• 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 ?

  • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    2 months ago

    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.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      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.

  • Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 months ago

    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