EXIF Editor Tool

Exif Editor Tool is a command-line script based off of Python 2.7 to assist and automate EXIF metadata modification for images via an auto-generated CSV file.

Features

The tool has multiple features:

• Modify:
  • Date/Time
  • GPS (latitude/longitude)
• Append tags/keywords
  • Tags are alphabetically ordered
• Wipe all EXIF data
• Watermark photos

Getting EXIF Editor Tool

The source code can be checked out from the github repository with

git clone https://github.com/dgalambos/Exif_Editor_Tool.git

Installation

• Pre-requisites
  • EXIF Editor Tool requires Python 2.7, Pip, as well as PyExifTool to run install the pre-requisites.

NOTE: Make sure to test that PyExifTool works by following the steps here

Once Python 2.7, Pip and PyExifTool are installed:

Install the dependencies via Pip and the requirements.txt:

$ cd path/to/repository
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Current requirements are:

tqdm==4.28.1
Pillow==5.3.0

Examples

Command	Description	Example
--csv	Generates CSV file in user-designated folder	$ python exif_editor.py --csv true
--wipe	Wipes all EXIF data	$ python exif_editor.py --wipe true
--gps	Updates GPS locations EXIF, if given in CSV file	$ python exif_editor.py --gps true
--time	Updates Date/Time (all) EXIF, if given in CSV file	$ python exif_editor.py --time true
--watermark	Adds watermark to photos (EXIF data copied over) to new folder. New images will be appended '_watermark' after filename	$ python exif_editor.py --watermark true
--tags	Adds tags/keywords to the image. New keywords get appended to old list and alphabetically ordered	$ python exif_editor.py --tags true

Commands can be stacked, too:

Command	Description	Example
--tags --watermark	Adds tags/keywords and also watermarks the images	$ python exif_editor.py --tags true --watermark true
--gps --time	Updates the GPS coordinates and Date/Time (all) of the images	$ python exif_editor.py --gps true --time true

Todos

• Update Installation steps better for Windows machines.
• Make the code more efficient!

Acknowledgements

This tool was created thanks to ExifTool by Steve Harvey as well as its Python wrapper PyExifTool by Sven Marnach