Image Software

Harlan,

What I am referring to, I have3 EXIF Readers, which breaks up the information from the image amongst a few different windows and does not give you the option to extract the information it finds to add to a report etc.

I also EXIF Extractor which only outputs data to a txt file so you can not preview what the image contains if anything first, instead you have to search through the txt files.

The next is EXIF Image Viewer which does give you the ability to copy the report but it does not appear to give the same data as say, EXIF Extractor

Thanks

One way to get all available information is to put together a script that uses the ImageEXIF module

http//search.cpan.org/dist/Image-EXIF/EXIF.pm

Compare it to what you see in the commercial tools (for completeness) and have the output go to STDOUT. Then, you can have it not report the things that you deem as being irrelevant in any case, and redirect the output to a file.

H. Carvey
"Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery"
www.windows-ir.com
windowsir.blogspot.com

IrfanView at http//www.irfanview.com/

Free, simple to use, handles exif data.

Andy

Thanks Andy -)

You may wish to check out DataLifter .NetBonusTools, at http//www.datalifter.com/products.htm. It will produce a report providing the data in the relevant EXIF fields, and can mass-process all files in a given directory. It's not free, although the application includes a number of excellent tools. I'll add that IrfanView yields EXIF data, but is not free when used in commercial settings, which include law enforcement and other government organizations. Still, for the modest price ($10, I recall) it's a bargain.

JimmyW

Thanks Jimmy, I will have a look at that

Just out of curiousity, why does there seem to be more interest in commercial tools than for simple, free, opensource tools that do the same thing?

H. Carvey
"Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery"
http//www.windows-ir.com
http//windowsir.blogspot.com

Good question Harlan,

Perhaps more are siding towards commercial tools for credibility in court.

Here is another nice little program 'Photostudio' from http//www.stuffware.co.uk/photostudio/
It handles EXIF data and is linked from www.exif.org. This one does appear to be freeware for personal use. I could not see any reference to commercial use….So I don't know whether it would cost anything for law enforcement or commercial FC practitioners to use?

The chances are you will have some kind of commercial graphic suite software - like PaintShopPro…. which handles EXIF data. Most bundled software packages that come with PC's have something similar….

Andy