07-27-2021, 07:31 AM
(07-27-2021, 07:01 AM)snowforest Wrote: You mean publish where? On the web? So someone can save the picture from web and then view its metadata?
Yes.
(07-27-2021, 07:01 AM)snowforest Wrote: I mark the checkbosx for save iptc data... but then I open it again and view metadata in gimp and there is nothing there excapt date and tie of creation I think because I didnt put anything as metadata. I didnt do anything special as to record any meta data , and I dont even know how to save metadata or save any personal info to a picture
You can edit the picture's metdata with Image ➤ Metadata ➤ Edit metadata
(07-27-2021, 07:01 AM)snowforest Wrote: I use windows 10
I can't make real recommendations since I don't use that. IrfanView/XnView come to mind; I assume Rich will be more specific.
(07-27-2021, 07:01 AM)snowforest Wrote: I will publish in a book I am writing. I also draw images myself. I was checking -without knowing what it means- just in case that I save more information that I am creator of the image. Then in a pdf I will send the book file to amazon for self publish. Can meta data be viewed in such case by others?
The image in the book may be be in a different format, and its copyright is covered by the book's copyright unless mentioned otherwise (but then it should be printed on the image, not in the metadata).
(07-27-2021, 07:01 AM)snowforest Wrote: Also when I check image properties, under color profile tab it says something like :
GIMP built-in sRGB
sRGB
Manufacturer: GIMP
Copyright: Public Domain
what does this mean? the images I edit with gimp becomes public domain?? I am assuming it refers to gimp itself there
This is the copyright of the image color profile, not of the image itself.
Note that you can also put a copyright as a Jpeg "comment", which is a different animal (see Image ➤ Properties).
Don't get too carried away with this copyright thing. Adding a copyright doesn't help much in court, your opponents can replace your copyright by theirs. Your protection is keeping unpublished images with more information from which the published image can be deduced (a multi-layer Gimp file, the uncropped photo from the camera....).