## 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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