The Photo Mechanic trailer contains data in an IPTC-format structure, with soft edit information stored under record number 2.
Record Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 2 SoftEdit - --> PhotoMechanic SoftEdit Tags
Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 209 RawCropLeft int32s 210 RawCropTop int32s 211 RawCropRight int32s 212 RawCropBottom int32s 213 ConstrainedCropWidth int32s 214 ConstrainedCropHeight int32s 215 FrameNum int32s 216 Rotation int32s 0 = 0
1 = 90
2 = 180
3 = 270217 CropLeft int32s 218 CropTop int32s 219 CropRight int32s 220 CropBottom int32s 221 Tagged int32s 0 = No
1 = Yes222 ColorClass int32s
0 = 0 (None)
1 = 1 (Winner)
2 = 2 (Winner alt)
3 = 3 (Superior)
4 = 4 (Superior alt)5 = 5 (Typical)
6 = 6 (Typical alt)
7 = 7 (Extras)
8 = 8 (Trash)223 Rating int32s 236 PreviewCropLeft int32s 237 PreviewCropTop int32s 238 PreviewCropRight int32s 239 PreviewCropBottom int32s
Below is a list of the observed PhotoMechanic XMP tags. The actual namespace prefix is "photomechanic" but ExifTool shortens this in the "XMP-photomech" family 1 group name.
Tag Name Writable Values / Notes ColorClass integer
0 = 0 (None)
1 = 1 (Winner)
2 = 2 (Winner alt)
3 = 3 (Superior)
4 = 4 (Superior alt)5 = 5 (Typical)
6 = 6 (Typical alt)
7 = 7 (Extras)
8 = 8 (Trash)CountryCode string/ EditStatus string PMVersion string Prefs string (format is "Tagged:0, ColorClass:1, Rating:2, FrameNum:3") Tagged boolean 'False' = No
'True' = YesTimeCreated string/