AutoExif is a user-friendly tool that provides an intuitive graphical interface for the powerful exiftool utility, allowing you to view, edit, and wipe metadata from images and videos with ease.

Features

• Read Metadata: View basic or detailed EXIF data from local files.
• Web Metadata: Extract metadata from online images via URLs.
• Wipe Metadata: Remove specific metadata types (e.g., GPS, Photoshop) or all metadata from local files, with an optional custom comment.
• Extract Video GPS: Pull GPS data from video files.
• Thumbnail Info: View metadata from image thumbnails.
• Operation Log: Track all actions performed within the tool.
• Cross-Platform: Runs as a standalone executable on Windows and as a Python script on macOS/Linux.

Installation

Windows

1. Download: Grab the latest AutoExif.exe from the Releases page.
2. Run:(no additional installation required! exiftool is bundled within the executable.)

macOS/Linux

1. Install Python 3: Ensure Python 3.6+ is installed (e.g., via brew install python on macOS or sudo apt install python3 on Linux).
2. Install Dependencies:

   pip install pyqt5 requests

3. Install ExifTool:

• macOS:

brew install exiftool

• Linux (Ubuntu/Debian):

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl

4. Download Script: Get AutoExif.py from the repository.
5. Run:

python AutoExif.py

• If exiftool isn’t installed, click "Install Dependencies" in the app for instructions.

Usage

• Local Files: Enter a file path (e.g., C:\path\to\image.jpg or /home/user/pic.jpg) or use the "Browse" button.
• URLs: Use URLs (e.g., http://example.com/pic.jpg) only for "Read Web Metadata" and "Extract Thumbnail Info."

Credits

• AutoExif was developed by SirCryptic and is released under the MIT License.

Special Thanks to

• Phil Harvey: For ExifTool, the backbone of this tool.
• PyQt5 Team: For the awesome GUI framework.
• Open Source Community: For tools and libraries that made this possible.

This tool is dedicated to simplifying metadata management for everyone. Enjoy using AutoExif!