Using the metadata option for QuickTime video files (file extension ".mov") is an effective way to name and describe business videos. Metadata is built right into files, so the descriptive information ...

To strip or not to strip? Here's a look at both sides of the argument about the value of embedded metadata. Stripping embedded metadata from digital files may be the most misunderstood technical ...

If you think it’s a challenge to organize your digital photos, you may find it a walk in the park compared to managing shots from your film camera. Yes, some photographers still shoot film and scan ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One consequence of the move to cross-media publishing is that still photographers are now also ...

File-based workflows feed off metadata. Anyone who has put a workflow together knows that making it all work depends on knowing information about the media. Sometimes it’s simple: Is the file SD or HD ...

Where is the best place to file metadata about a multimedia file, such as a video or photograph? Why not on the file itself? This is the approach that the Navy Video News Service is taking by ...

I’m guessing we all know that you don’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy in photographs that you post on the public Internet. Government investigators don’t violate privacy rights by looking ...

Does anyone know of any standard metadata file formats, along with documentation describing the format? I am looking to package images and other media and would like to provide a file at the base ...