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Harvey Posts ExifTool 13.00 Production Release
29 October 2024
Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v13.00, an update to the recent v12.76 and the first production release since v12.76 on Feb. 7. The release is available in three formats, including a Windows executable and macOS package.
Changes since the last non-production release include:
Version 13.00:
- Added support for reading GPS from Autel Evo II drone videos
- Added a new PhaseOne RawFormat value
- Updated XMP-exifEX tags, exif2xmp.args and xmp2exif.args according to the 2024 Exif for XMP specification
- Updated Geolocation databases from current geonames.org files
- Updated the MIME types for a couple of font formats
- Enhanced -diff option to work with -ec (C-style escape of special chars)
- Changed name of EXIF Title tag to ImageTitle to correspond with specification
- Reverted a geotag warning message to remove debugging information that was added in version 12.67 and moved this information into a -v3 verbose message
- Patched Perl bug which gave "Can't spawn" warning in Windows if control-C was pressed while displaying the exiftool application help
- Fixed API StructFormat JSONQ setting to properly quote values in structures
- Fixed incorrect AudioStreamType for M2TS videos containing a PGS stream
- Fixed -diff option so "same tags" messages are only shown when -v is added (as per the documentation)
In addition to the production releases, Harvey posts regular updates to ExifTool to handle new cameras and newly-decoded tags. His site includes an encyclopedia of Exif Tag Names in addition to extensive documentation and links to other resources.
We rely on the Perl library to write copyright information into the Exif header of our JPEGs and into DNG files. We also use it to read Exif header information. Our Services page includes a blow-by-blow account of building an OS X contextual menu service using ExifTool and we've added a Services Request form so you can request our help with your own software development.
We've explained how to reset the capture time in your images with ExifTool in Spring Back After The Fact. And we've written about using the tool in Copyrighter Pro to add copyright information to your images, as well. Most recently, we published Using Exiftool as an Image Organizer.
It's really the Swiss Army knife of Exif data.