In my image raw files, the Modify Date, Date/Time Original, and Create Date are always the same. And if you've never peaked to see what is in there, you should it is fascinating to see all the information hidden inside your digital camera raw file's metadata: exiftool /media/digikam/rawpeg/08/0807/080702_153429.cr2īelow is a tiny excerpt from the terminal output you'd see if you ran the above command (replacing my image file name with your image file name, of course) on one of your digital camera raw files: File Modification Date/Time : 2011:01:20 12:02:35-05:00 The very most basic thing you can do with ExifTool is display your image file metadata. (But then again, I didn't write any of these other softwares, so who am I to complain?) Basic exifTool commands for digital photography As ExifTool was the first and is (imho) by far the most complete, safe, well-tested, well-documented, and up-to-date software you can use to manipulate metadata, I think it is confusing that lesser, later softwares (in the realm of metadata manipulation) don't follow ExifTool's lead in the matter of tag and group names. ![]() Warning: ExifTool and digiKam (and other imaging softwares) don't always use the same tag and group names. The list of composite metadata is surprisingly long and comprises some of the most useful metadata you can view, use, and modify at the command line using ExifTool.
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