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Hi,
I'm removing the xmp information from some JPG files with the command:
"convert current.jpg +profile xmp new.jpg"

Is this a lossless action and will the new JPG file have the same quality???

Thanks and Regards,
JO

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No it is not lossless; you can add a -quality 100 to try and keep the best quality.

I think my question could be also asked like:

Do I lose quality in an existing JPG file I add or change a profile in the file?

JO

Bonzo wrote:No it is not lossless; you can add a -quality 100 to try and keep the best quality.

Is there any other way to remove the XMP profile and not losing quality in the JPG file?

JO

Not in ImageMagcik. Image Magick is a raster image processor, NOT a profile processor.

Try looking at programs like jhead and such which are designed to modify profiles without decoding/encoding the image raster data.