Re: Exporting or copying [EXIF] metadata
Daniel Bauer <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Feb 2026 21:13:22 +0100
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Am 06.02.26 um 20:31 schrieb Sveinn í Felli: > Hi, > > Anyone have an idea on how to copy the EXIF-metadata of a single photo > to a textfile? > It's possible in digiKam to export those into a binary .exif file, but > how about just a normal textfile? > > Thanks, > > Sveinn í Felli Instead of selecting "Exif" select the "ExifTool"-Tab in the right sidebar/Metadata. Click the tool-icon and select "save to file". if you want to have only a subset of the data you can use the exiftool standalone: - download exiftool from https://exiftool.org for your OS and install it - open a terminal / command prompt - cd to the folder containing your photo - enter "exiftool your-photo.jpg > metadata.txt" (without quotes) this writes ALL Metadata to the file You can also: Only EXIF tags: exiftool -exif:all your-photo.jpg > exif.txt Skips file system info, XMP, IPTC, etc. Short tag names: exiftool -s -exif:all your-photo.jpg > short.txt Shows internal tag names (e.g. ExposureTime instead of "Exposure Time") Very minimal (just key camera settings): exiftool -Make -Model -Lens -FNumber -ExposureTime -ISO -FocalLength your-photo.jpg > quick.txt Pick only tags you care about If you want only specific tags ask Grok (or ChatGPT): "Give me the commandline for exiftool on OS (Linux/Win/Mac) for Camera X to get the following information from 1 *.jpg image: - Date and Time - Aperture ..." -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga Twitter: @Marsfotografo (often explicit nudes) https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com (nudes)