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EXIF Info Tab

Summary

The EXIF Info tab does three things. It shifts the Date Taken of a batch forward or backward. It shows every field a file carries, with Copy and JSON export. And it runs the Privacy Scrub that strips every field on commit.

  • Shift Time

    Move the Date Taken of every selected photo by the same offset. Useful for time-zone fixes before a GPX match.

  • Inspect every field

    Browse the camera, lens, GPS, and IPTC blocks. Copy the summary or export the full snapshot as JSON.

  • Privacy Scrub

    Stage a total strip in one click. The Review Hub can undo it before the write hits disk.

Shifting capture times

Time-shifting works on the batch. Select two or more photos, open the EXIF Info tab, and look for Batch Time Tools at the top.

Close-up of the Batch Time Tools header on the EXIF tab. A small clock icon and the label "BATCH TIME TOOLS" sit on the left; an outlined "Shift Time" button sits on the right. Close-up of the Batch Time Tools header on the EXIF tab. A small clock icon and the label "BATCH TIME TOOLS" sit on the left; an outlined "Shift Time" button sits on the right.

Click Shift Time to open the Active Clock Shift picker. Dial in hours, minutes, and seconds (positive or negative). The Preview line shows what the first photo's capture time becomes after the shift.

Close-up of the Active Clock Shift picker showing three numeric fields labeled HOURS, MIN, and SEC with minus/plus steppers, a Preview row reading 12:58:25 PM, and a dashed "Stage Shift for 4 Photos" button at the bottom. Close-up of the Active Clock Shift picker showing three numeric fields labeled HOURS, MIN, and SEC with minus/plus steppers, a Preview row reading 12:58:25 PM, and a dashed "Stage Shift for 4 Photos" button at the bottom.

Click Stage Shift for N Photos to add the offset to the staged edits. An emerald confirmation card takes the place of the header so you know which way the next save will move dates.

Close-up of the staged-shift confirmation card. An emerald header reads "+1H SHIFT STAGED" and two buttons sit below: an orange Update button on the left and an outlined Clear button on the right. Close-up of the staged-shift confirmation card. An emerald header reads "+1H SHIFT STAGED" and two buttons sit below: an orange Update button on the left and an outlined Clear button on the right.

Click Update to reopen the picker and adjust the offset. Click Clear to drop the staged shift. The shift writes when you commit from the Review Hub.

Photos with no Date Taken

A shift on a photo with no existing Date Taken builds the new timestamp from the offset alone, counted from January 1, 1970. That's almost never what you want. Select only photos that already have a capture time before staging a shift.

Use this before running a GPX match

The Logger's Sync Photo gives you the camera's exact clock drift. Dial that drift into Shift Time, commit, then run the GPX match so every photo lines up with the right track point. See Find Your Camera's Clock Error.

EXIF data viewer

Open the EXIF Info tab with one photo selected to see every field the file carries, grouped into sections.

The EXIF Info tab in batch mode with four photos selected. The right pane is titled "Editing 4 Photos" with the Batch Processing Mode subheader. The EXIF Info tab is active. A "BATCH TIME TOOLS" row at the top has a Shift Time button. Below, a "Consistent Fields (38)" section lists camera and lens metadata: Artist, Color Space, Exif Image Height, Focal Length, Latitude, GPS Latitude Ref, and many more. The EXIF Info tab in batch mode with four photos selected. The right pane is titled "Editing 4 Photos" with the Batch Processing Mode subheader. The EXIF Info tab is active. A "BATCH TIME TOOLS" row at the top has a Shift Time button. Below, a "Consistent Fields (38)" section lists camera and lens metadata: Artist, Color Space, Exif Image Height, Focal Length, Latitude, GPS Latitude Ref, and many more.
EXIF Info in batch mode. "Consistent Fields" lists values that match across the selection; a "Varying Fields" section lists what differs.

The single-photo view leads with an Exposure summary that shows the four numbers a photographer cares about first, plus two small action icons on the right.

Close-up of the Exposure summary header for a single photo: the label "EXPOSURE", a one-line value "f/4 · 1/400 · ISO 800 · 24mm · Canon EOS Rebel T6i", and two small icon buttons on the right (an Export JSON arrow and a Copy clipboard). Close-up of the Exposure summary header for a single photo: the label "EXPOSURE", a one-line value "f/4 · 1/400 · ISO 800 · 24mm · Canon EOS Rebel T6i", and two small icon buttons on the right (an Export JSON arrow and a Copy clipboard).

Click the Copy icon (rightmost) to put a plain-English EXIF summary on your clipboard. Paste it into chat, a bug report, or a notes app.

Click the JSON icon to download every field the file carries as a .json file. Use it to feed other tools or to keep a snapshot of the photo's metadata before you edit it.

Privacy Scrub

The Privacy Scrub strips everything: GPS, camera identity, timestamps, IPTC and XMP fields, and the embedded thumbnail. Stage it from the Danger Zone at the bottom of the EXIF tab.

Close-up of the Danger Zone block. A dashed red border surrounds a small warning icon and the label "DANGER ZONE". Body copy reads "Total EXIF Scrub removes all metadata on commit: GPS, dates, camera info, IPTC tags, all of it." Below sits a red "Scrub All Metadata" button with a trash icon. Close-up of the Danger Zone block. A dashed red border surrounds a small warning icon and the label "DANGER ZONE". Body copy reads "Total EXIF Scrub removes all metadata on commit: GPS, dates, camera info, IPTC tags, all of it." Below sits a red "Scrub All Metadata" button with a trash icon.

Click Scrub All Metadata to stage the strip. The Danger Zone flips to a pulsing red banner so you can see at a glance which photos Jade GT will wipe on commit.

Close-up of the staged-scrub banner. A dashed red border holds a small pulsing dot and the label "TOTAL EXIF SCRUB STAGED" on the left, a "Cancel" link on the right, and body copy reading "WARNING: On commit, all metadata will be stripped: GPS, dates, camera info, IPTC tags, all of it." Close-up of the staged-scrub banner. A dashed red border holds a small pulsing dot and the label "TOTAL EXIF SCRUB STAGED" on the left, a "Cancel" link on the right, and body copy reading "WARNING: On commit, all metadata will be stripped: GPS, dates, camera info, IPTC tags, all of it."

What the scrub takes:

  • GPS

    Latitude, longitude, altitude, direction.

  • Camera identity

    Make, model, lens, serial number, owner name.

  • Timestamps

    Original and modified dates.

  • IPTC and XMP

    Keywords, captions, copyright, creator, usage terms, rating.

  • Thumbnails

    Every embedded preview the file carried.

While a scrub is staged

Edit controls on the GPS and Tags tabs lock, because any edit there would vanish when the scrub commits. Both tabs show a Manage Scrub in EXIF Info link so you can jump back to the Danger Zone and cancel.

Backing out of a staged scrub

The scrub stays reversible until you commit. Three paths back:

  • Click Cancel in the red banner.
  • Press Ctrl+Z in the workspace.
  • Uncheck the Scrub category in the Review Hub.

Troubleshooting

Shift Time is greyed out

Shift Time needs at least one photo selected, and that photo must already have a capture time. Single-photo selections work fine. The only requirement is that the file already carries a Date Taken from the camera.

Shifted dates look wildly off

The photo had no Date Taken before the shift, so Jade GT built the new timestamp from January 1, 1970 plus your offset. Click Clear on the staged-shift card, set a real capture time on the affected photos, and try again. Select only photos that already have a date before staging a shift.

The EXIF viewer shows fewer fields than I expected

Not every camera writes every field. Phone JPEGs often skip lens serial numbers and color profiles. Scanned files may have nothing but pixel dimensions. The Consistent Fields and Varying Fields sections show exactly what each file carries. Use the JSON export for the full snapshot if you want to see everything at once.

After a Privacy Scrub, my photo has no location

The scrub did its job. Privacy Scrub strips every metadata field, including GPS. If you wanted to keep the location, cancel the scrub from the Danger Zone, set the GPS you want on the Location tab, and run a normal commit instead.

Lightroom still shows the old metadata

The scrub stays staged until you commit. Click Commit in the Review Hub to write the strip to disk. Once committed, reload the file in Lightroom (Library → Photo → Read Metadata From File) to refresh its catalog cache.

I committed a Privacy Scrub by mistake

Once committed, scrubs can't be undone in Jade GT. If your saving strategy was Export Mode, the original file in your source folder stays untouched. In Direct Save mode, restore the file from your operating system's recycle bin or your cloud drive's version history.

  • Mobile GPS Logger

    The Logger's Sync Photo measures your camera's clock drift. Plug the result into Shift Time before running a GPX match.

  • Location tab

    Set GPS on photos that lost it after a Privacy Scrub, or run a GPX match after a clock correction.

  • Tags tab

    Keywords, captions, and IPTC fields that Privacy Scrub clears when it runs.

  • Preview tab

    Where the Date and Scrub staged-change chips live. Click a chip to jump back to the EXIF Info tab.

  • Review & Commit

    Where Clock Corrections and Privacy Scrub finalize. Toggle off the Scrub category in the Hub to cancel a staged scrub.