ccess EXIF data of images. Preserve EXIF data after PIL manipulation of an image. Requires exiftool.exe. Download from http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

EXIF after PIL.py

'''
Preserve EXIF data after PIL manipulation of an image.
Requires exiftool.exe. Download from http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

Basically, do not save the manipulated image over the old image. Exiftool can
copy the data from old to new.
'''
from PIL import Image
import subprocess

exiftool = r'C:\...\exiftool.exe' # Path to exiftool.exe program
filename = r'C:\...\image.jpg' # Path to original image
savename = r'C:\...\image_new.jpg' # Destination for manipulated image

image = Image.open( filename )

...# Manipulate image data

# Save image and copy EXIF from old to new
image.save( savename )
subprocess.call([exiftool,
                 savename,
                 '-tagsFromFile',
                 filename], shell=True)

# Delete or rename old image as a backup