Microsoft Photo Info - Metadata editor

Andy

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/photoinfo.mspx

Nikolai

It works!

Andy wrote:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/photoinfo.mspx

I tried it, it works.
Few caveats - not much info shown for the 30D's CR2s, only the basics (which is still better than nothing:-)
JPEG support is much better, I liked the collection edit feature.

I only wish they'd add their geo stamping tool into this:-)

BeachBill

Nikolai wrote:

Few caveats - not much info shown for the 30D's CR2s

Yes, it's extremely disappointing that something released in 2007 doesn't support a camera that has been available since early 2006.

David_S85

An effort by Bill's people, but if you have PS, then Bridge is your answer.

Nikolai

David,

David_S85 wrote:

An effort by Bill's people, but if you have PS, then Bridge is your answer.

That's so true :-)

cmason

Supported file types

The initial release of Microsoft Photo Info supports the following common image file types: JPEG, TIFF, WDP, HDP (HD Photo), NEF, CR2, and CRW1. Support for additional file formats is under consideration for a future release.


1Support for CRW files requires that an associated THM file is present in the same folder as the selected CRW image. (THM files are thumbnail "sidecar" files generated by certain Canon cameras.)

David_S85

The latest .NET framework needs to be downloaded first, if not present in your system. Ugh.

Usage reports are filing in. When editing the metadata of an LZW compressed .TIF file, the result is a much larger uncompressed file. MS does not yet know how to keep the file as an LZW. Odd and unexpected behavior. Be very careful with this product.