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Added read/write support for Photoshop PSB file format

Added -fileOrder option to provide control over file processing order

Added a few new Sony/Minolta LensTypes (thanks Marcin Krol)

Added more Nikon LensID's (thanks Robert Rottmerhusen)

Decode metadata from all frames in AVCHD H.264 video with -ee option

Decode more H.264 tags and improved decoding of others

Improved decoding of some Olympus E-P1 tags

Improved handling of some types of unknown maker notes

Enhanced -p option to support output file headers and footers, and to parse embedded documents as separate input files when combined with -ee

Relaxed validation of PFM files to accommodate incorrect device type string written by FontForge software

API Changes:

• Enhanced GetFileType() to return descriptions for more file types

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Added a number of new Nikon LensID's (thanks Robert Rottmerhusen)

Decode GPS position and some camera settings from AVCHD (.M2TS) video

Decode a few new PhotoMechanic tags

Decode MacroMagnification for the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo lens in EOS 5DmkII and 40D images

Delete multiple Photoshop segments in JPEG images when deleting all Photoshop information and adding some back in one step

Print warning message in Windows when there are no matching files to process

Changed print conversion for PSP CreatorAppVersion

Fixed problem rewriting NikonCapture information written by NX2 ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.09 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:55:12 -0500

Added read support for Paint Shop Pro images (PSP and PSPIMAGE)

Added ability to decode a number of new character sets including JIS, and completely overhauled character encoding routines

Fixed problem reading old OS/2-format BMP images ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.08 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:32:46 -0500

Added read support for a number of font file formats (OTF, TTF, TTC, PFA, PFB, PFM, DFONT, AFM, ACFM and AMFM)

Added (experimental) read support for FLA files

Added a few new Sony LensType's (thanks Sander Stols)

Added a new Canon LensType (thanks Mark Berger)

Set BigTIFF MIME type to "image/x-tiff-big" (unofficial)

Fixed bug in GPS time drift correction when dates are specified for both GPS and image times

Fixed problem reading some IGC GPS logs ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.07 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:26:13 -0500

Added a few new CanonModelID's

Fixed a bug introduced in 8.05 which broke rewriting of XMP in MWG mode ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.06 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:33:05 -0500

Improved MWG conformance by ignoring non-standard EXIF, IPTC and XMP when the MWG module is loaded

CurrentIPTCDigest tag is now only generated for IPTC in the standard location (as specified by the MWG recommendation)

Added support for 3rd party trailers on ARW images

Changed names of Sony IDC date/time tags and decode the last unknown IDC tag

Fixed "-TAG-= -TAG=VALUE" syntax to work with shiftable (date/time) tags and tags with conversions

Fixed incorrect tag format when writing some PhotoMechanic tags

Fixed problem where some tags couldn't be written in Olympus ORF images ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.05 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:11:47 -0500

Added write support for Sony ARW and SR2 images (at long last!)

• WARNING: Some Adobe utilities (Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6, DNG Converter 5.6, LightRoom 2.6) have a bug which causes the tone curve to be incorrect for edited ARW images from some Sony cameras (A500, A550, A700, A850, A900 and maybe others)

Compatibility Notice: Embedded JPEG in ARW and SR2 images is now extracted as PreviewImage instead of JpgFromRaw

Added read/write support for Sony IDC tags

Added support for Leica X1 maker notes and decode a few tags

Added support for DigiKam XMP schema

Added a new Minolta/Sony LensType (thanks Jean-Michel Dubois)

Decode Nikon D90 AFAreaModeSetting

Decode Nikon NEFBitDepth (thanks Warren Hatch)

Decode a few new Sony SRF, Casio AVI and MSOffice TIFF tags

Enhanced Geosync tag to allow GPS time-drift correction

Fixed Nikon D3 FlashSyncSpeed values (thanks Warren Hatch) ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.04 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:38:56 -0500

Added a new Nikon ExternalFlashFlags value (thanks Warren Hatch)

Implemented -charset id3=CHARSET option in Windows version too (oops!)

Improved heuristic for guessing EXIF "Unicode" string byte order

Improved decoding of some obscure QuickTime tags

Renamed Casio SelfTimer tag to ReleaseMode and added new values

Fixed problem converting numerical M4P Genre values ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.03 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:36:18 -0500

Added MIME types for Apple iWork file formats

Added bitmask to -v2 output for applicable tags

Added a new Canon LensType and fixed an incorrect one (thanks Hugh Griffiths)

Added a few new Ricoh Saturation values (written by GXR)

Added ability to specify character set for ID3v1 information

Added French translations for some Nikon tags (thanks Harry Nizard)

Extract FilePermissions information

Decode Nikon D90 custom settings

Decode a few more Nikon tags and removed AutoBracketRelease (thanks Warren Hatch)

Decode a few more GIF tags (and changed groups of some others)

Decode some information from JPEG APP4 "SCALADO" segment

Updated DICOM decoding to latest (2008) specification

Enhanced -fast option to allow MakerNote information to be skipped

Changed -v0 to enable output autoflushing for STDERR as well as STDOUT

Improved decoding of some QuickTime tags (fixes M4P Genre problem)

API Changes:

• Added CharsetID3 option
• Changed name of IPTCCharset option to CharsetIPTC (but IPTCCharset may still be used for backward compatibility)

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Compatibility Notice: Extract full-sized preview from X3F images as JpgFromRaw instead of PreviewImage

Added support for the new X3F version 2.3 files written by the Sigma DP2

Added support for a few more XMP-acdsee tags

Decode Nikon D3 custom settings (thanks Warren Hatch) and extrapolate to D3S, D3X and D300S

Decode the few remaining Nikon D300 custom settings (thanks Stuart Solomon for providing sample images)

Decode Nikon D5000 custom settings

Decode Nikon FlashColorFilter tag (thanks Warren Hatch)

Decode a few more PNG tags

Created a new family 1 group for Nikon custom settings

Improved write conversions for EXIF Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness

Fixed problem with %f and %e when the source file has no extension

Fixed problem decoding Nikon D3 flash group B and C intensities

Fixed missing MIME type for XLT files ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.01 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:16:43 -0500