.ExifTool_config

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# File:         .exiftool_config
#
# Description:  Configuration file for Image::ExifTool
#
# Notes:        To activate this file, rename it to ".ExifTool_config" and
#               place it in your home directory or the exiftool application
#               directory.  (On Mac and some Windows systems this must be done
#               via the command line since the GUI's may not allow filenames to
#               begin with a dot.  Use the "rename" command in Windows or "mv"
#               on the Mac.)  This causes ExifTool to automatically load the
#               file when run.  Your home directory is determined by the first
#               defined of the following environment variables:
#
#                   1.  EXIFTOOL_HOME
#                   2.  HOME
#                   3.  HOMEDRIVE + HOMEPATH
#                   4.  (the current directory)
#
#               Alternatively, the -config option of the exiftool application
#               may be used to load a specific configuration file (note that
#               this must be the first option on the command line):
#
#                   exiftool -config example.config ...
#
#               For detailed information on the definition of tag tables and
#               tag information hashes, see lib/Image/ExifTool/README.
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# Shortcut tags are used when extracting information to simplify
# commonly used commands.  They can be used to represent groups
# of tags, or to provide an alias for a tag name.
%Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Shortcuts = (
    Author => [
        'EXIF:Artist',
        'XMP-dc:Creator'],
    Taken => [
        'EXIF:ModifyDate', # used as the sort key by many applications
        'EXIF:OffsetTime', # offset for ModifyDate
        'EXIF:DateTimeOriginal', # date taken proper        
        'EXIF:OffsetTimeOriginal', # offset for DateTimeOriginal
        'XMP-xmp:ModifyDate',
        'XMP-exif:DateTimeOriginal',
        'XMP-photoshop:DateCreated',
        'XMP-tiff:DateTime',
        'FileModifyDate'],
    Digitized => [
        'EXIF:CreateDate', # aka DateTimeDigitized in the EXIF spec
        'EXIF:OffsetTimeDigitized', # offset for CreateDate
        'XMP-xmp:CreateDate',
        'XMP-exif:DateTimeDigitized'], # replaced by CreateDate in the spec but still used by digiKam
    Modified => [
        'XMP-xmp:MetadataDate'
    ],
);

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1;  #end