Sorry. I originally replied incorrectly and sent this only to Sébastien. F-Spot DOES alter files. As for your rotation question, I think it changes the EXIF, but I'm not certain. However, I no longer count myself as an F-Spot user, because I discovered it was significantly altering the EXIF data on my photos upon importing them.
F-Spot: a) Adds "f-spot" to the software field, as though you've used it to edit the photo b) Resets the date/time to GMT if you have a world time camera c) Screws up the pointer to the user comment field. I have still not found an automated way to fix the 6000 photos I have that were screwed up by F-spot. Exiftool won't change the dates because of the misplaced pointer, and the autofix option doesn't fix it. Joe P.S. Correction: This only occurs if you have the "write metadata to file" box checked in prefs. On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Sébastien Barthélemy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using the version from ubuntu hardy heron (that is 0.4.3.1), and > I'm wondering what happens when I rotate a photo (using [ keyboard > shortcut). Does F-spot > - rotate the image data in the file, > - or change some metadata in the file, > - or change some metada in its own database ? > > By the way, I tend to think that F-spot should never alter a file > without being explicitly told so (or by creating a new version). > A great advantage is that it makes the check for dupe files between > F-Spot and my CD-ROM easy as the files are always the same. > > > Does F-Spot ever alter the files ? If not, I think this "policy" is a > feature, and it would be great to advertise it. > > What do you think ? > > cheers > > -- > Sébastien Barthélemy > _______________________________________________ > F-spot-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list > _______________________________________________ F-spot-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list
