XnView Software

Works perfectly in 1.9.6
Thank you very much.
new 0003765: Edit metadata - Exif image description missing

Addition to my request:
IPTC:Caption-Abstract is limited to 2000 characters in the IPTC/IM specifications.
EXIF:Image Description and XML:Description are not directly limited.
The total amount of EXIF data in a JPEG image is limited to 64 KB. Data larger than 64 KB can only be written to a sidecar ...

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Sample file:
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/663d509 ... afca2219a9

Sample file:
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/61f7878 ... acff815887

ExifTool:
EXIF
X Resolution 72
Y Resolution 72
Resolution Unit inches
Thumbnail Offset 1728
Thumbnail Length Thumbnail Image 2844
(Binary data 2844 bytes, use -b option to extract)

In XnView MP, Info panels, EXIF tab, the display of the ‘Image description’ field is limited to 2,048 characters. The following image has an entry with 3,794 characters.
Note: Downloading will result in a reduced image! I can provide the original.

Galerie: https://www.krasna-photo-collection.de ...

Exif does not work as expected

I have several thousand scanned images of documents. When displaying them, a gallery of all images in a folder is always created. I hope that the mini images will speed up page loading.

Until now, I haven't concerned myself with the issue of EXIF thumbnails.
Now I ...

xnview wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 12:11 pm it's is used as thumbnail in browser (if use embedded thumabnail is enabled)

The use of embedded thumbnails is enabled.

There is a menu item: EXIF - thumbnail - Rebuild.
I would like to view the EXIF thumbnail embedded in the JPG file.
Where is the EXIF thumbnail displayed?

My wiki only displays the text from ‘EXIF:image description’ in the gallery plugin.
I would like to have an additional option in XnView MP.

Under
Edit Metadata
+ Add>>
EXIF:image description = {XMP:Description}