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<br><a href="#license">License</a>
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<a href="Image-ExifTool-6.90.tar.gz">
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Download Version 6.90</a> (1.3 MB) -
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<a href="history.html">May 10, 2007</a></b></td></tr></table></blockquote>
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<a href="Image-ExifTool-7.00.tar.gz">
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Download Version 7.00</a> (1.4 MB) -
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<tr><td>AI</td><td>R</td><td>Adobe Illustrator (<a href="TagNames/PostScript.html">PS</a> or <a href="TagNames/PDF.html">PDF</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/APE.html">APE</a></td><td>R</td><td>Monkey's Audio format</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ARW</td><td>R</td><td>Sony Alpha RAW format (<a href="TagNames/EXIF.html">TIFF</a>-based)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/ASF.html">ASF</a></td><td>R</td><td>Microsoft Advanced Systems Format</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/RIFF.html">AVI</a></td><td>R</td><td>Audio Video Interleaved (RIFF-based)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/BMP.html">BMP, DIB</a></td><td>R</td><td>Windows BitMaP / Device Independent Bitmap</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/EXIF.html">BTF, TIFF, TIF</a></td><td>R</td><td>BigTIFF (64-bit Tagged Image File Format)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CR2</td><td>R/W</td><td>Canon RAW 2 format (<a href="TagNames/EXIF.html">TIFF</a>-based)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/CanonRaw.html">CRW, CIFF</a></td><td>R/W</td><td>Canon RAW Camera Image File Format (<a href="canon_raw.html">CRW specification</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/DICOM.html">DCM, DC3, DIC, DICM</a></td><td>R</td><td>DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine</td></tr>
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<tr><td>DOC</td><td>R</td><td>Microsoft Word Document (<a href="TagNames/FlashPix.html">FPX</a>-like)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ERF</td><td>R/W</td><td>Epson RAW Format (<a href="TagNames/EXIF.html">TIFF</a>-based)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/FLAC.html">FLAC</a></td><td>R</td><td>Free Lossless Audio Codec</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/FlashPix.html">FPX</a></td><td>R</td><td>FlashPix image</td></tr>
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<tr><td>GIF</td><td>R/W</td><td>Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/ICC_Profile.html">ICC, ICM</a></td><td>R/W/C</td><td>International Color Consortium color profile</td></tr>
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<tr><td>K25</td><td>R</td><td>Kodak DC25 RAW (<a href="TagNames/EXIF.html">TIFF</a>-based)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/QuickTime.html">M4A</a></td><td>R</td><td>MPEG 4 Audio</td></tr>
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<tr><td>MEF</td><td>R</td><td>Mamiya (RAW) Electronic Format (<a href="TagNames/EXIF.html">TIFF</a>-based)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="TagNames/MIFF.html">MIFF, MIF</a></td><td>R</td><td>Magick Image File Format</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PEF</td><td>R/W</td><td>Pentax (RAW) Electronic Format (<a href="TagNames/EXIF.html">TIFF</a>-based)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PPT</td><td>R</td><td>Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (<a href="TagNames/FlashPix.html">FPX</a>-like)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>APP5 - <a href="TagNames/Ricoh.html#RMETA">Ricoh RMETA</a></td><td>R</td><td>Ricoh custom fields</td></tr>
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<tr><td>APP13 - <a href="TagNames/Photoshop.html">Photoshop IRB</a></td><td>R/W/C</td><td>Image Resource Block (multi-segment, includes <a href="TagNames/IPTC.html">IPTC</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>APP14 - <a href="TagNames/JPEG.html#APP14">Adobe</a></td><td>R</td><td>Adobe DCT filter information</td></tr>
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<tr><td>APP15 - <a href="TagNames/JPEG.html#APP15">GraphicConverter</a></td><td>R</td><td>GraphicConverter quality information</td></tr>
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<tr><td>APP13 - <a href="TagNames/JPEG.html#AdobeCM">Adobe CM</a></td><td>R</td><td>Adobe Color Management information</td></tr>
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<p><b>Windows users:</b> You can get a good, free Perl interpreter from
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<h2><font color='#cc6600'><a name="problems">Known Problems</a></font>
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<li>There is a bug in the Apple RAW file support (OS X 10.4.10) which prevents
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file. ExifTool does not process the resource fork, so this information is lost
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if the file is rewritten. (The resource fork is also typically dropped if the
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file is simply transferred to a non-Macintosh system.)</li>
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<h3>Related Utilities</h3>
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<p>Below are some utilities which take advantage of the ExifTool engine:</p>
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<ul><li><a href="http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/Extract%20Preview.sit">Download</a>
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a stand-alone Mac OS X droplet to extract preview images from RAW files (thanks to Brett Gross)</li>
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<li><a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/renrot/">renrot</a>: Utility to rename and rotate image files</li>
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<li><a href="https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/projects/renrot/">renrot</a>: Perl utility to perform various processing tasks on images</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.proxel.se/exif.html">Proxel EXIF Tool</a>: Photoshop plugin based on ExifTool</li>
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<li><a href="http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=30971">rawimage:</a> A kfile plugin and thumbnail image handler for RAW formats</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.thezeal.com/blog/?p=145">Exif Stats Utility</a>: Analyzes images to tabulate apertures, exposure times, etc</li>
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<p>This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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same terms as <a href="http://dev.perl.org/licenses/">Perl itself</a>.</p>
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<h2><a name="donate">Donations</a>
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<p>ExifTool is free, but due to popular request I am providing a way for
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those who feel the need to send me some money. It is really not necessary,
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but thank you very much if you decide to make a contribution:</p>
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<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="POST">
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<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
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<input type="hidden" name="business" value="phil@physics.queensu.ca">
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<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/">
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<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="ExifTool Donation">
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<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
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$<input name="amount" value="0.00" size="6">
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<input type="submit" value="Donate via PayPal">
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<h2><a name="contact">Contact Me</a>
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<p>Feel free to drop me a note if you find ExifTool useful, or if you have any
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comments, suggestions or questions. My e-mail address is on the first line of
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the README file of the full distribution. Thanks. - <i>Phil Harvey</i></p>
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the README file in the full distribution. Thanks. - <i>Phil Harvey</i></p>
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<th><a href="install.html" class='wt'> Installing </a></th>