It tries to preserve it. Not all file types support it though, and I beleive the version of Windows you're using affects this too.
Hi Rick,
I just saved a TIFF file as a JPEG with both MS Paint (Windows 8.1) and Paint.NET v4.0.5 with very different results in preserving EXIF data (see images below). As you can see, MS Paint preserved almost all of the original EXIF data, the changes being copying the title value to the subject, updating the bit depth from 48 to 24 and deleting the color representation value. Paint.NET made the same changes as Paint to the "Image" group, preserved only 2 properties from the "Camera" group and 1 from the "Advanced photo" group.
Can Paint.NET be modified to provide the same functionality as MS Paint when saving EXIF data (sans the weird subject update)?
Thanks
P.S. I just did a simple open file and save as JPEG without making any other changes to the image.
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Hi Rick,
I just saved a TIFF file as a JPEG with both MS Paint (Windows 8.1) and Paint.NET v4.0.5 with very different results in preserving EXIF data (see images below). As you can see, MS Paint preserved almost all of the original EXIF data, the changes being copying the title value to the subject, updating the bit depth from 48 to 24 and deleting the color representation value. Paint.NET made the same changes as Paint to the "Image" group, preserved only 2 properties from the "Camera" group and 1 from the "Advanced photo" group.
Can Paint.NET be modified to provide the same functionality as MS Paint when saving EXIF data (sans the weird subject update)?
Thanks
P.S. I just did a simple open file and save as JPEG without making any other changes to the image.