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August 8, 2022
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How to delete all exif of DNG?

  • August 8, 2022
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I have digitized film negatives and converted the raw files to DNG. Now I want remove all metadata of those files. And put the film camera model to metadata. Is there anyway to delete exif?

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Stephen Marsh
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Community Expert
August 9, 2022

Or one can use ExifTool, which supports a wide range of file formats and metadata properties - including read/write for DNG:

 

https://exiftool.org/#supported

 

For only EXIF (camera) related data:

 

exiftool -exif:all= 'path to/file/or folder'

 

For all metadata, but not the ICC profile:

 

exiftool -all= -CommonIFD0= --icc_profile:all 'path to/file/or folder'

 

Note: Windows OS would use " double straight quotes. These commands will dupe the input file and rename the original file as a backup. To overwrite the originals without a backup, add the following argument with the others:

 

-overwrite_original

 

Note: Always work on copies while you are learning!

August 9, 2022

I have no any idea how to use Exif Tool... I dont understand those commands. Is there any graphical softwares?

gregreser
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August 9, 2022

Try jExifToolGUI https://hvdwolf.github.io/jExifToolGUI/

You can edit the camera information directly in a single file or a batch of files.

 

gary_sc
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 8, 2022

I have not used this, but it seems pretty straightforward. Plus, you can do this in bulk

 

https://apps.apple.com/app/id784466108

 

This leads you to both a Mac and a PC version

August 9, 2022

Exif Purge doesn't support DNG files. Only JPEG.