Image Editing Software Recommendations

[mopek1]

Looking for any recommendations on software that can:

- Resize
- Compress
- Strip any data from (exif and more)
- Do all this in batches while keeping original file names.

Thanks

[kuprum]

Look at Irfanview

[celandina]

Looking for any recommendations on software that can:

- Resize
- Compress
- Strip any data from (exif and more)
- Do all this in batches while keeping original file names.

Thanks

Why stripping data ???

[NoWhErE]

A very simple photoshop action script can do this: https://www.creativebloq.com/adobe/c...tions-61411918

1 - Press record
2 - Go to Image->Image size and set the correct image size
3 - Go to File-> Export for web
4 - Find the correct settings (most probably Jpeg, Medium compression with Progressif and EXIF removed)
5 - Click on Save and choose where to save your new file (with original name)
6 - Click on stop recording

For every file, just press play and it will repeat the actions.

Note: I've simplified the process, there may be additional steps to achieve what you are trying to do.

[Bladewire]

Why stripping data ???

The fact you have to ask that question says a lot The data is part of how duplicate images are tagged.

[tfto]

Looking for any recommendations on software that can:

- Strip any data from (exif and more)

Thanks

Big red flag there.

[mopek1]

Thanks for the replies so far.

Whenever I post a question on GFY I always get a few who reply and assume the worst of my intentions.

To answer the question as to why I want the data stripped is simple. I run many sites and use many images on them, hence needing the software. One of my sites is a user-submitted site and often times the submitters will ask me to strip out their exif data to protect their privacy, so that their location is not revealed to strangers.

For my other sites I purchase large volumes of images from photostock sites and want the data stripped so that the image can appear (and "be") unique to my sites so that the search engines don't think it's a duplicate when thousands of other people buy and use that same image.

Now, if anyone else has any more suggestions, I'm all ears.

Thanks

[Lace]

Easy Thumbnails does all except strip exif data - https://www.fookes.com/easy-thumbnails

Or you can just create an action in Photoshop.

[Bladewire]

often times the submitters will ask me to strip out their exif data to protect their privacy

Any user that would ask you to do that would have done it themselves and not trusted a third-party with their privacy

[mopek1]

Any user that would ask you to do that would have done it themselves and not trusted a third-party with their privacy

Most people don't even know about exif data and are uploading their pictures to facebook and everywhere else oblivious to the fact that they are giving away their location.

Many cameras/phones allow you to set the exif data to "off" and so when pictures are taken the data is never loaded onto the image. In those cases no software is needed.

Then there are those who have submitted pictures to my site in the past, have become suddenly aware of the fact that their data location is on the photos and ask me to remove them.

What I'd like to do with the photo editing software is do everything all at once - compress, resize, strip data, etc. to save me time, protect people's privacy and save me more time down the road in cases like the latter example above.

[mopek1]

Easy Thumbnails does all except strip exif data - https://www.fookes.com/easy-thumbnails

Or you can just create an action in Photoshop.

Thanks.

I have them and use them from time to time. It's a nice free software program to use but am looking to strip data too.

[Rochard]

I've been using ACDsee for nearly twenty years. In fact, last month I just upgrade to their latest edition. It doesn't seem to strip any information from a picture, however.

[mopek1]

Thanks Rochard and NoWhErE.

I'll look into those.

[NoWhErE]

I don't know mopek1, but in his defense, stripping exif data isn't necessarily shady.

Example: If you have multiple sites, re-cropping, renaming and stripping exif data from sponsor provided content is a good way to make it appear "unique" to the eyes of a search engine.

[Fenris Wolf]

FastStone at faststone.org has some great image feeware. I think between their viewer and resizer should do the trick.

[jsmih]

Once you set up your Photoshop action you can batch select the files in Adobe Bridge. Its image processor mode can then batch process the action onto the selected files. You can also resize and change format and compression directly from Bridge without an action. In windows 10 you can select a group of files and easily remove exif (right click, select properties, then at the bottom of properties tab click "Remove properties and personal information", which brings up a dialog box to select what you want to remove).

[Bladewire]

I don't know mopek1, but in his defense, stripping exif data isn't necessarily shady.

Example: If you have multiple sites, re-cropping, renaming and stripping exif data from sponsor provided content is a good way to make it appear "unique" to the eyes of a search engine.

Exactly my point in my first post in this thread!

There are a lot of valid reasons to have the exif data erased from images.

The OP saying that users requested he erase their exif data for privacy reasons though made me

[brassmonkey]

I don't know mopek1, but in his defense, stripping exif data isn't necessarily shady.

Example: If you have multiple sites, re-cropping, renaming and stripping exif data from sponsor provided content is a good way to make it appear "unique" to the eyes of a search engine.

is it whale season? any tutorials in the works?

[NoWhErE]

is it whale season? any tutorials in the works?

Whale season?

[celandina]

Big red flag there.

That is why I asked, but Blade says it must be legit, so I must believe it