in any folder, and search sub-folders also.

The code looks like this (sorry for the tab alignment, should have used spaces):

Code:
'MNG 18/10/25  List EXIF data in jpg files
'source: https://superuser.com/questions/1408564/vbscript-to-extract-date-taken-from-a-photo
'most returned values confirmed by IrfanView

Option Explicit
Const   ForWriting          = 2
Const   FileCreate          = True
Const   TristateTrue        = 0     'We are OK with just ASCII data (I think), need -1 for unicode
Dim WshShell, sCurrentFolderName, sOutputFileName
Dim oFS, oImg, oTS, iPos, sExt, sprop, oCF, ofi, oShell, oBFF, sfn, spath

Set WshShell        = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
sCurrentFolderName    = WshShell.CurrentDirectory
sOutputFileName        = sCurrentFolderName & "\EXIF data.txt"

Set oFS                = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oTS                = oFS.OpenTextFile(sOutputFileName, ForWriting, FileCreate, TristateTrue)
Set oImg            = WScript.CreateObject("WIA.ImageFile")
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set oCF = oShell.Namespace(sCurrentFolderName)
'Browse for a folder - can't go above start point - room for improvement!
Set oBFF = oShell.BrowseForFolder( 0, "Select Folder", 0, oCF)

For Each ofi in oBFF.Items                    'for each file in folder (does not search sub-folders)
    sfn = ofi.name                            'get file name
    spath = oBFF.self.path                    'and path to it
    sfn = spath&"\"&sfn                        'combine to create fully-defined file path
                                            '(there may be a better way to do this)
'    WScript.Echo sfn                        'comfort the user when it all fails
    iPos    = InStrRev(sfn, ".")            'find first 'dot'
    if iPos > 0 then                        'folders have no . ! (I don't know if they will be found)
        sExt = Mid(sfn, iPos)                'extract file extension
        If (LCase(sExt) = ".jpg") Then        'for jpg only (this could also be improved)
            sprop = props(sfn)                'get all available properties
            oTS.WriteLine sprop                'write to file
            WScript.Echo sprop                'and screen until we are sure it works
        End If
    end if
Next
oTS.Close                                    'should probably delete objects also

Function props(sFileName)                    'read properties (mostly EXIF data)
    Dim s, prp

    oImg.LoadFile sFileName                    'Needs complete path
    s = "File: " & sFileName & vbcrlf & "prop count: " & oImg.Properties.Count & vbcrlf
    For Each prp In oImg.Properties            'seems to find 2 less than count?
        If prp.IsVector = False Then        'not sure what this excludes
            s = s & prp.propertyID & ": " & prp.name & " == " & prp.Value & vbcrlf
        end if
    next
    props = s
End Function

The output will look like this:
File: D:\dad\docs\dev\vbs\Read EXIF\spare\TRV - Copy.jpg
prop count: 50
271: EquipMake == Apple
272: EquipModel == iPhone 5
274: Orientation == 1
282: XResolution == 72
283: YResolution == 72
296: ResolutionUnit == 2
305: SoftwareUsed == 10.3.3
306: DateTime == 2018:02:19 19:18:04
531: YCbCrPositioning == 1
etc etc


I hope this may be of some use, but even if not, it kept me amused for a bit. Martin
 

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Don't these EXIF data appear when you right-click on the photo and select Properties? However I am not sure if you can extract the data from there apart from copy-paste them.

PS: Yes, you can read them, but not copy-paste or extract them.
Yes, but photo metadata is far more extensive than what Windows properties will show you.

Go to the CIPA website and download EXIF 3.0
 

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How about this approach

'Ask chatGpt to write you a PowerShell process to batch process multiple files and write all the EXIF values into your database.

Be sure to include your favorite RAW file format



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How about this approach

'Ask chatGpt to write you a PowerShell process to batch process multiple files and write all the EXIF values into your database.

Be sure to include your favorite RAW file format
And if you do, oh please, oh please, make sure you have a complete backup of all the files :oops:
 

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Exiftool is about the only option really. I wouldn't say it was simple though and it can be quite complex. I had to use it once. They do have a forum though to help with getting the right instructions to do it. If you remove ALL exif data then the photos lose their orientation and rotate. But if you only remove, say, the location, it doesn't remove all of it as there are so many different aspects to the location. With the help of their forum I ran the code that removed all exif data, while re adding the rotation data at the same time. Because removing all exif data was the only way to guarantee removing all location exif - including itty bits of things.

And that worked. But, be warned - I then found apple devices couldn't view the photos online and ended up having to convert them all to webp from jpeg.

Exiftool is quite powerful - and complicated. Things like photoshop and right clicking don't always show all the exif data.
 

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Also this site is very good for uploading the images after (or before) exif removal to tell you exactly what exif is on them and if there is any left and if so, what it is. It's also free and you can upload large numbers of photos. And it's accurate. No data is stored during the process - it's all in browser.

 

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This was the powershell command I used to remove all exif while re-adding the rotation exif (although note this was for .data files so "data" would need to be replaced with jpg if they are jpeg files. It was because they were .data files that apple devices then couldn't see them online as they were looking for jpeg files - it got complicated .............. And have backups before you start in case anything goes wrong!

exiftool -r -ext data -all= -tagsfromfile @ -Orientation -overwrite_original

Actually getting exiftool to work on computer can be tricky as well. The exiftool forum recommends installing exiftool via this Oliver Betz method - it makes it a lot simpler and guaranteed to work.

 

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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 14-ce3606sa
    CPU
    Core i5-1035G1
    Memory
    32gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 870 evo sata ssd
    Cooling
    Could be better
    Internet Speed
    50 mbps Starlink
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    Originally came installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion ce3606sa
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-1035G1
    Memory
    16gb
    Hard Drives
    Hynix Gold P31 2TB
    Internet Speed
    200mbps Starlink
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
One doesn't need to remove the exif info -- orig photo remains untouched - only a text COPY of selected exif info.
Then breaking that down into a csv type text file easy to load into MariaDB / MySQL and then one can run queries like "all beach photos between jul 1 and 10 shot with Canon D5 and 50 mm lens". Then you get a list back with file url links to the photos with thumbnails in -- depending om how you set your DB up. HediSQL is a good Windows tool for creating and managing tables etc in a MariaDB database.

EXCEL with ODBC driver from the AB/AQL site works brilliantly -- in EXCEL options though don't forget for the DATA option to enable the legacy data applications - web, msQuery etc.

e.g in properties in EXCEL -->Data (It's the 3rd option down in Data option for Engloish version of EXCEL). !!

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Cheers
jimbo
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows XP,11 Linux Fedora Rawhide pre-release 45
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    2 X Intel i7
    Screen Resolution
    4KUHD X 2
In ShareX, you can simply copy the data, but, only one at a time.
I haven't a clue how you would batch that process without making a mess of all the data! 🤷‍♂️

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My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS ROG Strix
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS VivoBook
Apologies I may have misread - I saw extract exif and assumed it meant remove - but maybe it’s more about copying exif data is that right?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home 25H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 14-ce3606sa
    CPU
    Core i5-1035G1
    Memory
    32gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 870 evo sata ssd
    Cooling
    Could be better
    Internet Speed
    50 mbps Starlink
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    Originally came installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion ce3606sa
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-1035G1
    Memory
    16gb
    Hard Drives
    Hynix Gold P31 2TB
    Internet Speed
    200mbps Starlink
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
You can change the metadata to anything you want in GIMP, and it's completely free.

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 22H2 Pro (X-lite Micro 11 version)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell/ Precision 7680
    CPU
    i7 13850HX (20 cores, 28 threads)
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    32GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel UHD/ RTX 1000 ADA
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    4K UHD Touchscreen
    Screen Resolution
    3840 x 2400
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 512GB system drive
    WD Blue 1TB game drive
    PSU
    240W AC adapter, 1800W when docked
    Internet Speed
    1 gigabit symmetrical
    Browser
    Firefox, Librewolf
    Antivirus
    None. Manully configured so nobody except me can change any critical system files. (Don't ask how, it's probably against some rule somewhere)
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