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<div class="jumbotron">
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<div class="container">
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<h1>Getting started</h1>
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<p class="lead">An overview of the basic Exiv2 C++ library and command line utility features and the Exiv2 project,
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examples and more.
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<h2 id="lib">Exiv2 library features</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Fast read and write access to the Exif, IPTC, and XMP metadata of an image</li>
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<li>Easy to use and <a href="doc/index.html" title="Exiv2 API documentation">extensively documented</a> C++ API</li>
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<li><a href="conversion.html" title="Exiv2 Conversions">Conversions</a> of Exif and IPTC metadata to XMP and vice versa</li>
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<li>Smart IPTC implementation that does not affect data that programs like Photoshop store
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in the same image segment</li>
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<li>Exif <a href="makernote.html" title="Exif Makernote Formats and Specifications">Makernote</a> support:
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<li>Makernote tags can be read and written just like any other metadata</li>
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<li>Sophisticated write algorithm avoids corrupting the Makernote</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Simple interface to extract previews embedded in RAW images and Exif thumbnails</li>
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<li>Set and delete methods for Exif thumbnails</li>
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<a class="btn btn-primary" href="examples.html" role="button">Library examples</a>
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<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenu1">
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<li><a title="Reading and printing the Exif metadata of an image" href="examples.html#example1">Read Exif metadata</a></li>
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<li><a title="Sample usage of high-level Exif metadata operations" href="examples.html#example2">Add, modify, delete Exif</a></li>
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<li><a title="Reading and printing the IPTC metadata of an image" href="examples.html#example3">Read IPTC datasets</a></li>
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<li><a title="The quickest way to access, set or modify IPTC metadata" href="examples.html#example4">Set IPTC datasets</a></li>
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<li><a title="Sample (test) usage of high level XMP classes" href="examples.html#example5">Set XMP properties</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p> </p>
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<h2 id="util">Exiv2 command line utility features</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Print Exif, IPTC and XMP image metadata in different formats: Exif summary info, interpreted values,
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or the plain data for each tag</li>
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<li><a title="Modify" href="sample.html#modify">Set, add and delete</a> Exif, IPTC and XMP image metadata
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from command line modify commands or command scripts</li>
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<li>Adjust the Exif timestamp (that's how it all started...)</li>
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<li>Rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp</li>
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<li>Extract, insert and delete Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata and JPEG comments</li>
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<li><a href="conversion.html" title="Exiv2 Conversions">Convert</a> from Exif and IPTC to XMP properties and vice versa</li>
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<li>Extract previews from RAW images and thumbnails from the Exif metadata</li>
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<li>Insert and delete the thumbnail image embedded in the Exif metadata</li>
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<li>Print, set and delete the JPEG comment of JPEG images</li>
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<li>Fix the Exif ISO setting of picture taken with Canon and Nikon cameras</li>
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<a class="btn btn-primary" href="sample.html" role="button">Utility samples</a>
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<p> </p>
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__whatsnew-latest__
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<p> </p>
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<div id="openhub_factoids">
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<h2>Project factoids</h2>
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<p>Analyzed by Open HUB</p>
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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.openhub.net/p/13985/widgets/project_factoids.js"></script>
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</div>
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<h2>Future plans</h2>
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<li>A unified metadata container</li>
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<li>Support for additional image formats</li>
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<li>More Makernotes</li>
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<li>CMake support for all platforms</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The <a href="http://dev.exiv2.org/projects/exiv2/roadmap">roadmap</a> has details for the upcoming version.</p>
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