From a90cd53db621d88dce6a65072d881185f9726a79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulf Schiller Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:14:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Mention ExifTool for reading and writing metadata --- episodes/02-image-basics.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/episodes/02-image-basics.md b/episodes/02-image-basics.md index 26d594315..267399072 100644 --- a/episodes/02-image-basics.md +++ b/episodes/02-image-basics.md @@ -1037,7 +1037,13 @@ Metadata holds information about the image itself, such as when the image was captured, where it was captured, what type of camera was used and with what settings, etc. -We normally don't see this metadata when we view an image, +Many popular image editing programs have built-in metadata viewing +capabilities. A platform-independent open-source tool that allows +users to read, write, and edit metadata is +[ExifTool](https://exiftool.org/). It can handle a wide range of file +types and metadata formats but requires some technical knowledge to be +used effectively. +We normally don't see the metadata when we view an image using Python and imageio, but we can view it independently if we wish to (see [*Accessing Metadata*](#accessing-metadata), below). The important thing to be aware of at this stage is that From 5420fe64ff81987bfb4821ca74ab957b003deee9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulf Schiller Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:21:08 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add a paragraph break in 02-image-basics.md for better readability --- episodes/02-image-basics.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/episodes/02-image-basics.md b/episodes/02-image-basics.md index 267399072..5859f9130 100644 --- a/episodes/02-image-basics.md +++ b/episodes/02-image-basics.md @@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@ users to read, write, and edit metadata is [ExifTool](https://exiftool.org/). It can handle a wide range of file types and metadata formats but requires some technical knowledge to be used effectively. + We normally don't see the metadata when we view an image using Python and imageio, but we can view it independently if we wish to (see [*Accessing Metadata*](#accessing-metadata), below). From 255e2027b0f2a0bc8f25ed47c7d46dc73e225a9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulf Schiller Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:17:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Move mention of ExifTool to callout in 02-image-basics.md --- episodes/02-image-basics.md | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/episodes/02-image-basics.md b/episodes/02-image-basics.md index 5859f9130..cb6cd2bbb 100644 --- a/episodes/02-image-basics.md +++ b/episodes/02-image-basics.md @@ -1037,14 +1037,7 @@ Metadata holds information about the image itself, such as when the image was captured, where it was captured, what type of camera was used and with what settings, etc. -Many popular image editing programs have built-in metadata viewing -capabilities. A platform-independent open-source tool that allows -users to read, write, and edit metadata is -[ExifTool](https://exiftool.org/). It can handle a wide range of file -types and metadata formats but requires some technical knowledge to be -used effectively. - -We normally don't see the metadata when we view an image using Python and imageio, +We normally don't see this metadata when we view an image, but we can view it independently if we wish to (see [*Accessing Metadata*](#accessing-metadata), below). The important thing to be aware of at this stage is that @@ -1092,6 +1085,12 @@ metadata 'resolution': (1.0, 1.0, 'NONE')} ``` +Many popular image editing programs have built-in metadata viewing +capabilities. A platform-independent open-source tool that allows +users to read, write, and edit metadata is +[ExifTool](https://exiftool.org/). It can handle a wide range of file +types and metadata formats but requires some technical knowledge to be +used effectively. Other software exists that can help you handle metadata, e.g., [Fiji](https://imagej.net/Fiji) and [ImageMagick](https://imagemagick.org/index.php).