Digital images certainly have their advantages: they can be stored in multiple locations, and they won’t degrade over time as film photographs and negatives. But there are also disadvantages to digital photos that must be considered if we want to preserve our images to last our lifetime – and beyond. Problems with digital photos As [...]
Digital Camera World is reporting that a new study suggests that major photo-sharing websites and social media platforms are deleting metadata from the pictures they host. The International Press Telecommunications Council has revealed that the likes of Facebook, Twitter and even Flickr perform poorly in the IPTC tests. During the study, a test image with [...]
If you’re new to photo management and just learning how to navigate around your software, you probably have wondered about some of the common terms that keep popping up. Here’s where we clear things up… EXIF Data In layman’s terms, your EXIF, or Exchangeable Image file format, data is all of the information regarding your [...]
If you’re one of the many photographers testing out Canon’s Project1709, you’ll probably know that you need to make sure your pictures contain EXIF data before you can upload them. We’ve already prepared a brief guide to show you how to use EXIF data, but which bits do you really need to refer to when [...]