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
SerialNumberColorSpaceTags 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
FlashCommonIFD0 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 simpify deletion of all metadata from these images. See FAQ number 7 for details) 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
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
MakerNoteReconyx
MakerNoteReconyx2
MakerNoteReconyx3
MakerNoteRicoh
MakerNoteRicoh2
MakerNoteRicohPentax
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
FlashExposureCompUnsafe 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)