This program seems to do a good job of that if you want it if you don't want it, no need to badmouth the program.Īgain, I'm quite pleased and impressed with the program - many thanks to both SuperUtils and Giveaway Of The Day, and compliments to SuperUtils for a nice job of programming!ĮxifCleaner *does* support drag and drop, for both the regular & portable versions.ĮXIF tags are only valid in JPEG, TIFF (rev 6.0 & higher) and RIFF wav files. I'm not really sure how this matters - with any means of creating an image, whether camera, cellphone, or even if you scan a picture on your computer, EXIF data may be added, and you may want to remove some or all of it. There are cameras that have internet capabilities to be able to send images/video to a desired location, so I wouldn't be surprised if they have GPS availability. Someone said that this is only useful for cell phone pictures because only cell phones add GPS data. ExifCleaner allows you to set which fields are removed, so again, this is well-programmed. If you're working with CMYK images, don't remove the EXIF fields that are associated with CMYK it's still fine to remove other EXIF fields that might be of concern, such as GPD coordinates. Beware though - if you register the shell extension, then remove the external drive the portable app is on, if you then try to use the right-click option, Windows will be confused and give you an error message.ĮxifCleaner doesn't allow editing of EXIF data, but it does display the data in the EXIF fields, so you can see what's there & determine if it's a problem for you. The portable version doesn't add a right-click option, because you can't have that in a portable application as normally installed however, it looks like the same Unregister/Register option is in the program. If you right-click a filetype that could have EXIF data, and you aren't seeing the "Process in ExifCleaner" option, try using the Unregister/Register option within ExifCleaner. Within the program, under the Edit menu, is an option that shows "Unregister Shell Extension" if the right-click option is installed, and shows "Register Shell Extension" if the right-click option isn't installed or has been removed. The regular version *does* add an option to the right-click in Windows Explorer to "Process in ExifCleaner" - and it's smart enough to only add it to filetypes that support EXIF. Because there's no EXIF data on other picture/file types, ExifCleaner correctly and cleanly tells you that other pics aren't a valid filetype - this is not a shortcoming of the program, it's the way EXIF works. To clear up some misinformation posted in other comments:ĮxifCleaner *does* support drag and drop, for both the regular & portable versions.ĮXIF tags are only valid in JPEG, TIFF (rev 6.0 & higher) and RIFF wav files. I also liked very much that SuperUtils posted the first comment here with such straightforward and helpful information! I tried it on both a 32-bit XP and 64-bit Vista, and it works admirably on both. Very nice program - simple installation, straightforward operation, and good detailed help document included. And it could also be used to restore only the selected fields to all selected images. Restoring previously extracted Exif data can serve to restore all extracted data back to the original image. Add ability to edit/add Exif data to selected image(s).īacking up just the extracted Exif data takes up a lot less room than keeping 2 copies of each image. Add ability to import or restore previously exported Exif data. Add ability to export or back-up removed Exif data. Move 'Add Image(s)' and 'Add from Directory' to the 'File' menu. Suggestions to make this program even better: It is standard programming practice to have 'Open' or 'Select' choices on the 'File' menu. You have to open the files before you can edit them. If the 'Add from Directory' menu item had been on the correct menu I could have saved a lot of time! Menu items to select/open files and folders should be on the File menu - not the Edit menu. I wasted a lot of time using the 'Add Images(s)' button to repeatedly browse through many sub folders and select many jpg images. Though with some additions it could be a great program.
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