Solved: XnViewMP: Display extended EXIF info in Overlay?

[ItsMee]

Hi,

first of all - big compliments. I haven't been real happy with any picture viewer since I used VuePrint in Win95 - which is just no longer state of the Art. Trying around a lot I must say that I liked the 'works out of the box' experience of xnview (MP) combined with the ability to customize - e.g. Mouse Button settings and other.

As I'm starting to play with indoor pics (3 weeks old family member I put a focus on EXIF information for review. Now, here is my question:

How to configure EXIF informations in the overlay that are NOT available via "Insert" but can be seen via "Properties->EXIF"?

I thought I read that in 0.3x a feature was added to do so, but I might be doing something wrong. I tried:

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Settings -> View -> Info
{EXIF:Flash mode}

and (not so reasonable)

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{EXIF:MakerNotes}

I'd be interested to see Flash settings (don't use that with the newborn), white balance and some other settings from the detailed pane in the overlay.

Thanks again for a great tool!

ItsMee

[xnview]

you can use EXIF:0x1000 if you know the id of the field

[ItsMee]

Hi,

Wow, master support, this is premium

I was unable to get any Flash information into the overlay, while I can see them in other EXIF displays. Not sure what's the root cause, but it seems there is limited external influence on the overlay display. Its not a high priority thing but would be nice, so just in case you're interested I'm providing some extra information..

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{EXIF:Flash} | {EXIF:Flash Energy} | {EXIF:0x9209}

EXIF:0x9209 doesn't do anything for me.

For EXIF:Flash I can only get 'No flash' all images with flash showed ''. Maybe XnView right now only checks 'EXIF:FLASH' for value 0 and returns nothing otherwise?

Below a table that i used in a php script once - not assuming that you'd find time to make use of it.. I'll stick to XnView - i really like what i saw so far!
You probably have that code from showing the EXIF output in the Properties dialog, anyhow.

Cheers,
Alex

EXIF:Flash interpretation - Hex

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0x0	= No Flash
0x1	= Fired
0x5	= Fired, Return not detected
0x7	= Fired, Return detected
0x8	= On, Did not fire
0x9	= On, Fired
0xd	= On, Return not detected
0xf	= On, Return detected
0x10	= Off, Did not fire
0x14	= Off, Did not fire, Return not detected
0x18	= Auto, Did not fire
0x19	= Auto, Fired
0x1d	= Auto, Fired, Return not detected
0x1f	= Auto, Fired, Return detected
0x20	= No flash function
0x30	= Off, No flash function
0x41	= Fired, Red-eye reduction
0x45	= Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected
0x47	= Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return detected
0x49	= On, Red-eye reduction
0x4d	= On, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected
0x4f	= On, Red-eye reduction, Return detected
0x50	= Off, Red-eye reduction
0x58	= Auto, Did not fire, Red-eye reduction
0x59	= Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction
0x5d	= Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected
0x5f	= Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return detected

EXIF:Flash interpretation - Dec

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0	= No Flash
1	= Fired
5	= Fired, Return not detected
7	= Fired, Return detected
8	= On, Did not fire
9	= On, Fired
13	= On, Return not detected
15	= On, Return detected
16	= Off, Did not fire
20	= Off, Did not fire, Return not detected
24	= Auto, Did not fire
25	= Auto, Fired
29	= Auto, Fired, Return not detected
31	= Auto, Fired, Return detected
32	= No flash function
48	= Off, No flash function
65	= Fired, Red-eye reduction
69	= Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected
71	= Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return detected
73	= On, Red-eye reduction
77	= On, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected
79	= On, Red-eye reduction, Return detected
80	= Off, Red-eye reduction
88	= Auto, Did not fire, Red-eye reduction
89	= Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction
93	= Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected
95	= Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return detected

[xnview]

EXIF:0x9209 doesn't do anything for me.

could you send me a picture sample?

[xnview]

Sorry it's

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{EXIF:x1010}

For Flash, could you try

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{EXIF:08}

[ItsMee]

Hi Pierre,

thanks for looking at my Pic / Question. With your information and information from here http://www.exiv2.org/makernote.html I've produced an overlay as desired, thanks!

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{EXIF:Focal Length}mm | {EXIF:Exposure Time}s  |  F:{EXIF:F-Number} |  ISO:{EXIF:ISO Value} |  EV:{EXIF:Exposure Bias} 
Flash: {EXIF:x87}  |  Flash Setting: {EXIF:x08} 

{Filename With Ext}  | {EXIF:Date Taken [Y-m-d_H-M-S]} |  {Size} |  {Width}x{Height} 
{EXIF:Model}  | Lens: {EXIF:x0098} |  VariProgram: {EXIF:x00ab}  

Resulting in:

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24mm | 1/80s |F:4.0 | ISO:400 | EV:0
Flash: Fired, TTL mode| Flash Setting: REAR SLOW

DSC_4402.JPG | 2013-05-05_10-42-05 | 4.44MiB | 4288x2848
NIKON D5000 | Lens: 18 105 158 3.6 5.7 | VariProgram: PARTY/INDOOR

ItsMee