Adobe’s Photoshop is a name synonymous with professional-grade image editing, and has stood its ground as one of the best apps every photographer must have installed. Beyond its unparalleled photo manipulation prowess, it can also be used to view and edit a photo’s metadata, and it takes far fewer clicks than you’d think:
- Open your desired image using Adobe Photoshop. You can either launch the app first and then open the image, or right-click the image and open it using Photoshop directly.
- Click on “File” from the menu bar at the top and select “File Info.”
- This will pop open a dialogue box containing a range of information including author name, camera and lens data, date and location of creation, and more.
- You can make changes to this metadata and save it by clicking on “OK.”
You will still need to export the image using Photoshop for the metadata to be updated. To do so, navigate to File > Export > Export As…, and ensure you select “Copyright and Contact Info” under the metadata section before clicking on “Export.” This is also how you can strip away any information from an image, by selecting “None” under the metadata options before exporting.
