Version 8.1 + Refreshed UI + Is it AI? Badge and Metadata + Edit history on videos (epstein cell footage reveals an edit history) More info: Tap the AI badge on a photo to jump straight into its AI Generated metadata New metadata type for videos, XMP: Edit Sessions, Source Clips, and Project File IPTC date/time now saves correctly using the IIMv4 format standard Limited Photo Library Access banner so you always know which photos the app can see Improved EXIF enum decoding for more informative camera setting values explanations Thank you for using Photo Investigator!
- Fixed bugs that popped up in the latest large update: + Templates for editing metadata quicker + Edit metadata with action extension or the new Photos editing extension. Thank you!
+ Templates for editing metadata quicker + Photos.app editing extension + Now you can also edit metadata in the action extension or in the new Photos editing extension. - Fixed bug when editing both photos and videos while bulk editing - Fixed bug when removing all metadata - Many other bug fixes Thank you!
+ The extension now displays the altitude over the map, and other changes from the main app. + "Highest Quality" new on/off setting in the sidebar. Disable this if you want edited photos to have smaller filesizes. Thank you.
Welcome to 7.0.1! + OVER 300 EDITABLE METADATA FIELDS! + Completely redesigned editing page + When editing, save or save as a new file + Many more bug fixes and minor improvements This update was a long time coming! Please try out the new editing page and leave a nice review if you like the changes. Thanks, Danny Oops, Just fixed the extension's loading!
Welcome to 7.0! + OVER 300 EDITABLE METADATA FIELDS! + Completely redesigned editing page + When editing, save or save as a new file + Many more bug fixes and minor improvements This update was a long time coming! Please try out the new editing page and leave a nice review if you like the changes. Thanks, Danny
+ Redid 3 "summary" drawers: Date, Location, and Camera + Added Edit button on Location and Date drawers, to make it easier to navigate through the app.
Redesigned the Edit Location page: + DIRECTION FACING: View or edit the direction you were facing when taking a photo or video + EDIT ALTITUDE - Fixed a bug when taking a timestamp from another photo
+ Shortcuts - Open in Photo Investigator under "Documents" + Export audio track from a video in Metadata -> View All + Long Press a picture to start multiple selection + Other minor enhancements to multiple selection - Fixed a bug during loading with the spinner
+ "Original File Name" added to the info summary + If you delete the "Investigator" album, the app won't create it again. + After deleting photos in the photo picker, multiple selection mode ends + Added 12 more languages
+ A nicely redesigned Edit Time page! + Time Zones (view and edit) + Altitude displayed for videos
+ 24-Hour time entry if your phone is set to use 24-Hour Time + Reordered file size and file name displays to be first Bugfixes - Fixed accent mark display in captions - Fixed showing extended attributes metadata for photos By the way, 6.0 had some BIG changes: The main page has been beautifully redesigned, many bugs fixed, and more kinds of metadata are shown! NEW METADATA DISPLAYED: * See the ALBUMS a photo/video is in! * View DEPTH MAPS in portrait photos! Select a portrait photo then tap "Portrait" (which turns blue to show it is clickable). You can even share these. * View EXTENDED ATTRIBUTES a.k.a. "xattr"s, in the View All listing! * See all VERSIONS of a photo (created when editing photos or importing RAW photos) * Check out the "iOS Metadata" section in the View All listing, which includes more new metadata items. MORE GREAT CHANGES: * Altitude is shown in the GPS drawer. * When editing a photo, the albums the old photo was in are transferred to the edited new photo. * Open a GPS location in many more app options. * Swipe up or down to reveal, reposition, or hide the drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to switch drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to responsively browse your photos on the main page. * View photos and videos on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * View your photo map on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * Delete, favorite, or share an item from the main page. * When editing a location and searching for places or contacts, the full address is shown. * Redesigned the settings page
+ If you pause a video, the next video or live photo that you swipe to will not autoplay! Bugfixes - Fixed a bug with scrubbing to the very start or end of a video - Fixed the In-App Purchase from the banner, and made the Restoring Purchases flow more clear By the way, 6.0 had some BIG changes: The main page has been beautifully redesigned, many bugs fixed, and more kinds of metadata are shown! NEW METADATA DISPLAYED: * See the ALBUMS a photo/video is in! * View DEPTH MAPS in portrait photos! Select a portrait photo then tap "Portrait" (which turns blue to show it is clickable). You can even share these. * View EXTENDED ATTRIBUTES a.k.a. "xattr"s, in the View All listing! * See all VERSIONS of a photo (created when editing photos or importing RAW photos) * Check out the "iOS Metadata" section in the View All listing, which includes more new metadata items. MORE GREAT CHANGES: * Altitude is shown in the GPS drawer. * When editing a photo, the albums the old photo was in are transferred to the edited new photo. * Open a GPS location in many more app options. * Swipe up or down to reveal, reposition, or hide the drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to switch drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to responsively browse your photos on the main page. * View photos and videos on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * View your photo map on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * Delete, favorite, or share an item from the main page. * When editing a location and searching for places or contacts, the full address is shown. * Redesigned the settings page
Fixed some crashes 6.0 was BIG: The main page has been beautifully redesigned, many bugs fixed, and more kinds of metadata are shown! NEW METADATA DISPLAYED: * See the ALBUMS a photo/video is in! * View DEPTH MAPS in portrait photos! Select a portrait photo then tap "Portrait" (which turns blue to show it is clickable). You can even share these. * View EXTENDED ATTRIBUTES a.k.a. "xattr"s, in the View All listing! * See all VERSIONS of a photo (created when editing photos or importing RAW photos) * Check out the "iOS Metadata" section in the View All listing, which includes more new metadata items. MORE GREAT CHANGES: * Altitude is shown in the GPS drawer. * When editing a photo, the albums the old photo was in are transferred to the edited new photo. * Open a GPS location in many more app options. * Swipe up or down to reveal, reposition, or hide the drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to switch drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to responsively browse your photos on the main page. * View photos and videos on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * View your photo map on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * Delete, favorite, or share an item from the main page. * When editing a location and searching for places or contacts, the full address is shown. * Redesigned the settings page
Edited favorite photos will also be favorited. Fixed some bugs 6.0 was BIG: The main page has been beautifully redesigned, many bugs fixed, and more kinds of metadata are shown! NEW METADATA DISPLAYED: * See the ALBUMS a photo/video is in! * View DEPTH MAPS in portrait photos! Select a portrait photo then tap "Portrait" (which turns blue to show it is clickable). You can even share these. * View EXTENDED ATTRIBUTES a.k.a. "xattr"s, in the View All listing! * See all VERSIONS of a photo (created when editing photos or importing RAW photos) * Check out the "iOS Metadata" section in the View All listing, which includes more new metadata items. MORE GREAT CHANGES: * Altitude is shown in the GPS drawer. * When editing a photo, the albums the old photo was in are transferred to the edited new photo. * Open a GPS location in many more app options. * Swipe up or down to reveal, reposition, or hide the drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to switch drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to responsively browse your photos on the main page. * View photos and videos on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * View your photo map on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * Delete, favorite, or share an item from the main page. * When editing a location and searching for places or contacts, the full address is shown. * Redesigned the settings page
The main page has been beautifully redesigned, many bugs fixed, and more kinds of metadata are shown! NEW METADATA DISPLAYED: * See the ALBUMS a photo/video is in! * View DEPTH MAPS in portrait photos! Select a portrait photo then tap "Portrait" (which turns blue to show it is clickable). You can even share these. * View EXTENDED ATTRIBUTES a.k.a. "xattr"s, in the View All listing! * See all VERSIONS of a photo (created when editing photos or importing RAW photos) * Check out the "iOS Metadata" section in the View All listing, which includes more new metadata items. MORE GREAT CHANGES: * Altitude is shown in the GPS drawer. * When editing a photo, the albums the old photo was in are transferred to the edited new photo. * Open a GPS location in many more app options. * Swipe up or down to reveal, reposition, or hide the drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to switch drawers on the main page. * Swipe left and right to responsively browse your photos on the main page. * View photos and videos on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * View your photo map on the full screen by tapping to hide other controls. * Delete, favorite, or share an item from the main page. * When editing a location and searching for places or contacts, the full address is shown. * Redesigned the settings page
You can now try the in-app purchase features 3 times, before deciding if you want to unlock the app. Thank you for using the app! - The Photo Investigator
* Added back the Recently Deleted album * Fixed a crash Previously ------------------------------ The photo picker has been vastly improved: * View your photos on a 3D globe. * Multiple select to view and edit; or share, favorite/unfavorite, delete * A globe icon appear over photos and videos with a GPS location. * Your place will be saved when opening the picker. * Albums for "GPS Photos" and "No GPS Location" * Sort photos and videos by Date, Kind, or Length. * View thumbnails as either squares or with aspect ratio (wide or tall) * Panoramas albums show the panoramas beautifully at full width. * Optimized for very large (over 100,000 photos) libraries * Tap the top navigation bar to scroll to the top of an album. Tap the bottom tab you're in to scroll to the bottom. * And it looks great! Soon the rest of the app will get a redesign, with added features. Many bugfixes including: * Order in Photos is preserved when editing or removing metadata of a photo Let the Photo Investigator know what you'd like to see in the app by hitting Feedback in the settings.
The photo picker has been vastly improved: * View your photos on a 3D globe. * Multiple select to view and edit; or share, favorite/unfavorite, delete * A globe icon appear over photos and videos with a GPS location. * Your place will be saved when opening the picker. * Albums for "GPS Photos" and "No GPS Location" * Sort photos and videos by Date, Kind, or Length. * View thumbnails as either squares or with aspect ratio (wide or tall) * Panoramas albums show the panoramas beautifully at full width. * Optimized for very large (over 100,000 photos) libraries * Tap the top navigation bar to scroll to the top of an album. Tap the bottom tab you're in to scroll to the bottom. * And it looks great! Soon the rest of the app will get a redesign, with added features. Many bugfixes including: * Order in Photos is preserved when editing or removing metadata of a photo Let the Photo Investigator know what you'd like to see in the app by hitting Feedback in the settings.
Fixed "Open in the app" from the extension Fixed a possible issue with purchasing the in-app purchase
NEW • Dark Mode FIXED • Filename display • A crash after saving metadata • The extension will load the HEIC file and not convert it to JPEG
NEW In the photo picker: • Photo order matches the Photos app (down is "new") • Sort by duration (at the top of any album, there is a sort control for date created, date edited, type (panorama, etc.), or duration) Regarding video metadata: • Added video transform to the metadata listing, and information about video, audio, and metadata tracks in the video file in the View All metadata mode. FIXED • Re-added seconds where timestamps are shown • Worked to make the in app purchase code smoother • Cleaned up formatting in the video metadata View All listing • Fixed a couple visual glitches
* Compatibility with the next version of iOS
Bugs Fixed ==================== * Fixed caption saving within the metadata * Zoomed the map out a little by default
Bugs Fixed ==================== * Fixed a possible crash when loading contacts locations * Fixed a possible crash when showing the map
New Features ==================== * New option to send the metadata of a photo, when sharing it. You can still copy metadata by long pressing on any item in the "View All" metadata list. Bugs Fixed ==================== * Fixed a bug when editing metadata, entering the time * Fixed a bug when editing metadata, searching for a location * Fixed a bug on the main screen, tapping to Zoom / Magnify works on Live Photos * Fixed a bug in "View All" metadata, when viewing the GPS altitude converted to feet