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What is the difference between "Edit Comment" and "Describe" and which field is more portable to other platforms (such as Facebook, PhotoBucket, etc.)?

JimSpy wrote:What is the difference between "Edit Comment" and "Describe" and which field is more portable to other platforms (such as Facebook, PhotoBucket, etc.)?

'Edit Comment' is to edit the embedded jpeg comment.
'Describe' adds a descript.ion file in the folder with the description of files.

I.e. you can add a description to any filetype whereas comments are available in JPEG files, only. The JPEG comment is embedded in the JPEG file; when sending the JPEG file around the embedded JPEG comment is also sent.

xnview ([url=http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?p=100361#p100361]Description vs. Comment vs. ???[/url]) wrote:Description is saved in an external file descript.ion
Comment is embedded in the file (PNG & JPEG)
IPTC is perhaps more universal

• XnView Forum
  • Description and comment fields
  • Difference between "Description" and "Comment
  • Description vs. Comment vs. ???
  • Disparity with the written 'Comment' field (metadata) (MP)
  • <Ctrl+D> in Viewer and Browser
  • Descrip.tion file format
• Wikipedia
  • JPEG » Syntax and structure (Marker: COM)
• libpng.org
  • PNG Specification, version 1.2 » Textual information (Chunk: tEXt | Keyword: Comment)