GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 111056
xcf should store custom meta information
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
It would be nice if I could store some information about an image in the GIMP's native format. I'm interested in fields like ArtworkName, Author, URL, Copyright, CreationDate, Comment. UI == I would imagine the best place to put it in the gui would be the info dialog that could have a new 'Meta' notebook tab, where one could edit this data. The open dialog could show some fields. I'd like to see Author and CreationDate there. Author, URL, Copyright could be added to the 'default comment' section in preferences (renaming it to something more appropriate). CreationDate could autofill upon the first save if left empty.
Thanks to parasites, the XCF format can store as much meta information as you like. There is no need to change the format. This fact makes this bug-report a duplicate of bug #56443. Please mark it as such if you agree.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 56443 ***
It would have been more appropriate to mark this as a duplicate of bug #94416 "Making GIMP XMP/IPTC-aware" because EXIF is mostly used for information that is generated automatically by digital cameras or processing software (such as time stamp, shutter speed, etc.) while XMP is mostly used for things that should be entered or edited by humans (such as copyright, description, location, etc.). It looks like what you are interested in is closer to XMP than to EXIF. You also mention the user interface part, which is described separately in bug #61499.