pixymeta

Java image metadata CRUD tool - a pure Java image metadata manipulation tool. This is the meta data related part branched out from icafe repository.

Image metadata manipulation:

• JPEG and TIFF EXIF data manipulation
  • Insert EXIF data into JPEG.
  • Extract EXIF data from JPEG.
  • Remove EXIF data and other insignificant APPn segments from JPEG.
  • Insert EXIF data into TIFF.
  • Read EXIF data embedded in TIFF.
• JPEG and TIFF ICC Profile support
  • Insert ICC profile to JPEG and TIFF.
  • Extract ICC profile from JPEG and TIFF.
• JPEG and TIFF IPTC metadata support
  • Insert IPTC directly to TIFF via RichTiffIPTC tag.
  • Insert IPTC to JPEG via APP13 Photoshop IRB
  • Extract IPTC from both TIFF and JPEG
• JPEG and TIFF Photoshop IRB metadata support
  • Insert IRB into JPEG via APP13 segment
  • Insert IRB into TIFF via tag PHOTOSHOP.
  • Extract IRB data from both JPEG and TIFF.
• JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF XMP metadata support
  • Insert XMP metada into JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF image
  • Extract XMP metadata from JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF image
  • In case of JPEG, handle normal XMP and extendedXMP which cannot fit into one APP1 segment

Where can I get the latest release?

There is currently no stable release of PIXYMETA. However you can pull the latest SNAPSHOT from Sonatype SNAPSHOT repository by adding the snapshot repository to your pom.xml:

<repository>
  <id>oss.sonatype.org</id>
  <name>Sonatype Snapshot Repository</name>
  <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
  <releases>
    <enabled>false</enabled>
  </releases>
  <snapshots>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
  </snapshots>
</repository> 

Then you can use the SNAPSHOT version of PIXYMETA in your pom.xml:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.github.dragon66</groupId>
  <artifactId>pixymeta</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

Go to the wiki page to see this library in action or grab the "pixymeta.jar" from the lib folder and try it yourself!

Suggestions? custom requirements? Open an issue or send email to me directly: yuwen_66@yahoo.com