[Image-SIG] IPTC and EXIF in PIL

[Jeff Kunce]

Good question. PIL reads EXIF data just fine:
   import Image
   im1 = Image.open('myimage.jpg')
   dictionaryContainingExifData = im1.app

However, when you save a PIL image, it does not save
the EXIF data:
   im1.store('test.jpg')
   im2 = Image.open('test.jpg')
im2.app contains only a short 'JFIF' entry

I asked a while back how to save EXIF data via PIL, but received no response.

   --Jeff

At 04:31 PM 11/27/2002 -0600, kent@springfed.com wrote:
>Howdy,
>
>What is the current capability of PIL in handling
>imbedded data;
>
>[ ] destroys it
>[ ] reads
>[ ] writes
>[ ] other