Sent: 2010-05-26 02:23:27 UTC (over 1 year ago)

From: Jon E. Pearkins

Discussion - Bug 61499: GIMP deletes IPTC and other metadata

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Bug 61499 was initiated 8 1/2 years ago and has become a "catch all" for
missing metadata issues. But, with its focus on viewing/changing metadata
values -- a major GIMP enhancement for which stand-alone tools already
exist -- it is easy to forget a much larger issue to GIMP users, that most
would consider a "serious bug": (some) existing IPTC and other metadata is
lost whenever you Open-Save a .jpg.

In my own case, I've been working, off and on, for a year to create a
"Caption It Once, Use it Forever" approach for WordPress photo galleries
that used the IPTC field "Caption_Abstract" of a .jpg file. Set the field
right when the original picture is loaded on to a computer. And you have a
caption for life, including automatically generated in WordPress photo
galleries during upload. Obviously, this is not viable if a simple cropping
or resizing in GIMP loses the metadata where the caption is stored. I have
documented the problem in Bug 619554.

What is the best way to ask the GIMP Development team to consider dividing
Bug 61499 into two separate tracks: serious bug (loss of metadata) and
enhancement (view/edit metadata)?

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Sent: 2010-05-26 17:07:48 UTC (over 1 year ago)

From: Martin Nordholts

Discussion - Bug 61499: GIMP deletes IPTC and other metadata

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On 05/26/2010 02:23 AM, Jon E. Pearkins wrote:
> What is the best way to ask the GIMP Development team to consider dividing
> Bug 61499 into two separate tracks: serious bug (loss of metadata) and
> enhancement (view/edit metadata)?

Hi,

I agree loss of metadata is a serious issue, but I don't think there is
a point in open up a separate "catch all" bug report for that unless
there are patches to be attached.

BR,
Martin

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