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Sidekick-CA Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 04/06/2011 1:57 pm Is there any way to preserve this in the image properties AFTER I've run it through a graphics program, ie. Gimp/PSE? I've noticed some of the posters images still have it but I lose mine after resizing or whatever. Nothing critical but it would be nice to have at my fingertips to refer back to when needed. Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 189767 Posts	Posted 04/06/2011 2:11 pm I use Paint.NET and it always retains the metadata created by the camera. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sidekick-CA Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 04/06/2011 6:05 pm Thanks jbuck. I'll take a look at her. I was hoping it was just some sort of option I was missing in the software I'm already using. Sure would like to keep that data. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 04/07/2011 12:39 pm Never lose the original. Always "Save As" when postprocessing an image. That should become an automatic habit. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189767 Posts	Posted 04/07/2011 2:22 pm I just used the version of GIMP (2.6.10) installed on my Ubuntu box and it retains the metadata. Keep in mind that not all formats support it. I always use JPG, but I know PNG and GIF do not store metadata. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sidekick-CA Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 04/07/2011 6:31 pm HHHmmm....that's interesting jbuck. I must be doing something different. I'll have to go back and see what it is. Noted, SD and I think that's a good idea. I was focusing more on disk space, filing setup. Report this Post to the Staff
Sidekick-CA Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 04/07/2011 7:12 pm Dunno jbuck. Just ran one through Gimp and lost all the meta data using the method given by another CCF member: select File/New - (choose your new image size to have the black background) say 800x800 then select colors/invert - (that will give you the black background) then File/open (choose your coin image then tools/selection tools/elipse select (lasso your coin by dragging the elipse corners then edit/cut/ then go to the black background image then edit/paste then save as..... Looked at all the options under preferences but didn't see anything that looked like it might apply to meta data. I've been saving as jpg and other than the meta data, everything comes out great. The version I have is one up from your's, 2.6.11. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 04/07/2011 11:30 pm Gimp doesn't always save metadata, so it must depend on what operation you've performed on the image. I always save originals, so I never bothered finding the pattern. Report this Post to the Staff
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