Reference
What each AI tool writes into your images
There is no single standard. Each generator picked a different container, which is why a checker that only looks for C2PA misses most of this. One page per tool, with the actual field names.
- MidjourneyXMPPrompt text and seed in XMP
- ChatGPT & DALL·EC2PASigned OpenAI content credentials
- Stable DiffusionPNG textFull generation parameters in PNG chunks
- ComfyUIPNG textEntire node workflow as JSON
- Photoshop Generative FillC2PA + EXIFPartial-edit credentials on real photos
- Lightroom AI DenoiseEXIF + XMPDenoise and masking markers on raw edits
- Adobe FireflyC2PA + IPTCContent credentials and AI source type
- Canva AIXMP + C2PAVaries by export path
- Google Gemini & ImagenC2PA + SynthIDCredentials plus an invisible pixel watermark
- Leonardo AIXMPGeneration signatures in XMP