Software Update: ExifTool 12.35

Phil Harvey has released version 12.35 of ExifTool. ExifTool is a free and cross-platform program that allows the metadata of a large number of files can be managed and edited. It works from the command line, but there are 3rd party solutions available that allow it to be used with a graphical user interface as well. New versions appear regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta flag. This update is also referred to as a development version; the latest stable release is version 12.30. Since version 12.33, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 12.35:

• Added ability to write ICC_Profile (and other color specifications) to Jpeg2000 images
• Added %o code to -W option format string
• Added %f code to -d option for fractional seconds
• Added a couple of new Sony LensType values ​​(thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a new CanonModelID (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Added a new Nikon LensID
• Decode more Nikon MakerNotes tags for some new models (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Extract ThumbnailImage from some DJI drone videos
• Enhanced -ee option to extract metadata from all frames in a SEQ file
• Patched to avoid possible “Use of uninitialized value” runtime warning
• Fixed a couple of misspelled new ICC_Profile tag names (thanks Herb)
• Fixed problem generating the correct file extension when extracting OriginalRawImage from a DNG file using the -W option with the %s format code
• Fixed bug introduced in 11.91 where exiftool couldn’t find its libraries when run via a soft link. Also changed to look for config file in the link target directory instead of the directory of the link itself

Changes in version 12.34:

• Added support for ICC.2:2019 (Profile version 5.0.0 – iccMAX) color profiles
• Added ability to detect/delete a Windows Zone.Identifier alternate data stream (ADS) via the new ZoneIdentifier tag (thanks Alex Xu)
• Added support for the Sony ILCE-7M4 (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a new Sony lens (thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
• Added a new SonyModelID (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new Canon RF lens (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Improved handling of some SVG files
• Patched -overwrite_original_in_place option to open the output file in update mode rather than write mode (to allow some write optimizations on certain filesystems) (thanks Joel Low)
• Fixed case of tag ID for new XMP-iptcExt:EventID (thanks Michael Steidl)
• Fixed problem extracting ICC_Profile information from some PDF files
• API Changes:
  • Added QuickTimePad option