[Images] Store EXIF+IPTC Metadata for images taken
available in future release
MisutaaAsriel
Preface
Currently, images & screenshots taken with VRChat are lacking in key information which could help users sort & locate images later on. These include information such as:
- Users taken
- World taken
- Date & time taken*
By embedding metadata relevant to the photo taken, users would be given greater ease of access in locating, sorting, and categorizing VRChat images.
Suggestion
Embed both EXIF & IPTC metadata for the following categories, and any others you may find relevant, when saving images:
- Users within shot: Person Shown (IPTC)
- User taking shot (Local Player): Creator/Author (IPTC) orArtist (EXIF)
- World taken in: Location - Legacy (IPTC) orEvent (IPTC)
- Date & Time: DateTimeOriginal (EXIF)
- Selfie or Screenshot: Model (EXIF) (e.g. "VRChat Selfie Camera")
* Some versions of VRChat include this data within filenames.
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Tupper - VRChat Head of Community
available in future release
As of 2025.3.1, we store the following metadata attached to VRChat screenshots:
- Person who took the photo
- World that the photo was taken in
We already store the datetime of the photo in the filename. This is the same as Prints.
If you have further feedback regarding this change, please make a new post on the Open Beta feedback board with the appropriate format!
BadRofl
Tupper - VRChat Head of Community
Great news!
May I emphasize on the need to also store DateTimeOriginal as it is used by many software to order pictures instead of using file creation date. This is also useful to archive files on library tools so they can be found using the actual time when the picture was taken instead of relying on file creation date.
Thank you
Tupper - VRChat Head of Community
BadRofl: Good idea! Can you post it to https://feedback.vrchat.com/open-beta ? That's the best way to get that kind of change in before we release.
~Babo~
The EXIF data should also include the camera settings like focal length and aperture. Would be pretty nice to have that data available :)