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Image Metadata Viewer

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Complete Guide to EXIF Metadata: Hidden Data in Your Photos

Every digital photo contains a hidden layer of metadata called EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format). This invisible fingerprint records technical details about how, when, where, and with what equipment a photo was captured. Understanding EXIF data is essential for privacy protection, photography learning, and authenticity verification in the AI era.

What Hidden Information is Embedded in Your Photos?

EXIF metadata can reveal surprisingly detailed personal and technical information:\n
  • Camera Settings: ISO sensitivity, shutter speed, aperture (f-stop), focal length, white balance, exposure compensation, and metering mode.
  • Device Information: Camera or smartphone make and model, lens model, firmware version.
  • GPS Location Data: Exact latitude and longitude coordinates, altitude, and timestamp of when the photo was taken.
  • Software & Editing: Photo editing applications used (Photoshop, Lightroom), AI generation tools (Midjourney, DALL-E, Firefly), and processing history.
  • Timestamps: Original capture date/time, modification dates, and timezone information.
  • Copyright Info: Photographer name, copyright notices, and contact details (in IPTC fields).

How This EXIF Viewer Works

Our browser-based EXIF analyzer uses the ExifReader JavaScript library to decode metadata directly in your browser. Simply drag and drop any JPEG, PNG, or WebP image, and we instantly extract all available EXIF, IPTC, and XMP data. The tool presents technical data in three formats: (1) a visual summary with camera settings, (2) a complete searchable data table, and (3) an interactive GPS map when location data exists. Everything runs client-side – your photos never leave your device.

Why Checking Metadata Matters

  • Privacy & Security: GPS coordinates can reveal your home address, workplace, or travel patterns. Photos taken indoors may pinpoint your exact location. Always check and remove GPS data before sharing photos publicly on social media, forums, or websites.
  • AI Image Detection: With AI-generated images flooding the internet, EXIF metadata can help verify authenticity. Our tool detects 50+ AI generators including Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, Adobe Firefly, Ideogram, and Flux by analyzing software claims in metadata.
  • Photography Education: Learn from the masters by analyzing EXIF data from professional photos. See exactly what ISO, aperture, and shutter speed combinations created stunning effects. Reverse-engineer techniques by studying metadata from photos you admire.
  • Copyright Verification: Professional photographers embed copyright information, licensing terms, and contact details in IPTC metadata. Check photo credits and usage rights before republishing images.
  • Photo Organization: Use capture dates and camera models to sort and organize large photo libraries. Metadata helps identify which camera took which shots during multi-camera shoots.

100% Client-Side Privacy Guarantee

Unlike cloud-based EXIF viewers, our tool processes everything locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your images are never uploaded to our servers or transmitted anywhere. This guarantees complete privacy for sensitive photos, personal images, or confidential documents. The entire analysis happens on your device, and no data is stored or logged.

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