I did the right-click > Properties > Details, and typed into the Title field. But then, when I did a search on that word in the applicable folder, the file did Not appear in the search results.
This article, like many others, does not enable you to add metadata to a photo that doesn’t already have it. I have photos from an early digital camera and jpeg scans that I would like to update with metadata.
So I’ve been adding metadata to loads of photos. Mainly tags, titles and comments. I just noticed though, that when I add them, the photos literally shrink. They lose about 600kb. Example: a photo that used to weigh 5529KB ends up 4911KB after the metadata is added on regular Windows 10 File Explorer. I have no idea what’s going on and am concerned that adding this metadata is actually messing with the quality of my images. I can’t find anything about this online…. 🙁
I downloaded the Nikon ViewNX-i app from Nikon and once you select your batch of photos, select PRINT, and then there are options for what information you want to display including the filename, date and time taken etc. Very easy and the program is free.
This data can be used in many ways and it can also be accessed and used by someone with malicious intentions. However, this metadata is already there. The fact that you add or remove metadata doesn't truly impact your security.
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I did the right-click > Properties > Details, and typed into the Title field. But then, when I did a search on that word in the applicable folder, the file did Not appear in the search results.
If you searched immediately, then your changes may not have been yet indexed by Windows. Search takes a while to index your changes to metadata.
This article, like many others, does not enable you to add metadata to a photo that doesn’t already have it. I have photos from an early digital camera and jpeg scans that I would like to update with metadata.
So I’ve been adding metadata to loads of photos. Mainly tags, titles and comments. I just noticed though, that when I add them, the photos literally shrink. They lose about 600kb. Example: a photo that used to weigh 5529KB ends up 4911KB after the metadata is added on regular Windows 10 File Explorer. I have no idea what’s going on and am concerned that adding this metadata is actually messing with the quality of my images. I can’t find anything about this online…. 🙁
I downloaded the Nikon ViewNX-i app from Nikon and once you select your batch of photos, select PRINT, and then there are options for what information you want to display including the filename, date and time taken etc. Very easy and the program is free.
I have a new computer with Windows 10. When I try to update Metadata, I get a invalid file handle
This appears to cause the image to be re-compressed losing picture quality in the process.
What exactly does that?
The name in the file section can be edited
about:How to add metadata to a picture in Windows
Could it be used to support a spy or another bad log?
Thanks
This data can be used in many ways and it can also be accessed and used by someone with malicious intentions. However, this metadata is already there. The fact that you add or remove metadata doesn't truly impact your security.