MakerNote
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| − | [[Exif]] tag 37500, "MakerNote", is (unfortunately) a popular way to store custom metadata, particularly in image files created by digital cameras. | + | [[Exif]] tag 37500, "MakerNote", is (unfortunately) a popular way to store custom metadata, particularly in image files created by digital cameras (see [[Cameras and Digital Image Sensors]]). |
By the Exif standard, MakerNote is merely a block of arbitrary bytes, which creators of Exif files may use in any way they like. | By the Exif standard, MakerNote is merely a block of arbitrary bytes, which creators of Exif files may use in any way they like. | ||
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
* [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ ExifTool] | * [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ ExifTool] | ||
| + | * [https://www.logipole.com/metadata++-en.htm Metadata++] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Graphics]] | [[Category:Graphics]] | ||
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Revision as of 08:08, 31 December 2019
Exif tag 37500, "MakerNote", is (unfortunately) a popular way to store custom metadata, particularly in image files created by digital cameras (see Cameras and Digital Image Sensors).By the Exif standard, MakerNote is merely a block of arbitrary bytes, which creators of Exif files may use in any way they like.
Some of the data formats used in MakerNotes have been documented or reverse-engineered. A MakerNote usually begins with a signature of some sort, such as the name of a camera manufacturer, to help identify its contents.
