## Shortcuts Tags

Shortcut tags are convenience tags that represent one or more other tag names. They are used like regular tags to read and write the information for a specified set of tags.

The shortcut tags below have been pre-defined, but user-defined shortcuts may be added via the %Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Shortcuts lookup in the ~/.ExifTool_config file. See the Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts documentation for more details.

> Tag Name | Writable | Refers To | Values / Notes
> --- | --- | --- | ---
> AllDates | yes | DateTimeOriginal CreateDate ModifyDate | (contrary to the shortcut name, this represents only the common EXIF date/time tags. To access all date/time tags, use Time:All instead)
> Canon | yes | FileName Model DateTimeOriginal ShootingMode ShutterSpeed Aperture MeteringMode ExposureCompensation ISO Lens FocalLength ImageSize Quality Flash FlashType ConditionalFEC RedEyeReduction ShutterCurtainHack WhiteBalance FocusMode Contrast Sharpness Saturation ColorTone ColorSpace LongExposureNoiseReduction FileSize FileNumber DriveMode OwnerName SerialNumber |
> ColorSpaceTags | yes | ExifIFD:ColorSpace ExifIFD:Gamma InteropIFD:InteropIndex ICC_Profile | (standard tags which carry color space information. Useful for preserving color space when deleting all other metadata)
> Common | yes | FileName FileSize Model DateTimeOriginal ImageSize Quality FocalLength ShutterSpeed Aperture ISO WhiteBalance Flash |

> CommonIFD0

> yes

> IFD0:ImageDescription
> IFD0:Make
> IFD0:Model
> IFD0:Software
> IFD0:ModifyDate
> IFD0:Artist
> IFD0:Copyright
> IFD0:Rating
> IFD0:RatingPercent
> IFD0:DNGLensInfo
> IFD0:PanasonicTitle
> IFD0:PanasonicTitle2
> IFD0:XPTitle
> IFD0:XPComment
> IFD0:XPAuthor
> IFD0:XPKeywords
> IFD0:XPSubject

> (common metadata tags found in IFD0 of TIFF-format images. Used to simplify deletion of all metadata from these images. See FAQ number 7 for details)

> ImageDataMD5 | yes | ImageDataHash |
> LargeTags | yes | CanonVRD DLOData EXIF ICC_Profile IDCPreviewImage ImageData IPTC JpgFromRaw OriginalRawImage OtherImage PreviewImage ThumbnailImage TIFFPreview XML XMP ZoomedPreviewImage | (large binary data tags which may be excluded to reduce memory usage if memory limitations are a problem)

> MakerNotes

> yes

> MakerNotes
> MakerNoteApple
> MakerNoteCanon
> MakerNoteCasio
> MakerNoteCasio2
> MakerNoteDJI
> MakerNoteDJIInfo
> MakerNoteFLIR
> MakerNoteFujiFilm
> MakerNoteGE
> MakerNoteGE2
> MakerNoteGoogle
> MakerNoteHasselblad
> MakerNoteHP
> MakerNoteHP2
> MakerNoteHP4
> MakerNoteHP6
> MakerNoteISL
> MakerNoteJVC
> MakerNoteJVCText
> MakerNoteKodak1a
> MakerNoteKodak1b
> MakerNoteKodak2
> MakerNoteKodak3
> MakerNoteKodak4
> MakerNoteKodak5
> MakerNoteKodak6a
> MakerNoteKodak6b
> MakerNoteKodak7
> MakerNoteKodak8a
> MakerNoteKodak8b
> MakerNoteKodak8c
> MakerNoteKodak9
> MakerNoteKodak10
> MakerNoteKodak11
> MakerNoteKodak12
> MakerNoteKodakUnknown
> MakerNoteKyocera
> MakerNoteMinolta
> MakerNoteMinolta2
> MakerNoteMinolta3
> MakerNoteMotorola
> MakerNoteNikon
> MakerNoteNikon2
> MakerNoteNikon3
> MakerNoteNintendo
> MakerNoteOlympus
> MakerNoteOlympus2
> MakerNoteOlympus3
> MakerNoteLeica
> MakerNoteLeica2
> MakerNoteLeica3
> MakerNoteLeica4
> MakerNoteLeica5
> MakerNoteLeica6
> MakerNoteLeica7
> MakerNoteLeica8
> MakerNoteLeica9
> MakerNoteLeica10
> MakerNotePanasonic
> MakerNotePanasonic2
> MakerNotePanasonic3
> MakerNotePentax
> MakerNotePentax2
> MakerNotePentax3
> MakerNotePentax4
> MakerNotePentax5
> MakerNotePentax6
> MakerNotePhaseOne
> MakerNoteReconyxHyperFire
> MakerNoteReconyxUltraFire
> MakerNoteReconyxHyperFire2
> MakerNoteReconyxMicroFire
> MakerNoteReconyxHyperFire4K
> MakerNoteRicohPentax
> MakerNoteRicoh
> MakerNoteRicoh2
> MakerNoteRicohText
> MakerNoteSamsung1a
> MakerNoteSamsung1b
> MakerNoteSamsung2
> MakerNoteSanyo
> MakerNoteSanyoC4
> MakerNoteSanyoPatch
> MakerNoteSigma
> MakerNoteSony
> MakerNoteSony2
> MakerNoteSony3
> MakerNoteSony4
> MakerNoteSony5
> MakerNoteSonyEricsson
> MakerNoteSonySRF
> MakerNoteUnknownText
> MakerNoteUnknownBinary
> MakerNoteUnknown

> (useful when copying tags between files to either copy the maker notes as a block or prevent it from being copied)

> Nikon | yes | Model SubSecDateTimeOriginal ShutterCount LensSpec FocalLength ImageSize ShutterSpeed Aperture ISO NoiseReduction ExposureProgram ExposureCompensation WhiteBalance WhiteBalanceFineTune ShootingMode Quality MeteringMode FocusMode ImageOptimization ToneComp ColorHue ColorSpace HueAdjustment Saturation Sharpness Flash FlashMode FlashExposureComp |

> Unsafe

> yes

> IFD0:YCbCrPositioning
> IFD0:YCbCrCoefficients
> IFD0:TransferFunction
> ExifIFD:ComponentsConfiguration
> ExifIFD:CompressedBitsPerPixel
> InteropIFD:InteropIndex
> InteropIFD:InteropVersion
> InteropIFD:RelatedImageWidth
> InteropIFD:RelatedImageHeight

> (Unsafe tags in JPEG images which are normally not copied. Defined here as a shortcut to use when rebuilding JPEG EXIF from scratch. See FAQ number 20 for more information)

> ls-l | yes | FilePermissions FileHardLinks FileUserID FileGroupID FileSize# FileModifyDate FileName | (mimics columns shown by Unix "ls -l" command. Includes some tags which are extracted only if the API SystemTags option is enabled)

(This document generated automatically by Image::ExifTool::BuildTagLookup)
Last revised Sep 21, 2025

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