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@@ -1037,7 +1037,13 @@ Metadata holds information about the image itself,
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such as when the image was captured,
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where it was captured,
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what type of camera was used and with what settings, etc.
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We normally don't see this metadata when we view an image,
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Many popular image editing programs have built-in metadata viewing
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capabilities. A platform-independent open-source tool that allows
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users to read, write, and edit metadata is
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[ExifTool](https://exiftool.org/). It can handle a wide range of file
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types and metadata formats but requires some technical knowledge to be
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used effectively.
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We normally don't see the metadata when we view an image using Python and imageio,
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but we can view it independently if we wish to
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(see [*Accessing Metadata*](#accessing-metadata), below).
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The important thing to be aware of at this stage is that

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