[Gimp-user] X-Default

[rich404 <forums gimpusers com>]

> I hope somebody can help me. 
> Meanwhile I've corrected thousends of fotographs by Gimp (Vers.
> 2.8.14).
> All of these pictures are described with any foto processing program
> (e.g. photoshop) under the EXIF name of 'title'.
> If I use gimp2 the EXIF picture description got lost and instead of
> this I get 'x-default' as new title.
> If I open File>Properties I can find the my original picture
> description as EXIF-Dates of  'ImageDescription' and 'XPTitle'.
> If I save the picture I find (instead of the correct Title) always
> 'X-default' as the Title.
>
> Example:
> My foto is described by 'Railway Station' as EXIF title.
> In Gimp2 I find under file>properties as ImageDescription and as Title
> 'Railway Station'
> If I Export or overwrite the respective foto I get 'X-default' instead
> of 'Railway Station'
>
> I use the windows version 2.8.14 in German.
>
> I tried nearly everything to find a solution but I failed. Does
> somebody could help me?

Even if you update to Gimp 2.10 which has better exif support, that particular
XMP data is lost.

What you can use is Imagemagick - www.imagemagick.org - to save the data
**before** any editing.

The command to extract the data is:

magick original.jpg in.xmp

The file in.xmp is text and can be edited if required.

After editing and exporting the file (edited.jpg) the XMP data is written back
to a new jpeg

magick edited.jpg -profile XMP:in.xmp new.jpg

A couple of screenshots:

1. Shows the terminal and commands.

2. Shows a comparison between the original jpeg and the final (new) edited jpeg.

Not that it helps in your case but why Gimp 2.8.16? The current is 2.8.22 with
many bugs fixed.

rich: www.gimp-forum.net

Attachments:
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/868/original/01-make.jpg
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/869/original/02-compare.jpg

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