Comments on: Another Way to Convert Photos to Black and White in Gimp

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Using Duplicate Layers for dramatic effects in Gimp | GfCS — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:50 +0000

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By: iffles

iffles — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:44:35 +0000

Not in the way that you're probably thinking. By your wording, I'm assuming you're referencing the ability that you have in Photoshop to actually edit the metadata of the image. You can't do that in Gimp (though there has been talk from developers for years on adding it – either in the official version or as a plug-in, but I haven't seen it happen yet).

However. When you save your files, there is a comment box (sometimes hidden under an Advanced section) that you can add text. This does not appear to be any sort of a official supported metadata (for instance, when I save a comment in there and view the properties in Windows, I don't see my comment), but if you open the image up again in Gimp, you can see the comment when you go to Image Properties.

By: DiscerningPhotog

DiscerningPhotog — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:13:15 +0000

Hey Jennifer,
Do you know if Gimp offers any version of 'File Info' where you could add text info?
Thanks
Andrew
TheDiscerningPhotographer

By: daisy_dpksh

daisy_dpksh — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:18:25 +0000

I like that you have it, it's very neat and tidy while at the same time informational :-)

By: iffles

iffles — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:14:54 +0000

That's actually a wordpress thing, and nothing fancy, actually. When you insert a photo in wordpress there's a field that you can put in a caption. I just hand-type my EXIF data in there. I know there are wordpress themes that include automatically putting in the EXIF when you post a photo, so I would imagine there are also plug-ins that do that, but I haven't bothered to research it – I have a rather long list of things I want to do to improve this site, and a lot of them seem more important than that, so for now, hand-typing in my EXIF will have to do :)

By: daisy_dpksh

daisy_dpksh — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:58:02 +0000

I just love your site, found it yesterday and already made a list of the posts I want to go back and read more in depth :-)

I do have a question, how do you get the frame around your photos so that you can list the photo stats at the bottom?

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