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PaoloAvezzano
PaoloAvezzano
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Can't rename file with modified date

Jul 9, 2012 3:46 AM

Tags: #lightroom #preset #time #date #rename #modified

I just found that renaming presets use the "Original/Digitized Date Time", which could differ from the actual Date Time when camera battery deplished and the time got reset, or simply when having DST/Time Zone issues.

 

Is there a way to call the modified time?

I mean... IMHO this should be the default case!

 

http://cl.ly/072X3A2g3M2w3H2o170T/Screenshot%20%202012-07-09%20at%2012.44.07.png

1105 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: Rob Cole, Jul 10, 2012 3:25 AM
 
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  • F. McLion
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    1. F. McLion,
    Jul 9, 2012 7:06 AM   in reply to PaoloAvezzano
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    I'm not completely sure what you are trying to achieve.

    If you simply want to change the capture time for a bunch of images due to the reasons you mentioned, this will help you.:

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS57264460-DC72-4a1f-A665- 1E90907A9FFD.html

     
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  • PaoloAvezzano
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    2. PaoloAvezzano,
    Jul 9, 2012 8:55 AM   in reply to F. McLion
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    I'm talking about rename presets.

     
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  • Hal P Anderson
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    3. Hal P Anderson,
    Jul 9, 2012 10:20 AM   in reply to PaoloAvezzano
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    Paolo,

     

    LR works the way you want it to. When you modify the Date/Time, the Date/Time Original gets modified. That is the time that you told LR is the real time that the picture was taken. So the renamed pictures end up with the proper time embedded in the filename.

     

    Hal

     
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  • PaoloAvezzano
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    4. PaoloAvezzano,
    Jul 9, 2012 10:28 AM   in reply to Hal P Anderson
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    That's odd. I opened this post because Lightroom used the first date of the screenshot in place of the most recent one.

     
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  • Rob Cole
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    5. Rob Cole,
    Jul 9, 2012 7:25 PM   in reply to PaoloAvezzano
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    You can use the RC File Renamer plugin, if you really want use another Date/Time instead of Capture Date/Time (Original) in your filenames.

     

    But, most people would prefer to correct the capture date/time, if need be, then use it in the filename - thus the default.

     

    Rob

     
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  • PaoloAvezzano
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    6. PaoloAvezzano,
    Jul 9, 2012 11:08 PM   in reply to Rob Cole
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    As you can read above, I'm trying as well to have the correct date in the file name, not the opposite.

     

    Based upon the screenshot in the OP, what is the "Date Time" filed from the "EXIF" metadata panel?

     
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  • Rob Cole
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    7. Rob Cole,
    Jul 9, 2012 11:31 PM   in reply to PaoloAvezzano
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    Will the real "correct date/time" please stand up?

     

    Perhaps I don't read too good, but generally people want the capture date/time, which is the same as original date/time.

     

    I thought you wanted the "unqualified" date/time, which is more recent (09/04/12). Did I think wrong?

     
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  • PaoloAvezzano
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    8. PaoloAvezzano,
    Jul 10, 2012 3:07 AM   in reply to Rob Cole
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    I may have found the problem...

    I thought the most recent date was the correct one. I then tried to change again the date/hour (set to October 31 2010) just to see what would happen.

     

    Here is the new configuration:

    http://f.cl.ly/items/1Y340H1O3A1I0c423W2n/Screenshot%20%202012-07-10%20at%2011.59.07.png

    The new Date Time has been put in "Date Time Original".

    The second field is for the timestamp the camera was on when the I got the shot.

     

    The "Date Time" field seems to be the creation date for the DNG file itself (maybe something changed that via a suboptimal copy process).

     

    In the end... everything works fine, but those field labels are not that clear... are they?

     
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  • Rob Cole
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    9. Rob Cole,
    Jul 10, 2012 3:25 AM   in reply to PaoloAvezzano
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    I confess I'm still confused, but I'm glad you got it sorted out .

    Sorry for being dense ,

    Rob

     
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