@tpo-deb: the proble is still there in current Gimp 2.8.14-1+b1 from Debian testing/unstable. I guess we have to wait until the Jessy freeze is over for a fix.
$ exiv2 -pc a.jpg # original Nikon file $ gimp a.jpg # cropped, saved as aa.jpg $ exiv2 -pc aa.jpg Error: Directory NikonPreview with 8224 entries considered invalid; not read. Error: XMP Toolkit error 203: Duplicate property or field node Warning: Failed to decode XMP metadata. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to exiv2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601555 Title: Error: Directory NikonPreview, entry 0xb3b2 has invalid size 3115890614*1; skipping entry. Status in The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP): Unknown Status in exiv2 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in exiv2 package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: exiv2 When I start digikam from the command line, it bombs it with (thousands?) of messages like: [...] Warning: Directory NikonPreview, entry 0xb3b2 has unknown Exif (TIFF) type 46516; setting type size 1. Error: Directory NikonPreview, entry 0xb3b2 has invalid size 3115890614*1; skipping entry. [...] Error: Offset of directory NikonPreview, entry 0x00c4 is out of bounds: Offset = 0x01010101; truncating the entry Warning: Directory NikonPreview, entry 0x0504 has unknown Exif (TIFF) type 1798; setting type size 1. [...] According to http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam- users/2009-July/007947.html It's a problem of libexiv2 *t ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: libexiv2-6 0.19-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jul 4 11:08:10 2010 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_CH:de PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_CH.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: exiv2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gimp/+bug/601555/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp