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The Exif Metadata Object
The following methods may be used to get and set metadata values for Exif metadata.
Please refer the schema (Exif.xsd) in the //Shared/Originals/Sys folder for the
required format for each of the Exif fields. Note that only a brief description is provided
here. For a complete description of each Exif metadata field, please consult the Exif
metadata specification available at http://www.exif.org.
NOTE: Where possible, the values listed in the following tables are converted into string valued
representations as defined in the exif specification.
IFDO Methods
getCaption() Returns the Caption element.
setCaption(string) Sets the Caption element.
getWriter() Returns an array of writer elements.
setWriter(string, ...) Sets Writer elements.
addWriter(string, ...) Adds Writer elements.
setWriterArray(array) Sets Writer elements from an array.
getImageType() Returns the ImageType.
setImageType(string) Sets the ImageType.
getImageOrientation() Returns the ImageOrientation.
setImageOrientation(string) Sets the ImageOrientation.
getLanguageIdentifier() Returns the LanguageIdentifier.
setLanguageIdentifier(string) Sets the LanguageIdentifier.
Method Description
getImageDescription() Returns the image description.
setImageDescription(string) Sets the image description.
getOrientation() Returns the image orientation.
setOrientation(string) Set the image orientation.
getSoftware() Returns the software description.
setSoftware(string) Sets the software description.
getArtist() Returns the artist.
setArtist(string) Sets the artist.
getDateTime() Returns the DateTime field as a MediaScript Date object.
Method Description
