Exif

I have had my suspicions for a couple of years that Photoshop had been stripping out the EXIF data that I inserted into my images with Exifer, and now after a bit of testing I have discovered that Photoshop CS3 does indeed remove EXIF data when saving JPG files. Here is the workflow that I have been trying out lately. Take pictures in JPG format Use Exifer to add EXIF and select IPTC data Use Microsoft Pro Photo Tools to add GPS and address information (geotagging) Copy all images into an “Originals” folder Edit the images being very selective as to what pictures are to be Photoshopped and shared with the public Publish to SmugMug, Facebook, Flickr, and/or my blog. Copy images to the Storage Area Network device Meta data in the form of EXIF and IPTC information makes it much easier to search for files years later and web sites like SmugMug will take the EXIF data and use them for descriptions, locations, and more on their web site. ...