With Plug-in for Batch Editing, you can edit the EXIF or IPTC data of a number of files at once.

Batch editing is available using:

• the program interface;
• export and import data.

Batch editing using the program interface

This is an easy method, but a limited number of parameters are available for editing. The result values of edited EXIF parameters will be the same for all files included in the batch.

To edit EXIF data in batch:

1. Choose the files you want to edit.

2. Click the "Edit EXIF/IPTC" button.

   

3. Choose an EXIF or IPTC tag or create a new one.
   Using the program interface, the EXIF General, EXIF GPS, and IPTC General tags can be changed.

   

4. Click OK to save the changes.

Batch editing using export/import

Batch editing can be accomplished through exporting/importing EXIF data to XML, MS Excel, and CSV files. This method is necessary for changing tags that can't be edited using the program interface.

Exif Pilot allows exporting EXIF and IPTC data from a batch of files to:

• a corresponded number of files (or exporting the data of each to another file);
• a single file (exporting data of all files to a single file).

To adjust this setting:

1. Go to "Tools" -> "Options"
2. Click the "Settings" tab
3. Activate the option "Export/Import to/from a single File".

You can export all EXIF tags or some of them selectively. Select "Tools" -> "Options" -> "Customize Export" and create a template with the tags you need to edit. You can save your templates for further editing in the future.

How to edit EXIF or IPTC tags in a number of files when the tags have the same value

1. Select "Tools" -> "Options" -> "Settings" and uncheck the "Export/Import to/from single File" option.
2. Open the "Customize export" tab and choose the data you would like to export.

3. Export the data from a single file to an Excel file, for instance, by selecting "Import/Export" -> "Export EXIF to MS Excel":

   

4. Open the Excel file and edit values of the EXIF tags.

   

5. Save your results and close the file.
6. In the Exif Pilot program, select files for batch editing. It is handy to select files by moving the mouse while holding down the Shift key.

7. Select "Import/Export" -> "Import EXIF from MS Excel" to import the corrected EXIF and IPTC data from the MS Excel file into the selected image files:

   

How to edit EXIF or IPTC tags in a number of files when the tags have different values

1. Select "Tools" -> "Options" -> "Settings" and check the "Export/Import to/from single File" option.
2. Open the "Customize export" tab and choose the data you would like to export.
3. Export the data from selected files to an MS Excel file, for instance, by choosing "Import/Export" -> "Export EXIF to MS Excel".

4. Edit the tags of each image with MS Excel.

   

5. Import the corrected MS Excel files into the original image files.

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