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  • Make a screen shot of your desktop
  • Check with a viewer and see no EXIF data
  • Load it in gThumb to use its crop feature, crop and save
  • Check again with a viewer and see that gThumb added EXIF data including the gThumb version

In the mean time I've started to use other software to crop screen shots but I am still puzzled why gThumb always adds EXIF data ?

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[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I just used gThumb recently to try to post something I had inverted, but posting it to sopuli/lemmy scrubbs the exif data and it was posted as if I didn't do anything.

So, gThumb uses exif data to modify pictures which is likely what is added.

*What alternative are you using?

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I just used gThumb recently to try to post something I had inverted, but posting it to sopuli/lemmy scrubbs the exif data and it was posted as if I didn’t do anything.

Yes, uploading to Mastodon and Lemmy will likely automatically wipe EXIF data by those sites.

So, gThumb uses exif data to modify pictures which is likely what is added.

*What alternative are you using?

For image cropping I've switched to Gwenview which I'm pleased with.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago
[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Go to Preferences>Extensions. there is an extension for EXIF support. turn it off and then try again and see if the same thing happens

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Cool, that works. Thank you.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's also a plugin that scrubs metadata. But you have to use it manually from the tool menu.

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

didnt know, thanks

[–] mortrek@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

My favorite general image viewer is nomacs.