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04/27/2011 11:08:23 AM · #1 |
I have a question for all you DPr's out there. I have been asked to send my original unedited picture to the admin on the most recent sadness challenge. I was unaware that saving into windows picture viewer changed the EXIF data, and I don't have the original picture still on my memory card. Does anyone know if there's a way to get the original picture without the EXIF stating "windows picture viewer" in it or am I SOL?
Thanks in advance!
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04/27/2011 11:38:14 AM · #2 |
the only way i can think of is getting some data recovery software and trying to get the original off of the deleted memory card. I had to do with one of my entries a while back but it worked.
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04/27/2011 11:43:46 AM · #3 |
| Thanks. I just bought a recovery program online - wish me luck! |
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04/27/2011 11:54:02 AM · #4 |
After 25 years working on Windows based PCs, I finally moved to a MAC. Got a MB Pro and one for the house...not at one time but now have them both.
I know that some software changes or deletes EXIF but why Windows would do this is beyond my software expertise. What purpose does it serve to have EXIF data removed upon transferring files?
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04/27/2011 12:43:05 PM · #5 |
| Weird - the program recovered photographs from AGES ago, but only a couple of recent ones (at least it recovered the ones that are in the most recent challenges!). Oh well. I guess I get a DQ. BOO! It was a PB as well!! I'll just chalk it up to a learning experience. |
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04/27/2011 03:03:32 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
After 25 years working on Windows based PCs, I finally moved to a MAC. Got a MB Pro and one for the house...not at one time but now have them both.
I know that some software changes or deletes EXIF but why Windows would do this is beyond my software expertise. What purpose does it serve to have EXIF data removed upon transferring files? |
It's not the OS, it's the (shitty) Windows Picture Viewer application, which is of course installed with the OS. That's the part I don't understand; why Microsoft, which has much better applications in it's own stable, chooses to include that piece of crap with its operating system.
Opening a file in an application without re-saving it shouldn't change EXIF. Key word is "shouldn't," not the same as "doesn't."
Edit for clarity
Message edited by author 2011-04-27 15:04:02. |
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