What are the fuji .XIP files?

[SausalitoDog]

These files must be some kind of sidecar file for xp1, ex1 and x100 raw images, but I don't see that they do anything and (recently it seems) they are showing up with every file.

I'm using a mac with 10.8.3 and adobe PS CS6 (bridge is a mess 🙂

Should these be hidden files? Or do I have to live with this mess???

Thanks

Tom

 

[GaryLH]

I don't think it came from Fuji I just took a couple of pictures on my x100 and put the card into my Mac.

Opened the terminal app and did a unix "ls -la"

Did not c that type if file. Attached iPhone shot of my result.

Could it be part of the photoshop import process? I use aperture and have not noticed these file types before.

Gary

 

[Keith]

My Nikon, when I post process images with ACDSee Pro, produces xmp files along side the original file when you make any alteration. I have yet to figure out what they do and they appear to contain no information ... I delete them! 😀

 

[thirteen]

From my understanding the .xmp file holds the post processing info. If you delete the .xmp file the original file goes back to the settings before you processed it.
I think I'm correct.

 

[thirteen]

To put it in another way - the .xmp file keeps a track of the settings made in post processing to the RAW file - the metadata.

 

[Keith]

From my understanding the .xmp file holds the post processing info. If you delete the .xmp file the original file goes back to the settings before you processed it.
I think I'm correct.

Oddly that's not the case ... an altered and saved file remains exactly the same after you delete the xmp.

My PP software gives you the option of returning to the original raw file at any stage during post processing ... it must use the xmp information to do this?

 

[thirteen]

Thanks Keith - Like you I always delete the .xmp file. I thought that the original file reverted back to the settings before I processed it. I did this so I could go back to the original file and reprocess if I wished to at a later time.
So .... the original Q still remains ... what are they and why are they generated?

 

[SausalitoDog]

I've been doing some research on this.

It is sort of like an xmp file but it comes from a new version of Photo Mechanic, an app that I use to keyword my images. They are working on a fix to hide the files for me.

Thanks for the inputs...