Image metadata analysis

This image analysis tool shows you metadata like Exif, IPTC, XML, ICC color profiles hidden in your image or photo.

  • Made in Germany
  • EU GDPR compliant
  2. Drag & Drop

    Drag your image file onto this website. You can do this anytime.

  3. Paste image URL

    Paste an image URL from your clipboard into this website. You can do this also on the image processing page.

  4. Paste Base64 Data URI

    Paste a Base64 Data URI from your clipboard into this website. You can do this also on the image processing page.

  5. Paste image data

    Paste an image from your clipboard into this website. You can do this also on the image processing page.

Allowed file formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG (max. 8 MiB)

Features

  • Extracts Exif, IPTC, XMP, Photoshop's own data
  • Extract embedded ICC profile (downloadable)
  • JPEG: Quantization tables (luminance and chroma)
  • JPEG: Embedded thumbnail preview
  • JPEG: Estimated quality level based on quantization tables
  • JPEG: Linked OSM and Google Maps location based on embedded GPS data
  • PNG: Compression view
  • PNG: Separated alpha channel for "dirty transparency" check
  • … much more

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Why should I use this image forensics tool?

This analysis tool helps you to find out which meta data like Exif, IPTC, XMP, ICC color profiles, GPS coordinates and Quantization tables are hidden in your images and photos.

This can be useful for security reasons in the field of forensics, but it can also help developers in the field of digital image processing to analyze what compression settings were used when generating the image (e.g. estimated JPEG quality) and how well the compression works (look for PNG compression view).

Also, for commercial sites, it can be useful to check the copyright and licensing notices that may have been placed in the images.

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News
Christoph Erdmann
COD says Goodbye
2026-06-24

After 10 years of compress-or-die.com, it’s time for me to say goodbye. It’s been a great time—I’ve learned a lot technically, but I’ve also met some wonderful people.

compress-or-die.com was created back then to get the most out of graphics for small banners. At the time, I was still working at an advertising agency. And over time, it just kept growing and growing.

But some of you may have noticed that over the past two years, there have been hardly any changes, and there hasn’t been much from me to read—which was quite different back in the day.

But a lot has changed in my personal life: children, new and different hobbies, and health issues have shifted my focus in other directions. And so, I had less and less time and motivation left for this project that was once so close to my heart.

For this reason, this chapter is now coming to an end. I’d like to thank all of you for using COD and for providing such great feedback, which helped COD grow so much.

I’d especially like to thank the Patrons who have covered the server costs over the past few years. Thank you so much!

On July 25, 2026, I will send COD into its well-deserved retirement.

All the best to you all,
Christoph

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