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any plugin that helps remove EXIF data - louis2008 - 01-18-2018
Yes I know there are other standalone freeware that will remove EXIF data quickly
but I will work intensively with GIMP so I want to save up the effort of starting
another application.
Are there any GIMP plugins that will remove EXIF data completely?
RE: any plugin that helps remove EXIF data - Ofnuts - 01-19-2018
This is an option when you export the JPEG (that you can make a default), is the removal incomplete?
RE: any plugin that helps remove EXIF data - louis2008 - 01-30-2018
(01-19-2018, 12:36 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: This is an option when you export the JPEG (that you can make a default), is the removal incomplete?
I am not going to "export"
I have a large number of Jpeg files that are with EXIF data (especially GPS location)
that I want to remove them in a bulk way within GIMP.
Yes I know I can do it with other third party program but it's not that inconvenient
to
RE: any plugin that helps remove EXIF data - Ofnuts - 01-30-2018
Gimp is a picture editor, not a photo manager.
To remove the Exif with Gimp you have to load them with Gimp, and reexport them as JPEG. Or you use File>Properties and import EXIF from an empty/dummy file to overwrite existing data. How is that more convenient than even running ExifTool tor remove just the GPS data, or remove everything but a few useful tags? See for example https://superuser.com/questions/450838/exiftool-delete-exif-data-but-preserve-some-specific-tags#450853
Rich will likely show up showing you how it can be done with XnView or IrfanView
RE: any plugin that helps remove EXIF data - rich2005 - 01-30-2018
(01-30-2018, 06:02 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Gimp is a picture editor, not a photo manager.
..snip..
Rich will likely show up showing you how it can be done with XnView or IrfanView
Nothing that suits the OP's requirements.
I was thinking more of something like shellout script and jhead -mkexif
see:http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/
Writes a tiny 'vanilla' exif header effectivly removes everything. Unfortunately that still needs a file that has already been saved, so might as well run jhead -mkexif *.jpg on a folder full of images.
Using XnView. Again works on saved files, as many as selected. Only advantage - it is GUI
screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/COqiiPK.jpg
RE: any plugin that helps remove EXIF data - marcuszan - 03-06-2018
I would advise OP to try
imagemagick/mogrify
mogrify -strip *.jpg
can do the trick. I understand the desire to use certain tools, but sometimes in my experience some jobs can be done better with a different tool.