Free IPTC reader

Drop a photo: the reader shows its IPTC, XMP and EXIF metadata, checks what an agency expects and shows what the photo gives away about you. It all happens in your browser.

What the reader shows

• The IPTC and XMP fields: caption, headline, keywords, persons shown, creator, credit, copyright, location, job ID and the others (see the IPTC glossary). When a field exists in both places, the XMP, which holds every character, is shown.
• A check-up of the eight fields an agency expects. It tells which ones are missing and why they matter.
• The camera and the shot (EXIF): body, lens, date, ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focal length.
• What the photo gives away: GPS position, serial numbers of the body and the lens, the author’s name, date and time. Worth checking before a photo is published.

Your photo stays with you

The reading happens in the page, with code that runs in your browser: the photo is not uploaded anywhere. The page only tells the site that a file was read (no name, no content), so that we know whether the tool is useful.

Filling these fields on a whole shoot

This reader shows what a photo contains. To fill it in on hundreds of photos at once, PHOTAUMATE writes captions from shortcuts and records the IPTC and XMP fields in your JPEGs, or in an .xmp file next to a RAW.

Frequently asked questions

Which files can I read?

JPEGs, and .xmp files. For a RAW file, read the .xmp file that goes with it: that is where software writes a RAW’s metadata.

Is my photo sent to a server?

No. The file is read by your browser, on your computer. Only an anonymous “the tool was used” signal is sent, without the file’s name or content.

Why are my IPTC fields empty?

Many cameras write no IPTC field: the caption, credit and keywords are filled in after the shot, in software. Social networks and many websites also strip them when a photo is published.

My photo holds a GPS position: what should I do?

If you publish the photo, remove that information first: anyone who gets the file can read where it was taken. Set the camera or phone not to record it, or delete it in your software.

Keep reading

• Find blurry photos and bursts — Spot the failed frames and keep only the best shot of each series.
• Caption sports photos with shortcuts — A list of players, shortcuts to type, and the captions write themselves.
• Send photos to an agency over SFTP or FTP — SFTP or FTP, several batches in a queue, resume after a dropped connection.
• IPTC and XMP: press photo metadata — The metadata agencies read, written into your JPEGs and .xmp files.