Bug 148721

Summary:	remove serial numbers automatically
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Gerwin <gerwin>
Component:	Plugin-Bqm-RemoveMetadata	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	caulier.gilles, f.wozak
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.9.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	1.5.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Gerwin 2007-08-10 17:16:36 UTC

Version:           0.92 (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

Heho,

As i'm really happy with my privacy (not because I hide something... just). I would like to see that it's possible to (automaticly) remove the serial number from the EXIF data. I did searched a lot but could not find an option to do it in Digikam. If you need more input I'm happy to give!

Greets,
Gerwin

Comment 1 Geoff King 2007-08-11 15:23:02 UTC

Hi, 
You can remove ALL Exif metadata from the image using this menu item.
Image > Metadata > Remove Exif

You can selectively remove/edit some metadata using..
Image > Metadata > Edit Exif   (but not the file number)

If you are trying to remove just certain types of metadata such as "File Number" or "Image Number" try using the  command line tools exiv2 or exiftool. Make sure to backup, run some tests and read the man page first.

An example with my canon camera:
exiv2 -M"del Exif.Canon.ImageNumber" test.JPG 
or
exiftool -filenumber='1' test2.JPG  (this sets file number to #1)

Geoff (note I'm not a developer, just trying to help out)

Comment 2 Gerwin 2007-08-13 17:35:23 UTC

Thanks geoff, as special the last command you give is handy. though I hope someone gonna make a privacy extention for digikam :)

Gerwin

Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2009-02-28 13:00:27 UTC

This will be a job for Batch Queue Manager.

Gilles Caulier

Comment 4 f.wozak 2009-04-30 16:41:34 UTC

It would be extremely helpful to add an option to remove all EXIF data before mailing or exporting images

Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2010-09-14 14:24:39 UTC

Gerwin,

If i introduce a new tool in BQM to remove whole Exif |/& IPTC |/& XMP metadata, this will be fine for you ?

Gilles Caulier

Comment 6 caulier.gilles 2010-09-14 15:42:30 UTC

SVN commit 1175223 by cgilles:

New batch queue manager tool to remove Exif or/and Iptc or/and Xmp metadata from images
BUGS: 148721


 M  +1 -0      CMakeLists.txt  
 M  +1 -0      NEWS  
 AM            utilities/queuemanager/basetools/metadata/removemetadata.cpp   [License: GPL (v2+)]
 AM            utilities/queuemanager/basetools/metadata/removemetadata.h   [License: GPL (v2+)]
 M  +2 -0      utilities/queuemanager/batchtoolsmanager.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1175223

Comment 7 Gerwin 2010-09-16 07:52:34 UTC

On 09/14/2010 02:24 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148721
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> Gilles Caulier<caulier.gilles@gmail.com>  changed:
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>                   CC|                            |caulier.gilles@gmail.com
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> --- Comment #5 from Gilles Caulier<caulier gilles gmail com>   2010-09-14 14:24:39 ---
> Gerwin,
>
> If i introduce a new tool in BQM to remove whole Exif |/&  IPTC |/&  XMP
> metadata, this will be fine for you ?
>
> Gilles Caulier
>

Hi Gilles,

Fits my needs! Keep up the good work!

- Gerwin