RSS feed for ExifTool updates 2009 Phil Harvey Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:20 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:24 -0500 http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ 90

Added read support for Apple iWork '09 files (Keynote, Pages and Numbers)

Added ability to write Nikon SerialNumber and ShutterCount tags

Added a few new Nikon LensID's and changed Tamron lens names to include model number (thanks Robert Rottmerhusen)

Decode a number of new Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch for much of this)

Decode a few new Sony tags and improved others (thanks Igal Milchtaich)

Decode a few new Ricoh tags, renamed RicohDateTime1/2, Revision and MakerNoteVersion tags, and added some print conversions

Decode Parallax in FujiFilm MPO MPImage2 images (thanks John Goodman)

Decode Canon EOS 1D Mark IV custom functions

Decode a number of new tags in MPEG-4 videos

Decode a large number of private GE DICOM tags

Decode a few more tags in AVI videos and attempt to fix problem calculating duration when multiple video streams exist

Enhanced -ee option to extract information from embedded MPF images

Improved Nikon LensID conversion to recognize user-defined lenses

Improved decoding of a few Olympus tags (ArtFilter, FaceDetect and FocusProcess)

Improved handling of warnings when processing corrupted ZIP files

Improved recognition of Canon teleconverters in Composite LensID tag

Added patch for Leica M8 bug which writes incorrect format for EXIF ExposureCompensation and ShutterSpeedValue

Changed prefix of unknown Leica M9 tags from LeicaSubdir to Leica_Subdir

Fixed problem writing encrypted Nikon WB Levels

Fixed problems reading PDF tags written by OS X 10.6 utilities

Fixed problem where the -charset option didn't work properly for some XML character entities when reading XMP ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v8.00 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:20 -0500

Added read support for Office Open XML files and improved recognition of many MS Office file types

Added read support for Phase One IIQ and Capture One COS and EIP files

Added read support for GZIP information (first archived file only)

Added a new Canon LensType (thanks Karsten Söte)

Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Geert De Soete)

Decode a few new Sony tags

Decode MakerNotes in Pentax AVI videos

Decode SerialNumber for newer Pentax cameras

Decode Canon FlashMeteringMode for most EOS models

Disabled some Sony A230 CameraInfo tags which weren't valid for this model

Give names to a number of unknown QuickTime atoms

Recognize VOB file extension (but audio information in MPEG private stream is not yet decoded)

Tolerate extra white space in GPX attributes when geotagging (fixes problem reading GlobalSat GPX files)

Minor improvements to FlashPix decoding

Changed names of all ZIP tags to avoid name conflicts with other tags

Changed Composite ImageSize to use ExifImageWidth/Height for CR2 images

Changed names of QuickTime image and video track description ImageWidth/Height tags to SourceImageWidth/Height

Fixed problems when -if option was combined with -v or -htmlDump

Fixed problem parsing NMEA track logs where coordinates have the wrong number of digits due to missing leading zeros (Holux M-241)

Fixed an incorrect Pentax LensType ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v7.99 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:30:32 -0500

Added -config and -use options

Added MWG support via a plug-in module ("-use MWG")

Added ability to read Sony Vegas tags in AVI videos

Added a couple of new Canon LensType's

Added a new Panasonic ShootingMode (thanks Joerg)

Added a new PentaxModelID (Optio P80)

Added a new CanonModelID (thanks Laurent Clevy)

Added a few new Canon 1D Mark IV custom functions values

Added warning for superfluous tag names on the command line when writing

Decode a few more tags for the Canon EOS 5D and 7D

Decode a number of new tags in Quicktime-based files (including MP4 and JP2)

Impose length limit on IPTC values when writing as per spec. (for backward compatibility, the length check may be disabled with the -m option)

Improved checks for invalid EXIF offsets and changed some warning messages

Improved decoding for a few Canon tags (and renamed NoiseReduction tag)

Improved date/time formatting to accept date-only values

Implemented print conversion for ID3 date/time tags

Enhanced writing of Photoshop:IPTCDigest to allow a special value of 'old' to represent the digest of the IPTC from the original file

Updated iptc2xmp.args and xmp2iptc.args to handle IPTC DigitalCreationDate/Time

Recognize a number of Sigma LensType's in X3F images

Recognize a large number of additional audio/video file extensions

Minor improvements to -htmldump output

Minor changes to some application warning messages

Fixed problem writing Canon CameraTemperature tags

Fixed "Error reading Info object" warning when reading a PDF file after deleting all PDF tags

API Changes:

• Added ability to specify config file via $Image::ExifTool::configFile
• Added EditGroup option for SetNewValue()

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Added ability to disable print conversion on a per-tag basis by suffixing the tag name with a '#' character

Added a new PentaxModelID (Optio WS80)

Decode a few more Sony tags

Decode a number of new Casio tags and values

Decode CameraTemperature for Canon PowerShot models (thanks Vesa Kivisto)

Improved warning messages for the -ext option

Improved DOF calculation to use ObjectDistance if SubjectDistance and FocusDistance are not available

Improved -X output to support more of the new -charset encodings

Made Composite:FileNumber writable

Use more detailed makernote directory names in EXIF warning messages

Decreased priority of tags in IFD1 of JPEG images to avoid taking precedence over tags from IFD0 or ExifIFD

Changed print conversion strings for TIFF SampleFormat tag

Renamed Casio ObjectDistance tag to FocusDistance

Fixed invalid character in a Minolta/Sony LensType string

Fixed bug decoding NITFVersion tag

Fixed bug where binary data was returned without the -b option when using an expression involving tag names for some tags such as ThumbnailImage

Fixed two problems which could result in runtime warnings when:

• reading truncated ICC_Profile information
• using -htmldump on an image containing invalid EXIF offsets

API Changes:

• Added ability to disable print conversion by suffixing tag name with '#'
• Changed name of BigTIFF 'ifd8' format to 'ifd64' for consistency

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Added new Geosync tag to allow geotagging of images with timestamps which are not pre-synchronized to GPS time

Added patch to avoid crash bug in Canon DPP software when OwnerName is set to a value that is exactly 3 characters long (doh!)

Added a few new Olympus LensType's (thanks Godfrey DiGiorgi)

Added a couple more Nikon LensID's (thanks Robert Rottmerhusen)

Added minor warning when fixing invalid counts in Kodak MakerNotes

Decode a few new tags and values for the Panasonic GF1

Improved parsing of command-line arguments to remove order dependencies of certain options

Minor improvement to decoding of Olympus FaceDetect tag

Changed "Error reading PreviewImage from file" to a minor warning

Changed conversion of Canon MeasuredEV to correspond more closely to LightValue (by adding 5 to the MeasuredEV value, which seems to be good for all EOS models, but it may be high by up to 1 EV for some PowerShot models)

Fixed problems decoding some CameraInfo tags for the Canon 7D with the new production firmware (1.0.7)

Fixed problems writing some CameraInfo tags for the Canon 50D and 5DmkII ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v7.96 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:00:05 -0400

Added read support for LNK (Windows shortcut) file metadata

Added patch to fix incorrect count written by a number of recent Kodak cameras to some tags in SubIFD3 of the MakerNotes

Added a few more Sony/Minolta LensType's

Added a couple more Canon LensType's (thanks Norbert Wasser)

Added a PentaxModelID for the new K-x

Decode a couple more Canon VignettingCorr tags (thanks Laurent Clevy)

Improved Canon FocusDistance conversions to indicate "inf" for maximum value

Improved DOF calculation to use SubjectDistance if FocusDistance is not available

Changed -fast, -scanForXMP and -unknown options to also apply when copying tags with -tagsFromFile ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v7.95 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:46:07 -0400

Added support for Leica M9 makernote format and decode a few new tags

Added a few new Leica LensType's

Added support for IGC GPS track logs (thanks Lionel Genet)

Added a number of alternate Macintosh character sets and changed a couple of character set names for -charset option

Decode even more Sony A100 tags (thanks Igal Milchtaich!)

Improved handling of FlashPix character translations

Changed a couple of Sony and Minolta AF tag names to be more consistent ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v7.94 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:30:05 -0400

Added a new CanonModelID (thanks Laurent Clevy)

Added a couple of new Nikon LensType's (thanks Robert Rottmerhusen)

Added a few new Pentax LensType's

Decode a number of new tags for the Canon EOS 7D

Calculate Duration for WAV audio files

Allow exponents when writing GPS coordinates (ie. "-gpslatitude=7.657e+01")

Print available character sets if no CHARSET is given for -charset option

Improved -v3 and -htmldump output to show MPF image data

Fixed -E option to work with tag descriptions when -lang option used

Fixed problem reading large FlashPix-format documents

API Changes:

• Added LargeFileSupport option

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Fixed new "-charset iptc=CHARSET" feature to work with -tagsFromFile ]]> http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html#v7.92 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:38:52 -0400

Added -charset option and support for additional Windows and Mac character sets. Character sets now supported are: UTF-8, Latin1, Latin2, Cyrillic, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic, Baltic, Vietnam, Thai and MacRoman

Fixed problem with some duplicate Nikon LensID's

Fixed incorrect Duration calculation for multi-channel FLAC audio files

Compatibility Notice: Removed "CreatorContactInfo" shortcuts which were added to ease the transition when some Iptc4xmpCore tag names were changed in version 7.45

API Changes:

• Added IPTCCharset option and support for additional character sets

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