sarah_michelle_larsen Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 <p>Hi. <br>I borrowed a camera from a friend and I got a really good photo shot in NEF.<br>When I was viewing the EXIF info it says his name as the artist. <br>Can I change that with some kind of application?<br>Thanks.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 <p>Some metadata editors will let you change most fields. I haven't tried it with Lightroom, but PhotoME will let you edit or alter almost any field. However I don't know whether this works with camera raw files like Nikon NEFs - I've tried it only with JPEGs. PhotoME is free to try.</p> <p>There are other methods for editing or altering metadata but they're a bit more convoluted. For example, you can open an existing photo with the desired metadata in a viewer/editor like Irfanview. Then paste the photo you want on top. Save it as a TIFF, JPEG or PNG. The metadata for the old photo now becomes the metadata for the new photo. But that won't alter the original NEF or camera raw file.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapyke Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Lightroom 5 allows you to change the copyright and creator fields... Library view, in the right hand menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noreen Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 <p>Metadata of NEF files can be changed in Adobe Bridge, including the fields you mention.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 <p>Noreen +1<br> Open the folder the file is in, in Bridge™, get to the Metadata tab and you can put in new copyright data, etc. too.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah_michelle_larsen Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 <p>Wow that was almost to easy. I was in a way hoping it would be harder. I changed it in a few minutes in Lightroom (After I downloaded it).<br> So this means that anyone can change it any time. But I guess anything is possible if one really wants to cheat. <br> But thank you very much for all your help. The most important was that it contains my name and not the guys. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 <blockquote> <p>So this means that anyone can change it any time.</p> </blockquote> <p>There are ways to embed harder-to-change information and watermarks, etc.; but in the end, if someone wants to work hard enough, there is no way to make any image absolutely secure from appropriation...<br> Your best protection may be to use small-size images like those that post in line here on P.net, but there are even ways around that.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_bingham Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 <p>I do not have Lightroom. I am using PS CS6. So when I go to the Exif folder (of a Nef file) that is opened in PS CS6 I am not able to change <strong>everything.</strong><br> I can, however, easily alter any data in the <strong><em>Description</em></strong> (like <strong>Author</strong>),<em><strong> ITPC</strong>,</em> and <strong><em>ITCP Extension</em></strong>). Camera data, etc can not be changed.<br> Nice tip.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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