Image metadata viewer
Every photo carries more than pixels. Drop a JPEG or PNG and see what is attached: the camera, the place it was taken, and whether the file says it was made with AI. It runs in your browser, so your file never leaves your computer.
What this shows
- Camera, lens, shutter, aperture, ISO and the date the photo was taken.
- The place it was taken, when the file carries one.
- Whether the file says an AI model made or changed it.
- Whether it carries Content Credentials.
- Whether it has Amazon's contains-synthetic-performer tag.
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| Name | Where it sits in the file | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| EXIF | A JPEG APP1 segment, or a PNG eXIf chunk | What the camera recorded: make, model, lens, shutter, aperture, ISO and the date. |
| GPS | Inside EXIF | Where the photo was taken. Anyone who downloads the file can read it. |
| XMP | A JPEG APP1 segment, or a PNG iTXt chunk | Text attached by editing apps, including keywords and a declared source. |
| Digital source type | Iptc4xmpExt:DigitalSourceType inside XMP | trainedAlgorithmicMedia means made with AI. compositeWithTrainedAlgorithmicMedia means edited with AI. |
| contains-synthetic-performer | The subject keywords inside XMP | The tag Amazon asks for on a photo-real person made with AI. |
| Content Credentials | A JPEG APP11 segment, or a PNG caBX chunk | A C2PA manifest saying where the image came from and what was done to it. |
Sources: IPTC Photo Metadata Standard: Digital Source Type, IPTC Digital Source Type NewsCodes, C2PA technical specification, Amazon Seller Central: Product image guide. Checked on 19 September 2026.
Presence, not proof
This tool says whether Content Credentials are in the file. It does not check the signature on them, so it cannot tell you they are genuine. Anyone can attach a manifest that does not hold up. Treat it as a hint about where an image came from, not as proof.
The same goes the other way. Most apps drop all of this when they save or export, so an empty result does not mean an image was made with AI, or that it was not.
About the clean copy
The clean copy is made by redrawing the image in your browser and saving it again as a JPEG. The pixels stay, everything attached goes: camera, GPS, XMP and any Content Credentials. Use it when you do not want to publish where a photo was taken.
Saving again also loses a little quality, so keep your original.
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