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Lars-Erik Østerud

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: How to add EXIF date from file-date Archived from groups: rec>photo>digital, others (more info?)

I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. I have the original date in the files "date modified", but need a program then can create the EXIF date info from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: > I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. > But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. > > Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current > year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. > > I have the original date in the files "date modified", > but need a program then can create the EXIF date info > from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite > > Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date > for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? What operating system? -- Len >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

Floyd L. Davidson

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Lars-Erik Østerud <.@.> wrote: >I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. > >Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. > >I have the original date in the files "date modified", >but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite > >Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? Regardless of you OS, download exiftool by Phil Harvey (and install Perl if you don't have it). Of course writing a batch file or shell script to interate over your entire collection, and automating the correct date selection, is a programming task. -- Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson> Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd.DeleteThis@apaflo.com >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

Matt Ion

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

l v wrote: > Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: >> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. >> >> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. >> >> I have the original date in the files "date modified", >> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite >> >> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? > > What operating system? I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. Thus it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of Windows here. >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article <fpb4u1$1cg$1@registered.motzarella.org>, Matt Ion <soundy106.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote: > l v wrote: > > Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: > >> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. > >> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. > >> > >> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current > >> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. > >> > >> I have the original date in the files "date modified", > >> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info > >> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite > >> > >> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date > >> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? > > > > What operating system? > > I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are > intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows > (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. Thus > it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of Windows here. that's very likely, but fortunately the best tool for the job, exiftool, runs on mac/win/unix, so it really doesn't matter what operating system he uses. also, i think one of the examples in the help will write the file modification date to the exif date. <http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/> >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

John Navas

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:26:18 -0800, Matt Ion <soundy106.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in <fpb4u1$1cg$1@registered.motzarella.org>: >l v wrote: >> Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: >>> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >>> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. >>> >>> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >>> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. >>> >>> I have the original date in the files "date modified", >>> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >>> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite >>> >>> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >>> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? >> >> What operating system? > >I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are >intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows >(l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. Thus >it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of Windows here. It's a matter of market share, not intelligence. Insulting Windows users does you no credit. -- Best regards, John Navas Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others) >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

H.S.

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: rec>photo>digital (more info?)

John Navas wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:26:18 -0800, Matt Ion <soundy106 RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote > in <fpb4u1$1cg$1@registered.motzarella.org>: > >> l v wrote: >>> Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: >>>> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >>>> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. >>>> >>>> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >>>> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. >>>> >>>> I have the original date in the files "date modified", >>>> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >>>> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite >>>> >>>> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >>>> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? >>> What operating system? >> I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are >> intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows >> (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. Thus >> it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of Windows here. > > It's a matter of market share, not intelligence. > Insulting Windows users does you no credit. > Rephrased: Non-windows users are more aware of what they are dealing with and tend to provide relevant information when asking questions here. Most Windows users, however, take it for guaranteed that everyone else is using Windows too. They are as likely to be completely ignorant of any other kinds of OSes as well. >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

Matt Ion

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: rec>photo>digital, others (more info?)

John Navas wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:26:18 -0800, Matt Ion <soundy106 DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote > in <fpb4u1$1cg$1@registered.motzarella.org>: > >> l v wrote: >>> Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: >>>> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >>>> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. >>>> >>>> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >>>> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. >>>> >>>> I have the original date in the files "date modified", >>>> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >>>> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite >>>> >>>> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >>>> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? >>> What operating system? >> I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are >> intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows >> (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. Thus >> it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of Windows here. > > It's a matter of market share, not intelligence. Why can't it be both? I'll say it again: Your typical Windows (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. > Insulting Windows users does you no credit. Good thing I'm not looking for credit. >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

cmyk

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:03 am Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Hi Lars, A Web search for 'Edit EXIF' will turn up many EXIF editors, at least some of which claim to allow you to edit the date. For example: Quick EXIF Editor http://www.photo-freeware.net/quick-exif-editor.php Exifer for Windows http://www.exifer.friedemann.info/ Some are freeware; others you pay for. Some even give you a choice of OS. Cheers -- cmyk "Lars-Erik Østerud" <.@.> wrote in message news:61sbgpF20pq1tU1@mid.individual.net... >I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. > But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. > > Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current > year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. > > I have the original date in the files "date modified", > but need a program then can create the EXIF date info > from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite > > Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date > for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? > -- > Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

H.S.

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:51 am Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: rec>photo>digital (more info?)

nospam wrote: > that's very likely, but fortunately the best tool for the job, > exiftool, runs on mac/win/unix, so it really doesn't matter what > operating system he uses. also, i think one of the examples in the > help will write the file modification date to the exif date. > > <http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/> Interesting. Would you know if this tool works in a batch mode in Windows? In Linux, I can type up bash commands in a few minutes to do this job automatically for any number of files. But if the tool doesn't work in batch mode in Windows, the user is going to take ages to do this one by one for his thousands of pictures! ->HS >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: rec>photo>digital, others (more info?)

Matt Ion wrote: > l v wrote: >> Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: >>> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >>> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. >>> >>> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >>> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. >>> >>> I have the original date in the files "date modified", >>> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >>> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite >>> >>> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >>> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? >> >> What operating system? > > I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are > intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows > (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. Thus > it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of Windows here. Usually the headers give it away too. The OP's headers did not reveal anything definitive. -- Len >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: rec>photo>digital (more info?)

H.S. wrote: > John Navas wrote: >> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:26:18 -0800, Matt Ion <soundy106 DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote >> in <fpb4u1$1cg$1@registered.motzarella.org>: >> >>> l v wrote: >>>> Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: >>>>> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >>>>> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. >>>>> >>>>> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >>>>> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. >>>>> >>>>> I have the original date in the files "date modified", >>>>> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >>>>> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite >>>>> >>>>> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >>>>> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? >>>> What operating system? >>> I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are >>> intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows >>> (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. >>> Thus it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of >>> Windows here. >> >> It's a matter of market share, not intelligence. >> Insulting Windows users does you no credit. >> > > Rephrased: > Non-windows users are more aware of what they are dealing with and tend > to provide relevant information when asking questions here. Most Windows > users, however, take it for guaranteed that everyone else is using > Windows too. They are as likely to be completely ignorant of any other > kinds of OSes as well. Not true. I recently responded to a post where the OP was looking for image cataloging software. After I responded with my windows centric answer, the OP replied that he was a Mac user. This is something people just assume but forget to include it in the question. -- Len >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

l v wrote: > H.S. wrote: >> John Navas wrote: >>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:26:18 -0800, Matt Ion <soundy106.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote >>> in <fpb4u1$1cg$1@registered.motzarella.org>: >>> >>>> l v wrote: >>>>> Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: >>>>>> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >>>>>> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. >>>>>> >>>>>> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >>>>>> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have the original date in the files "date modified", >>>>>> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >>>>>> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >>>>>> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? >>>>> What operating system? >>>> I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are >>>> intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows >>>> (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. >>>> Thus it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of >>>> Windows here. >>> >>> It's a matter of market share, not intelligence. >>> Insulting Windows users does you no credit. >>> >> >> Rephrased: >> Non-windows users are more aware of what they are dealing with and >> tend to provide relevant information when asking questions here. Most >> Windows users, however, take it for guaranteed that everyone else is >> using Windows too. They are as likely to be completely ignorant of any >> other kinds of OSes as well. > > Not true. I recently responded to a post where the OP was looking for > image cataloging software. After I responded with my windows centric > answer, the OP replied that he was a Mac user. Still true: note such qualifiers as "most", "typical", "likely", etc. There are exceptions both ways, but the overwhelming majority of cases hold to the generalizations above. >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: rec>photo>digital, others (more info?)

Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: > I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. > But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. > > Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current > year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. > > I have the original date in the files "date modified", > but need a program then can create the EXIF date info > from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite > > Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date > for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? jhead from http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead has a -dsft option. -- Len >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: Re: How to add EXIF date from file-date [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Matt Ion wrote: > John Navas wrote: >> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:26:18 -0800, Matt Ion <soundy106.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote >> in <fpb4u1$1cg$1@registered.motzarella.org>: >> >>> l v wrote: >>>> Lars-Erik Østerud wrote: >>>>> I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo. >>>>> But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting. >>>>> >>>>> Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current >>>>> year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting. >>>>> >>>>> I have the original date in the files "date modified", >>>>> but need a program then can create the EXIF date info >>>>> from the file-date. But I can only find the opposite >>>>> >>>>> Anyone know how to copy the file-date to the EXIF date >>>>> for several >1000 JPG files in an easy way? Please? >>>> What operating system? >>> I find that almost universally, it's the non-Windows users who are >>> intelligent enough to provide OS information. Your typical Windows >>> (l)user doesn't understand that not all computers run on Windows. >>> Thus it's safe to assume that we're dealing with some version of >>> Windows here. >> >> It's a matter of market share, not intelligence. > > Why can't it be both? > > I'll say it again: Your typical Windows (l)user doesn't understand that > not all computers run on Windows. > >> Insulting Windows users does you no credit. > > Good thing I'm not looking for credit. > Typically, Windows users assume that everyone IS using Windows, probably because 95% of computer users ARE using Windows. It is a reasonable, if not always correct, assumption, if the OS in use is not stated. Hardly an insult, in any case. >> Stay informed about: How to add EXIF date from file-date

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