Exporting or copying [EXIF] metadata

[Sveinn í Felli]

Thanks Daniel,

Was stuck doing it on the Exif-tab. Works well from the ExifTool-tab, 
although it's quite more verbose than the info on the Exif-tab.

Best regards,
Sveinn


Þann 6.2.2026 20:13, skrifaði Daniel Bauer:
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> Am 06.02.26 um 20:31 schrieb Sveinn í Felli:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anyone have an idea on how to copy the EXIF-metadata of a single photo 
>> to a textfile?
>> It's possible in digiKam to export those into a binary .exif file, but 
>> how about just a normal textfile?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sveinn í Felli
> 
> Instead of selecting "Exif" select the "ExifTool"-Tab in the right 
> sidebar/Metadata. Click the tool-icon and select "save to file".
> 
> if you want to have only a subset of the data you can use the exiftool 
> standalone:
> 
> - download exiftool from https://exiftool.org for your OS and install it
> - open a terminal / command prompt
> - cd to the folder containing your photo
> - enter "exiftool your-photo.jpg > metadata.txt" (without quotes)
> this writes ALL Metadata to the file
> 
> You can also:
> 
> Only EXIF tags:
> exiftool -exif:all your-photo.jpg > exif.txt
> Skips file system info, XMP, IPTC, etc.
> 
> Short tag names:
> exiftool -s -exif:all your-photo.jpg > short.txt
> Shows internal tag names (e.g. ExposureTime instead of "Exposure Time")
> 
> Very minimal (just key camera settings):
> exiftool -Make -Model -Lens -FNumber -ExposureTime -ISO -FocalLength 
> your-photo.jpg > quick.txt
> Pick only tags you care about
> 
> If you want only specific tags ask Grok (or ChatGPT):
> 
> "Give me the commandline for exiftool on OS (Linux/Win/Mac) for Camera X 
> to get the following information from 1 *.jpg image:
> - Date and Time
> - Aperture
> ..."
>