[Digikam-users] Image text

[Simon Cropper]

On 29/07/13 09:57, Erik Felthauser wrote:
> PNG absolutely supports metadata. It is not defined/standardized as much
> as jpg, but is supported, and digikam writes to it all the same info,
> and I find most programs I have tried also read it fine. GIMP
> unfortunately does not yet retain png metadata after editing, so must
> copy using exiv2 or exiftool, but there are plans to fix that
> eventually, I believe.
>
> On Jul 28, 2013 6:43 PM, "Simon Cropper"
> <simoncropper at fossworkflowguides.com
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>
>  > Some file formats do not support metadata -- e.g. PNG --
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Erik,

You are totally right. My answer was a bit simplistic.

I regularly use PNG with GIMP and have a range of scripts I have created 
to reinsert my metadata using exiv2.

That said, for the uninitiated, it can be confusing why their metadata 
is stripped out of their photos.

 > ... and digikam writes to it all the same info ...

OK, thats new... last time I checked it didn't but I just tried it and 
all the data is transferred. Great.

People will still have problems when using some external tools like GIMP 
or ImageMagik to do some specific edits.

-- 
Cheers Simon

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