Download ExifTool 12.04

Phil Harvey has released version 12.04 of ExifTool. ExifTool is a free and cross-platform program that allows the metadata of a large number of files can be managed and edited. It works from the command line, but there are third-party solutions available that allow it to be used with a graphical user interface as well. New versions appear regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta flag. This update is also referred to as a development version, the last stable release is version 12.00. Since version 12.02, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 12.04:

• Added read support for Zeiss ZISRAW CZI files
• Added some new values ​​for a couple of Olympus tags (thanks Sebastian)
• Decode a number of new tags for the Sony ILCE-7SM3 (thanks Jos Roost)
• Removed formatting restrictions on XMP-dwc:EventTime to allow a time-only value to be written
• Moved new QuckTime ItemList tags added in version 12.02 to the proper group (they were incorrectly added to the Keys group)
• Improved QuickTime -v3 output to show default language codes
• Patched -lang option to work for the values ​​of somet tags with coded translations
• Patched the format of a number of QuickTime tags when writing for improved compatibility with iTunes and AtomicParsley
• Patched to write a default QuickTime language code of 0x0000 (null) instead of 0x55c4 (‘und’)

Changes in version 12.03:

• Added family 7 group names to allow tag ID’s to be specified when reading and writing
• Fixed a couple of typos in tag values ​​(thanks Herb)
• API Changes:
  • Added HexTagIDs option
  • Enhanced GetNewValue() to allow family 7 groups names to be used
• Internal Changes:
  • Changed Composite tag ID’s to use “-” instead of “::” as a separator