Photo metadata editor online
Embed a title, description and keywords right inside your JPG files — so Adobe Stock, Freepik, Shutterstock and every other agency read them automatically. Stock Metadata Tagger does it for you: upload your images, AI writes the metadata, you download ready-to-submit files.
What photo metadata is and why it matters
Metadata is text embedded inside the image file itself: the title, the description and the keywords. Stock agencies read it automatically on upload and pre-fill the submission form. With properly embedded metadata you never retype anything.
Modern agencies rely on XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) — the format read by Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Freepik and Dreamstime.
How to add metadata to photos online
Three steps, nothing to install:
- Upload PNG or JPG files — up to 500 at a time.
- AI looks at every image and writes a title, a description and up to 47 keywords.
- Download a ZIP: XMP metadata is already embedded in each file.
How is this different from a regular metadata editor
Classic editors (ExifTool, Photoshop File Info) let you change metadata manually — but you write every word yourself. Stock Metadata Tagger generates the metadata: AI looks at the picture and produces a selling title, a description and relevant keywords in English.
This matters most for AI artists (Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Flux) producing hundreds of images a week: manual attribution takes 3–5 minutes per file; the service cuts it to seconds.
Which fields get embedded
Every JPG receives an XMP packet with standard Dublin Core fields:
- dc:title — the image title (up to 200 chars for Adobe Stock, 100 for Freepik);
- dc:description — a full description;
- dc:subject — keywords, each as a separate entry.
Check metadata before uploading to a stock site
Use our free photo metadata checker: drop a JPG and instantly see which title, description and keywords are actually embedded — no sign-up needed.
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Does metadata survive downloading and re-uploading?
Yes. XMP is embedded inside the JPG, so the metadata travels with the file across downloads, emails and other agencies.
Can I edit what the AI wrote?
Yes. Every title, description and keyword list is editable in the results table. The ZIP re-embeds metadata on download — with your edits.
Do you write EXIF?
No. EXIF holds camera data (ISO, shutter speed) which stock sites don't need. Agencies read XMP — that is exactly what we embed.
Does it work with PNG?
Yes, you can upload PNG. For stock submission PNGs are converted to JPG with embedded XMP; the original PNG can be kept untouched (e.g. for Magnific).