Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Free Microsoft Metadata Management Tool

For those who don’t have Adobe Photoshop and its fine tool called Bridge that assists in management of metadata for digital photographs, or another similar application, Microsoft has released a free add-in tool to manage this information inside Windows Explorer for Windows XP SP2 and Vista users. Best part is that its free and can be downloaded here. Called ‘Microsoft Photo Info’ some features include the ability to edit metadata of a single image file or an entire collection, generate copyright notice automatically, view and correct EXIF capture data, as well as preview the image itself. This add-in supports JPEG, TIFF, WDP, HDP, NEF, CR2 and CRW file types. File type support may expand with future releases. Once installed just right-click on the image file within Windows Explorer and select 'Photo Info' from the context menu. Tabs available withing the application menu for modifying the file include Description, Keywords, Origin, Advanced, and Details along with a thumbnail of the image being modified. Settings can be reverted if necessary.
Image provided by Microsoft.

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