Download ExifTool 12.13

Phil Harvey has released version 12.13 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 12.11, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 12.13

• Add time zone automatically to most string-based QuickTime date/time tags when writing unless the PrintConv option is disabled
• Added -i HIDDEN option to ignore files with names that start with “.”
• Added a few new Nikon ShutterMode values ​​(thanks Jan Škoda)
• Added ability to write Google GCamera MicroVideo XMP tags
• Decode a new Sony tag (thanks LibRaw)
• Changed behavior when writing only pseudo tags to return an error and avoid writing any other tags if writing FileName fails
• Print “X image files read” message even if only 1 file is read when at least one other file has failed the -if condition

Changes in version 12.12

• Added ability to geotag from DJI CSV log files
• Added a new CanonModelID
• Added a couple of new Sony LensType values ​​(thanks LibRaw)
• Enhanced -csvDelim option to allow “t”, “n”, “r” and “”
• Unescape “b” and “f” in imported JSON values
• Fixed bug introduced in 12.10 which generated a “Not an integer” warning when attempting to shift some QuickTime date/time tags
• Fixed shared-write permission problem with —–@ argfile when using -stay_open and a filename containing special characters on Windows