Download ExifTool 12.59

Phil Harvey has released version 12.59 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 are released regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta banner. This update is also referred to as a development version; the latest stable release is version 12.50. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in version 12.59:

• COMPATIBILITY WARNING: Changed the calculated ImageDataMD5 for JPEG images to include all data from the SOS to the EOI (including the SOS marker but not the EOI marker)
• Added new -fileNUM option to load tags from alternate files
• Added family 8 groups for accessing tags from alternate files
• Added new XMP-et:OriginalImageMD5 tag for storing ImageDataMD5 value
• Added verbose ImageDataMD5 message for JPEG files
• Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode a new Olympus tag and improved decoding of another (thanks Herb)
• Decode a couple of new PanasonicRaw tags
• Decode image coordinates for a couple more VNT object types
• Enhanced ImageDataMD5 to also support MRW, CR3, IIQ, PNG, MOV/MP4 and some RIFF-based files
• Improved verbose messages when deleting NikonApp trailer
• Patched to avoid structure warnings when copying tags from Nikon files containing NKSC metadata
• Fixed %-C filename format code to work properly with the -fileOrder and -progress options
• Fixed potential ValueConv warning when reading LIF files
• API Changes:
  • Added SetAlternateFile method