Exif Farm

Pictures are a bit more than meets the eye, at least on a computer. As a file, they also store valuable picture data and info, which is nowadays a standard and even your camera or smartphone automatically fills in this data. Called Exif, you can easily view it and advanced editing can be done with specialized applications like Exif Farm.

The application needs only a little time to install. A neat advantage is that you’re asked whether or not you want to view a demo, which brings up a small video tutorial that couldn’t have been more helpful. If you don’t run it, chances are you end up scratching your head because the executable is nowhere to be found.

The lack of an executable is not a mistake and happens because the application integrates itself in the default context menu, and doesn’t have a main window. The new context menu entry is only available when right-clicking pictures, since they’re the main targets here. Identification is easily done, with a few lines occupied with the Exif tag, as well as functions that are triggered.

On the other hand, context menu options only seem to provide the possibility to import and export Exif data from and to CSV or TXT files, as well as to clear existing Exif data. More management options can be found when accessing a picture’s properties panel.

There, you can clearly see a new tab called Exif Farm Free, which is also the only tab fitted with an icon. Relevant info is shown in a table, such as main characteristics and corresponding values.

Toe edit, you simply need to press the dedicated button, which brings up a new window with several empty fields. These give you the possibility to specify camera make and model, artist, copyright info, description, comments, and even modify date taken, original, and digitized. A different tab lets you edit specific file details, such as GPS data, timestamp, and a few more fields.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Exif Farm is a practical utility that manages to live up to expectations. Even if it doesn’t have its own interface or a management window, this makes everything a lot faster, because you work directly on the image, without having to look for it, open, edit and save.