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Posted on 2007-06-08 15:09:24-07 by scottc12

XMP Removal?

Hello I was wondering if ExifTool could be used to completly remove all XMP namespaces if one desired? I have certain files that when XMP is injected they are just over a size threshold and would like to scrub the XMP out. Some of the files have custom namespaces. thanks Scott

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Posted on 2007-06-08 15:22:29-07 by themonk in response to 5369

Re: XMP Removal?

To remove ALL XMP using the CLI version of exiftool, it is simple as

exiftool -XMP:All= abcd.jpg

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Posted on 2007-06-08 15:24:21-07 by exiftool in response to 5369

Re: XMP Removal?

Sure. You can do this with either "-xmp=" or "-xmp:all=" on the command line.

- Phil

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Posted on 2007-06-08 15:27:49-07 by exiftool in response to 5370

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Thanks Mark, you're faster than me! :)

- Phil

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Posted on 2007-06-08 15:54:53-07 by scottc12 in response to 5370

Re: XMP Removal?

Wow that was fast.. Thanks everyone who posted. I will give this a try and see what happens.

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Posted on 2007-06-20 19:31:53-07 by scottc12 in response to 5370

Re: XMP Removal?

Hello Apologize for the delay in responding. I just got around to testing this again and I'm having no luck. when i run ./exiftool -XMP:All=abcd.jpg I get this error yet the file is present admin 531828 Jun 20 15:22 abcd.jpg No file specified Any ideas? Thanks, Scott

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Posted on 2007-06-21 11:33:37-07 by exiftool in response to 5494

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Hi Scott,

You forgot the space between the "=" and "abcd.jpg".

The space character displayed by some browsers is very small, so I can understand this mistake.

- Phil

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