I've already commented on
a bugfeature of DxO Optics Pro : if
the EXIF data of the input image is changed
in any wayeven in valid waysit may ignore it completely. In my case, I had put my name in
the Author tag. There's a clear workaround there, one that makes sense anyway:
don't put the Author tag in the raw file, just in the
output JPEG. DxO will even do this for you,
though I haven't found a way to get it to store the values, so I have to reenter them every
time I start it; it's easier to use my script afterwards.
So I did it like that today. Not a success. Hugin complained about every image:
Warning: Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
Error: Offset of directory OlympusIp, entry 0x1103 is out of bounds: Offset = 0x0013fa70; truncating the entry
Error: Offset of directory OlympusIp, entry 0x1104 is out of bounds: Offset = 0x00161670; truncating the entry
So I used exiftool to reinstate the EXIF data. It wasn't happy either:
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for ThumbnailImage - orig/P7217759.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for ThumbnailImage - orig/P7217758.jpg
DxO can say what they want about their requirement of untouched EXIF data for their input files, but they can't deny that this is a bug. So I'm back to the old method again.