Image Metadata missing in threads

[Greg]

Hello Timothy.

I have noticed when a picture is upload direct to a thread the Image Metadata is missing. If the image is uploaded to the gallery it is there. I have been advising members to put their pictures in the gallery and placing a link in the thread, that way the IM is available.

Is the lack of IM in a thread a switch that need turning on or a software limitation?

Thanks Greg

 

[Tim Mayo]

Hi Greg,

Some images might not include the metadata in the first instance, so then it will not display, as often this gets stripped out when processing files.

There is also a setting under account preferences that stops the metadata from displaying directly under an image in the forums, but this doesn't remove it from the media gallery. So this might be what you are seeing.

The metadata will also only display directly under an image when that image is inserted as full size. If it's inserted as a thumbnail it won't display due to the lack of space.

Any images uploaded to the genre forums like wildlife, landscape etc are also mirrored to the matching category in the gallery. In these forums you can click an image and it will also display the metadata in the sidebar of the lightbox, that's if it exists when uploaded.

In the other forums images are not mirrored to the gallery as it makes little sense. There would be lots of images copied over that don't really belong there. Because of how the forum software works, when you click images in these forums you won't see the sidebar with the metadata or comment options. But metadata should still display below full-size images if enabled.

Sometimes it's also a little buggy as the PHP EXIF function isn't the best.

If you can point me to an example I can check this.

Cheers,
Tim

 

[Greg]

Hi Greg,

Some images might not include the metadata in the first instance, so then it will not display, as often this gets stripped out when processing files.

There is also a setting under account preferences that stops the metadata from displaying directly under an image in the forums, but this doesn't remove it from the media gallery. So this might be what you are seeing.

The metadata will also only display directly under an image when that image is inserted as full size. If it's inserted as a thumbnail it won't display due to the lack of space.

Any images uploaded to the genre forums like wildlife, landscape etc are also mirrored to the matching category in the gallery. In these forums you can click an image and it will also display the metadata in the sidebar of the lightbox, that's if it exists when uploaded.

In the other forums images are not mirrored to the gallery as it makes little sense. There would be lots of images copied over that don't really belong there. Because of how the forum software works, when you click images in these forums you won't see the sidebar with the metadata or comment options. But metadata should still display below full-size images if enabled.

Sometimes it's also a little buggy as the PHP EXIF function isn't the best.

If you can point me to an example I can check this.

Cheers,
Tim

Hi I just edited my M100 picture. Removed it from the gallery and put it in the post. I can see the IM below my picture. I was not aware before some pictures could have the IM stripped out, I suppose it could have been omitted during post production.