Stripping Exif data from CS2 ?

shortone · 7 Feb 2007 at 13:46

Hi all,
Can anyone tell me how I strip the exif data from raw files in CS2 ? i am wanting to play with HDR and need to produce some tifs without exif.

Cheers

Shorty

rpstewart · 7 Feb 2007 at 13:52

Why do you need them without the EXIF data? I've never had to strip EXIF data out of an image to do anything with it.

Save for web should strip the EXIF for you.

shortone · 7 Feb 2007 at 14:06

I was following the guide from http://petemc.net/hdr-guide/#tools

It says

Load your photo into the editor, then set the exposure level to -2 and save the image as a 16bit TIFF without any metadata such as EXIF info. This is the important part. If you save it with EXIF info you will find that Photomatix relies on that info to produce the HDR shot. The problem with this is that the shutter speed and aperture values will be the same across the 3 images and Photomatix won’t know which image is -2, 0 and +2. Set the exposure level to 0, save that and then set it to +2 and save that image.

Totally new to this HDR business so just floowing the guide like the noob I am

shortone · 7 Feb 2007 at 14:07

I managed in the end by saving them as a PNG then saving them nack as a tif, it got rid of the data

shortone · 7 Feb 2007 at 14:10

Doh just got to the end of the guide and it says that you don't need to remove exif after all

A.N.Other · 7 Feb 2007 at 15:40

For future reference ... select the whole thing and copy it. Open a new window and paste it in - EXIF is gone

shortone · 7 Feb 2007 at 21:03

select the whole thing and copy it. Open a new window and paste it in - EXIF is gone

Simple !!

Cheers