james4177 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Is it possible to retain exif data in an image edited by paint.net? I searched the forum and read the first dozen responses. Only one of them seem related to this issue and that poster never received a response. I searched the help files but found no entries for exif data. I'm not sure if this is a flaw in the way I'm using paint.net, something that isn't implemented yet, or something paint.net isn't meant to do. I'd like to edit my photos in paint.net and retain the exif data for display on my blog. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks! J-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 All the built-in codecs try to preserve EXIF data. If the underyling codec implementation (e.g. GDI+) discards that then there's not much that can be done. JPEG usually works the best for preserving EXIF in Paint.NET. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james4177 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 All the built-in codecs try to preserve EXIF data. If the underyling codec implementation (e.g. GDI+) discards that then there's not much that can be done. JPEG usually works the best for preserving EXIF in Paint.NET. Sorry, its taken me so long to get back and thanks for the reply! I'm taking a jpeg image from my Nikon, resizing it in paint.net, and saving it as a jpeg. The saved image has no exif data. Is this everyone's experience...? I tinkered around with this I think I discovered the issue (my issue really). I'm cropping the image by creating a fixed size selection and then copying that selection into a new image. The new image does not inherit the Exif data. My duh... Sorry to trouble you. J-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 The new image does not inherit the Exif data. If it did, then Paint.NET would presumably have to decide in which cases EXIF data should be copied over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james4177 Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 If it did, then Paint.NET would presumably have to decide in which cases EXIF data should be copied over. I don't mean to suggest that it should. It was simply my mistake in thinking that the selection I copied 'was the picture which contained the EXIF data'. It's really just a matter of the wrong frame of reference for me. Thanks for everyone's help. J-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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