Greg T Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Hi, Just wondering, Does any Affinity product (Photo, Publisher, Designer) save the GPS mapping locations of a photo? If so, how do I remove that data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Metadata panel, click hamburger menu then Strip GPS Location laurent32 1 Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Note: The Metadata Panel is only available in Photo and it only relates to the opened image (if it has any metadata), not placed images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg T Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 minute ago, GarryP said: Note: The Metadata Panel is only available in Photo and it only relates to the opened image (if it has any metadata), not placed images. Does that mean I have to replace images in publisher if I didn't remove the metadata? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I wondered that myself when I was writing my earlier post. I don’t know if Publisher strips the metadata out of a placed image, or an image in a Picture Frame, when the document is exported. I’m pretty sure that the metadata will be stripped out of a rasterised image. It’s not the same image and the metadata will (usually) be incorrect by that stage anyway, but I’m not sure about non-rasterised images. One of the experts in this area will know though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLiner Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 If you want to strip all metadata, AP v1, and I presume v2, comes with a macro do do so. I find it handy as I always have Macro Library open and do not need to open metadata. I made one for GPS as well, very handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent32 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I confirm strip metadata macro is still there on Affinity Photo v2.0.3. Anyone knows if it is possible to assign a shortcut to a macro ? Thanks. Quote MacBook Pro 16 pouces (3456 × 2234), 2021 / Apple M1 Pro / 16 Go / macOS Ventura Version 13.4.1 (22F82) + 31,5 pouces (2560 × 1440) + 27 pouces (1080 × 1920) + iPad (8th generation) / iPadOS 17.2 + Apple Pencil + … Macmini6,2 Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 Go / macOS Catalina version 10.15.7 (19H2026) MacBookAir6,2 Intel Core i5 double cœur 4 Go / macOS Big Sur version 11.7.7 (20G1345) Licence Universelle Affinity V2 updated to 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLiner Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I do not believe there is a menu option so you would not be able to assign a keyboard shortcut. Also, I do not believe you can assign a keyboard shortcut to a macro (would be nice). I have a few macros I use often, so I just leave my Macros Library open (v1: VIEW-STUDIO-LIBRARY or v2: WIINDOW-LIBRARY). For convenience, here are macros to clear all Metadata and one for just GPS. Metadata.afmacros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent32 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 @BlueLiner thanks for the macros ; do they work on v2 ? Quote MacBook Pro 16 pouces (3456 × 2234), 2021 / Apple M1 Pro / 16 Go / macOS Ventura Version 13.4.1 (22F82) + 31,5 pouces (2560 × 1440) + 27 pouces (1080 × 1920) + iPad (8th generation) / iPadOS 17.2 + Apple Pencil + … Macmini6,2 Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 Go / macOS Catalina version 10.15.7 (19H2026) MacBookAir6,2 Intel Core i5 double cœur 4 Go / macOS Big Sur version 11.7.7 (20G1345) Licence Universelle Affinity V2 updated to 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent32 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, laurent32 said: do they work on v2 ? For me, both macros erase it all : "all exif" and "gps only". So I guess "gps only" doesn't work on v2 ? If I look at them, they both lead to : Quote MacBook Pro 16 pouces (3456 × 2234), 2021 / Apple M1 Pro / 16 Go / macOS Ventura Version 13.4.1 (22F82) + 31,5 pouces (2560 × 1440) + 27 pouces (1080 × 1920) + iPad (8th generation) / iPadOS 17.2 + Apple Pencil + … Macmini6,2 Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 Go / macOS Catalina version 10.15.7 (19H2026) MacBookAir6,2 Intel Core i5 double cœur 4 Go / macOS Big Sur version 11.7.7 (20G1345) Licence Universelle Affinity V2 updated to 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLiner Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I just redid them and tested them but I am seeing something weird in v2. If I run the included MACRO to strip metadata, it seems to do so. If instead I select the Strip All Metadata from the Metadata window, it does not actually clear all metadata and leaves the <dc:creator> content in particular including creators name and copyright (Not all cameras use this): Here are the redone macros. I have included the Serif Macro that actually seems to clear all metadata. My tests seem to show they remove the GPS info, but leave some <dc:creator> info. Metadata_rev2.afmacros laurent32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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