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How can I rename files to match their EXIF "created date"?
ExifTool is pretty much the Swiss army chainsaw for doing these kinds of things. It has a steep learning curve, but once you're over it, the kind of renaming you're after is a snap:
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Why is Nikon camera prefixing filenames with an underscore (for example _DSCxxxx)?
You changed from sRGB to Adobe RGB1998?
It's apparently the naming convention. It surprised me too when I did the same thing.
From my D5500 manual...
Photographs are saved using file names ...
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How can I rename files to match their EXIF "created date"?
For simple things where the flexibility, power, and complication of ExifTool aren't necessary, I like to use the tool jhead. It's a command-line tool available for Linux, Mac, and Windows.
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How can I get Lightroom to export a list of filenames, from the colour-labeled (or flagged) pictures?
You can do this
Apply your filter in the library module,
Select all photos
Select "File Menu/Export as catalog..."
Click "Export selected photos only" (This doesnt export the photos, only the ...
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How can I rename files to match their EXIF "created date"?
I use the following script, placed in ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts (this should work for any Linux distro using Nautilus as a file manager):
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How can I prove an edited photo was taken on a particular date/time?
Simple answer: you can't prove anything. A (digital) photo is just a sequence of ones and zeros (bits) on a disk somewhere, and anyone with enough time, money and dedication could get those bits to ...
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How can I make ExifTool rename by camera model when the name contains a slash?
Although this has been asked some time back, but since no response is marked as Answer I offer this.
Maybe the solution is to use the semicolon behind the Model to remove invalid characters > model;
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Why don't most cameras store filenames based on date and time?
It's mainly about file name lengths at the time the Design Rules for Camera File Systems was developed. Many operating systems in widespread usage at that time did not allow file names long enough to ...
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What is the device with a file name prefix of win?
As this style of file naming is quite common in phone cameras, I'm going to hazard a guess that it came from such a device. 8Mpix seems reasonable for this. My Sony phone uses a more conventional ...
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Why does my Pentax Optio E30 create a new folder and reset numbering each time I turn it on?
It's not a failure, it's a setting in the camera menu. I've never used this camera but according to page 133 of the user manual, you set the image folder name setting to ...
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What is the device with a file name prefix of win?
JPEGsnoop compares the compression signature in a JPEG with its database of known signature/software combinations, and gives a list of software that matches the signature of the input image. I just ...
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Can I Watermark An Image With Its Filename and Copy name when exporting from Lightroom?
You need a 3rd party plug-in like LR Mogrify 2. Despite the text on its homepage, it is compatible with current versions of Lightroom.
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How can I rename files to match their EXIF "created date"?
Let me share a simple, wonderful and free tool that I have just used to rename a mess of several hundreds of pictures to their taken dates - it is called Namexif. What I had to do manually is to ...
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How can I rename files to match their EXIF "created date"?
Thanks all but I ended up using AmoK EXIF Sorter, a free app that does it all simply, quickly and effectively.
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Nikon D5100 image numbering restarting after DSC_1000
Info: I did not erase the card between the shots so even though I had the "File Number Sequence" setting turned off this should not have caused the problem.
I think you need the "File Number Sequence"...
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How to change Date Taken based in file name?
If you're asking how to do this remotely on images stored by Google Photos, there is currently no way to do so.
There are other questions and answers addressing how to do this on images located on ...
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How to recover the orginal name of picture file .JPG made by device?
Experimentally I can't find any reference to the file name in the JPG picture files either from my Canon 70D camera or my smartphone.
Not surprising since a filename is just a label on things.
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How to recover the orginal name of picture file .JPG made by device?
The original filename is not stored in Exif. However, Exif data may be used to reconstruct the filename. For instance, some devices name files according to date/time.
Also, some cameras store a ...
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Display .png file name as the text in the image corner
If you do not insist very much for opensource and you will agree with free software you can use XnView MP.
Open in Browser mode
Select images
Ctrl+U (batch convert)
For action select Image->Text
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How can I prove an edited photo was taken on a particular date/time?
You can actually provide several hints toward authenticity of date of creation.
You have several timestamps:
creation of file
modification of file, and
last read of file, but also a timestamp of
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How can I prove an edited photo was taken on a particular date/time?
Any method for demonstrating that the edited photo came from a particular original, or that the original was taken at a particular time or date, must be predicated on the evaluator being a rational ...
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How can I prove an edited photo was taken on a particular date/time?
You can't really prove the date, but you can prove the photo is identical to the original photo, except for the shadowing. Quickly flip between those two photos and it would be obvious that not a ...
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How to separate different subjects images automatically?
This is a generally good question -- I'd always be interested in an efficient way to "pre-edit" during the shoot. The bad news is I don't think there's any easy solution, at least for canon.
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How to separate different subjects images automatically?
Changing file numbers in camera for every product would be tedious and take up to much of the photographers valuable time (photographer productivity).
Perhaps the photographer could change media ...
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Managing image filenames to avoid duplicate
I don't know if the question is asking about what caused the problem to occur or how to avoid duplicate filenames. For the latter, I keep all my photos in separate directories by date. That way, I'm ...
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Managing image filenames to avoid duplicate
When I import images from my Canon cameras using EOS Utility I have it automatically change the filenames to include the date the photo was taken as well as the 4-digit image number assigned by the ...
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Managing image filenames to avoid duplicate
It depends on your camera and model, and what software is in there.
What I have seen with multiple camera models, and that is probably what happened for you too, is that they use the following ...
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How can I get Lightroom to export a list of filenames, from the colour-labeled (or flagged) pictures?
I have the better way.
Move original file to another folder.
Select photos that you want to get the filenames of.
Menu "Export with Preset" -> "For Email (Hard Drive)"
Select Somefolder for Export
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