Affinity photo is not importing the exif-data of the photo

[Brand]

I am not using affinity photo very often, but it is anoying me that the exif-data will be not imported. The finished photo has consequently also no exif-data, which makes it difficult to categorize. Any hints to solve the issue will be appreciated.

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums @Brand,

Could you check in Preferences>General, toward the bottom to see if Load metadata from XMP sidecars is checked?

 

[Tom Lachecki]

EXIF data should be imported. If you are using XMP sidecar files, you'll want to check Preferences as Ron has shown. Otherwise, would you be able to provide an example file so we can see why its data is not being recognised? Thanks!

[Brand]

Please find attached my view on the Preferences and an example with no EXIF-data.

Thanks

Richard

affinity-complains1.docx

[walt.farrell]

2 minutes ago, Brand said:

and an example with no EXIF-data.

We need the actual image file, not a screenshot of it, for diagnosis.

[walt.farrell]

Also, for screenshots when needed, please just paste or drag them into the forum; embedding into a .docx file is just extra work for you and for us.

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

We need the actual image file, not a screenshot of it, for diagnosis.

We do need that but from the icons & the lack of some General preference settings in the screenshot it is evident this is an old version of AP, one that among other things does not have the load metadata pref.

[Brand]

Hi all together,

of course the sw is not brandnew. Nevertheless exif-data should be imported.

Please find attached a file with exif-data, which will be not exposed after import in affinity photo.

[Old Bruce]

4 minutes ago, Brand said:

of course the sw is not brandnew. Nevertheless exif-data should be imported.

 

 

15 hours ago, R C-R said:

 it is evident this is an old version of AP, one that among other things does not have the load metadata pref.

I would think that software that is incapable of loading metadata needs to be updated to the more recent version which does import metadata.

[Tom Lachecki]

Hi @Brand.

This is working for me in current versions:

I recommend updating the software to the current version (1.10.1). Updates to 1.x are free.

[IanSG]

2 hours ago, Brand said:

Nevertheless exif-data should be imported.

Agreed!  But, so far as I can remember, it always has.  I think importing meta data from sidecar files may be a red herring - EXIF data are imported from the .jpg file regardless of whether or not that option is selected.  I think the most obvious way forward is to update AP to the current version and see what happens - if it works then problem solved.  If it doesn't, at least the people trying to help will be using the same software.

[Tom Lachecki]

That's right - loading metadata from XMP sidecars is a relatively new feature, but it is not what Brand is trying to do.

It is possible that there was some bug in Brand's version of Affinity Photo that prevented metadata from being recognised in files created by that particular camera, but based on the screenshot it is a very old version, and the metadata is working for me in current versions. 👍

[Brand]

Thank you very much. With the sw-update the issue is closed.

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, Brand said:

Please find attached a file with exif-data, which will be not exposed after import in affinity photo.

Good to see that the update solved your problem; but just FYI the jpg file as uploaded to this site had almost no EXIF metadata attached to it; possibly because the site software stripped most of it out.

[Tom Lachecki]

44 minutes ago, Brand said:

Thank you very much. With the sw-update the issue is closed.

Glad to hear it  

[Tom Lachecki]

7 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Good to see that the update solved your problem; but just FYI the jpg file as uploaded to this site had almost no EXIF metadata attached to it; possibly because the site software stripped most of it out.

I don't agree with that; the file contains about the amount of EXIF I'd expect straight out of camera, as well as a ton of Sony Makernote information.

[R C-R]

35 minutes ago, Tom Lachecki said:

I don't agree with that; the file contains about the amount of EXIF I'd expect straight out of camera, as well as a ton of Sony Makernote information.

Odd. When I downloaded it I tried opening it in AP 1.10.1 & in XnViewMP, & neither showed any Sony info or much else. This is what the EXIF metadata shows in AD:

XnViewMP did not show much more than that.

EDIT: I figured out what I was doing wrong (not for the first time!!) when I downloaded the file. The first time I downloaded it it was by just dragging it from the Safari browser page to the desktop. What I should have done, & did when I retried it just now, was to right-click on the image & choose "Download linked file" from the popup menu.

After doing that, all the Sony metadata was included in the download.

Sorry for the red herring. 

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

but just FYI the jpg file as uploaded to this site had almost no EXIF metadata attached to it; possibly because the site software stripped most of it out.

Make sure you click on the image to get the real image (not the "thumbnail") before you download it. You should see significantly more metadata that way.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Make sure you click on the image to get the real image (not the "thumbnail") before you download it. You should see significantly more metadata that way.

As my edited post said, clicking on the image in Safari is not the solution, but right-clicking on it & choosing "Download Linked File" is.

I should know this by now but I keep forgetting that drag & drop to the desktop doesn't get everything.