7 libexif is a library for parsing, editing, and saving EXIF data. It is
8 intended to replace lots of redundant implementations in command-line
9 utilities and programs with GUIs.
14 libexif supports parsing, editing and saving of EXIF data. In addition, it
15 has gettext support. All EXIF tags described in EXIF standard 2.1
21 libexif is written in plain C and does not require any additional library.
26 If you are looking for a library to read/write MakerNotes, get libmnote.
27 libexif is about tags.
32 Right now, I know of the following frontends to libexif:
33 - exif: A small command-line utility to show EXIF information in JPEG
34 files (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/libexif).
35 - gexif: A GTK+ frontend for editing EXIF data
36 (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/libexif).
37 - gphoto2: A command-line frontend to libgphoto2, a library to access a
38 wide range of digital cameras (http://www.gphoto.org).
39 - gtkam: A GTK+ frontend to libgphoto2 (http://www.topfrose.de).
40 - thirdeye: Digital photos organizer and driver for eComStation
41 (http://ecomstation.ru/thirdeye).
42 If you would like to migrate your program to use libexif or add EXIF support
43 to it, don't hesitate to contact the authors.
48 libexif includes a 'libjpeg' that is 'educational code to illustrate the
49 syntax of JPEG files'. Please ignore it. It is a bug that it is
50 distributed, but I think it may be useful for other people.
55 libexif has originally been written by Curtis Galloway
56 <curtisg@users.sourceforge.net>. Because of the original design not
57 supporting editing and saving, Lutz Müller <lutz@users.sourceforge.net>
58 rewrote libexif from scratch.
63 Some links you might want to check out if you are interested in further
64 information about EXIF.
66 - http://drewnoakes.com/code/exif: metadata extraction framework in Java
67 - http://www.pima.net: This is where I got the exif standard from. Site is
68 down as of 2002/12/31.
69 - http://www.jeida.or.jp: Can't remember any more. Site is down as of
71 - http://www.exif.org: information about the EXIF standard.