[Digikam-devel] [Bug 109253] Digikam does not store comments in image EXIF tags

[Renchi Raju]

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109253         
renchi pooh tam uiuc edu changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED



------- Additional Comments From renchi pooh tam uiuc edu  2005-07-18 21:55 -------
the comments are stored in the JFIF header and not in the Exif part of the jpeg file (I have corrected the wording for it). the reason to do is that in kde applications, when you choose to see the properties of the image, in the metainfo tab, the embedded comments are displayed as "Exif comments". By saving in the JFIF header we ensure that the when you save comments using digiKam, it can also be seen in other kde applications. 

About additional saving the comments as proper Exif comments: this was turned off, as the length of the string in the Exif comments is limited (i forget the exact length) and the writing both jfif and exif comments is just going to bloat up the image file and also slow down the operation of saving comments.