EXIF DATA AND GD LIBRARY RESIZE

[dpbeatley]

My EXIF data gets lost when using the hacked version of admin index.php by utoks. This hack will resize images (and make wallpaper) to a specified size- for example 600px wide.

I noticed that images resized with the GD library lose their EXIF metadata. Does anyone know if the GD library IS CAPABLE of preserving the EXIF data? The utoks hack was neat in that I didn't have to manually resize my images down to my blog's maxium width. Otherwise, it's back to the manual stuff. BTW, ACDSEE does preserve the EXIF data using its resize tool - for those that would like to know.

Cheers

[reflejandome]

Originally Posted by dpbeatley

My EXIF data gets lost when using the hacked version of admin index.php by utoks. This hack will resize images (and make wallpaper) to a specified size- for example 600px wide.

I noticed that images resized with the GD library lose their EXIF metadata. Does anyone know if the GD library IS CAPABLE of preserving the EXIF data? The utoks hack was neat in that I didn't have to manually resize my images down to my blog's maxium width. Otherwise, it's back to the manual stuff. BTW, ACDSEE does preserve the EXIF data using its resize tool - for those that would to know.

Cheers

I think there is a problem with version 1 of GD . Version 2 dont have it, you can search it in forums

[dpbeatley]

Hi thanks for the info. However, I believe ver 2 of the GD lib still has the problem. Here is my install info via pixelpost admin page:

PHP-version 4.3.10

MySQL version 4.0.23-standard

GD-lib bundled (2.0.28 compatible)

Server software Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP-CGI/0.1b

EXIF Your php was compiled with exif-enabled. This means you can add additional exif-information to your images such as camera model, aperture, exposure time and more.
There are certain tags to add to your templates for this. Check pixelpost homepage to learn more.

Have you used this hack and do you see the problem? If not, then what version of the GD lib are you using?

Thanks again!

[reflejandome]

I haver apache 2 and php version 5, not 4, the GDI is the same as you.
This is the information of GD

[gd] => Array
(
[GD Support ] => Array
(
[0] => enabled
)

[GD Version ] => Array
(
[0] => bundled (2.0.28 compatible)
)

[FreeType Support ] => Array
(
[0] => enabled
)

[FreeType Linkage ] => Array
(
[0] => with freetype
)

[FreeType Version ] => Array
(
[0] => 2.1.9
)

[GIF Read Support ] => Array
(
[0] => enabled
)

[GIF Create Support ] => Array
(
[0] => enabled
)

[JPG Support ] => Array
(
[0] => enabled
)

[PNG Support ] => Array
(
[0] => enabled
)

[WBMP Support ] => Array
(
[0] => enabled
)

[XBM Support ] => Array
(
[0] => enabled
)

)

I hope it can be useful