Image::ExifTool 6.42

Image::ExifTool is a Perl module that can read and write meta information.

SYNOPSIS

use Image::ExifTool ImageInfo;

# ---- Simple procedural usage ----

# Get hash of meta information tag names/values from an image
$info = ImageInfo(a.jpg);

# ---- Object-oriented usage ----

# Create a new Image::ExifTool object
$exifTool = new Image::ExifTool;

# Extract meta information from an image
$exifTool->ExtractInfo($file, %options);

# Get list of tags in the order they were found in the file
@tagList = $exifTool->GetFoundTags(File);

# Get the value of a specified tag
$value = $exifTool->GetValue($tag, $type);

# Get a tag description
$description = $exifTool->GetDescription($tag);

# Get the group name associated with this tag
$group = $exifTool->GetGroup($tag, $family);

# Set a new value for a tag
$exifTool->SetNewValue($tag, $newValue);

# Write new meta information to a file
$success = $exifTool->WriteInfo($srcfile, $dstfile);

# ...plus a host of other useful methods...

ExifTool provides an extensible set of perl modules to read and write meta information in image, audio and video files, including the maker note information of many digital cameras by various manufacturers such as Canon, Casio, FujiFilm, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Ricoh, Sanyo and Sigma/Foveon.