Multi-file renaming to fill in blank 'Date taken' field
Posted: 15.01.2017, 11:00
My first post to the Forum, so please forgive me if this is not in the right place, or let me know if this is already answered somewhere else.
I would really like it if FreeCommander could fill in the blank 'date taken' field in many image files I get by email or from family/ friends phones etc.
I had hoped to be able to copy the 'Date created' into the 'Date taken' for a group of files at one time, but retaining the different dates created.
I don't know if this is possible already (if so please let me know -first post) or needs a new feature?
Background/rationale:
I am tidying up and maintaining my photo collection on a PC. I want to rename all pictures with the 'date taken' in the filename.
I get most photos from my phone and my wife's and they have the EXIF date taken variable filled in, so I can use that in multi-file rename.
Overall I am pleased with many of the features of FreeCommander to rename my picture files from various sources to include the 'date taken' (where it exists) in the filename (better than some default names like IMG_1234.jpg).
I have set up some multi-file rename (CTRL+M) profiles to Search for: IMG_????.jpg and rename / Replace with: [exif_taken] which works well when the files have the data.
However, the problem is that many image files shared through email or on my phone e.g. social media, have the 'date taken' field blank.
If the 'date taken' is blank, then I would like to be able to copy the 'date created' to the date taken field, and use it to rename the file. The EXIF 'date taken' goes down to the second so is almost always unique, but the 'date created' [dc] in Free Commander, seems to only use YYYYMMDD and not the hours, minutes and seconds. This means many pictures taken on the same day would be renamed and become duplicates which is not good and thankfully FreeCommander warns of this error in red.
Thanks for any advice or a new feature to complete this.
I would really like it if FreeCommander could fill in the blank 'date taken' field in many image files I get by email or from family/ friends phones etc.
I had hoped to be able to copy the 'Date created' into the 'Date taken' for a group of files at one time, but retaining the different dates created.
I don't know if this is possible already (if so please let me know -first post) or needs a new feature?
Background/rationale:
I am tidying up and maintaining my photo collection on a PC. I want to rename all pictures with the 'date taken' in the filename.
I get most photos from my phone and my wife's and they have the EXIF date taken variable filled in, so I can use that in multi-file rename.
Overall I am pleased with many of the features of FreeCommander to rename my picture files from various sources to include the 'date taken' (where it exists) in the filename (better than some default names like IMG_1234.jpg).
I have set up some multi-file rename (CTRL+M) profiles to Search for: IMG_????.jpg and rename / Replace with: [exif_taken] which works well when the files have the data.
However, the problem is that many image files shared through email or on my phone e.g. social media, have the 'date taken' field blank.
If the 'date taken' is blank, then I would like to be able to copy the 'date created' to the date taken field, and use it to rename the file. The EXIF 'date taken' goes down to the second so is almost always unique, but the 'date created' [dc] in Free Commander, seems to only use YYYYMMDD and not the hours, minutes and seconds. This means many pictures taken on the same day would be renamed and become duplicates which is not good and thankfully FreeCommander warns of this error in red.
Thanks for any advice or a new feature to complete this.