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Only export your name+email in EXIF?

Is there a way in Aperture 3 to only export certain EXIF information such as your name and e-mail (like in "creator") and leave everything else out of the export?


I see no reason why clients should get to see aperture, focal length, shutter speed - and worse, the keywords I've used to tag a photo.


In case everything fails, I'd probably just have to export without EXIF at all, but it would be nice to at least have my own name and e-mail address in the photos.


Thanks.

Posted on Sep 7, 2011 10:43 AM

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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 11:37 AM

I don't see that it can be done with the export settings, but - as a work around - you could create a new version of your photo and erase the meta data and then export this version.

To erase the meta data just import a photo that has no meta data (any picture that was not taken with a camera will suffice), then set your copy right tags and lift and stamp that data onto the pictures you want to share.

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Sep 7, 2011 11:37 AM in response to Kawanaut

I don't see that it can be done with the export settings, but - as a work around - you could create a new version of your photo and erase the meta data and then export this version.

To erase the meta data just import a photo that has no meta data (any picture that was not taken with a camera will suffice), then set your copy right tags and lift and stamp that data onto the pictures you want to share.

Sep 7, 2011 11:51 AM in response to léonie

I thought about removing EXIF manually also but that would take like forever - but your idea about lift & stamp is quite clever, that way I can just set one the way I want it, and lift & stamp it to the rest. Sometimes solutions are hidden right in front of you 🙂


Still too bad Aperture can't be a bit more flexible with what EXIF to export, and I can't seem to find any easy-to-use EXIF editors for Mac, which doesn't cost a fortune.

Sep 7, 2011 12:15 PM in response to Kawanaut

Take a look at exiftool. Its a command line solution (there might be a GUI for it, be surprised if there isn't) but is extremely powerful when it comes to manipulating imbedded image data, and its free.


As an example to remove all imbedded data from an image the command is


% exiftool -all= image.jpg


To remove all metadata and add back the IPTC creator tag do:


% exiftool -all= -creator='Frank Caggiano' Desktop/2011/02/_MG_0276.jpg


BTW metadata such as email or creator is actually in the IPTC metadata. Not a major concern in this case but it might be a distinction you'll need to know about in the future.

Sep 7, 2011 12:17 PM in response to Kawanaut

Set up a Metadata Preset the way you want ("Aperture→Presets→Metadata"). Include all fields you want to change to empty -- leave them empty and checked in the Preset. Include the fields you do want data in, and supply that data (e.g.: Name, Contact, Copyright, etc.). Apply with "Metadata→Batch Change ... ". Select your Preset at "Add Metadata from:", and select "Replace".


_Use with Care!_ You are destroying data (just for the Versions to which you apply this, but still). Destroying data is almost always a bad idea.

Sep 7, 2011 1:20 PM in response to Kirby Krieger

This doesn't seem to work, because you can't edit the actual EXIF data with the Metadata Preset, only IPTC stuff etc. What I'd like to remove is stuff like shutter speed, focal length etc. There's no need for that in the export, I just want my name and e-mail (IPTC).

Kirby Krieger wrote:


Set up a Metadata Preset the way you want ("Aperture→Presets→Metadata"). Include all fields you want to change to empty -- leave them empty and checked in the Preset. Include the fields you do want data in, and supply that data (e.g.: Name, Contact, Copyright, etc.). Apply with "Metadata→Batch Change ... ". Select your Preset at "Add Metadata from:", and select "Replace".


_Use with Care!_ You are destroying data (just for the Versions to which you apply this, but still). Destroying data is almost always a bad idea.

Sep 7, 2011 1:28 PM in response to léonie

Either I must be doing something wrong, or this tip doesn't work 😉


I tried it - but with lift & stamp, the only thing that is being replaced is IPTC stuff, the actual EXIF data such as focal length, shutter speed etc., remains on the photo being stamped, even if I lifted from a screenshot that didn't have any EXIF.

leonieDF wrote:


I don't see that it can be done with the export settings, but - as a work around - you could create a new version of your photo and erase the meta data and then export this version.

To erase the meta data just import a photo that has no meta data (any picture that was not taken with a camera will suffice), then set your copy right tags and lift and stamp that data onto the pictures you want to share.

Only export your name+email in EXIF?

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