Capture time as default in LR catalog

Currently added order is the default - always when opening a catalog or LR, added order is selected.
I would prefer capture time as default sorting order and not having to select it each time.
Is there something I have missed?
Micha

This is is strange.
I close Lightroom, after closing I looked thru the Prefernces file, and it says clearly default sort order Capture Time. (maybe because it closed when having changed recently used folder sort order to Capture Time)
My import process is as follows:
I copy files into a manually created new folder. (in Windows Explorer)
After this, I import the files at their current location into LR.
When staring to browse thru the files, the sort order is "Added Order"
I change the sort order to "Capture time"
After this procedure, the folder is "always" Capture Time sorted just as I want.
But why is the Preferences file default Capture time and still all new imported folders are Added order?

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Find Photos by capture time?

I'm having a bit of trouble finding photos by capture time. It seems that catalog:findPhotos() works on captureDate, but not time.
I have a photo that I know the date is 2010-11-28 02:10:00 - I can do a getAllPhotos() and dump the capture time to verify.
This works:
local catalog = import 'LrApplication'.activeCatalog()
    local foundPhotos = catalog:findPhotos {
         searchDesc = {
                 criteria = "captureTime",
                 operation = "in",
                 value = "2010-11-27",
                 value2 = "2010-11-29",
This doesn't:
         searchDesc = {
                  criteria = "captureTime",
                  operation = "=",
                  value = "2010-11-28",
nor does:
                 value = "2010-11-28T02:10:00",
or does any other variant I've tried, and I've tried all the sqllite query formats for date time. In fact, I can't find any solution that a "=" criteria works for captureTime.
This is pretty big for my plugin... can anyone help? Please?

Still no luck.
Here's what I'm trying (with a different image, so the dates are now different than my original post):
    local foundPhotos = catalog:findPhotos {
         searchDesc = {
                 criteria = "camera", -- searches Camera Model
                 operation = "==",
                 value = "Canon EOS 7D",
                 criteria = "captureTime",
                 operation = "==",
                 value = 294962994,
             combine = "intersect",
for x = 1, #foundPhotos do
        local photo = foundPhotos[x];
        log("\traw dateTimeOriginal: " .. (photo:getRawMetadata("dateTimeOriginal") or null));
end
if I run this, I get 9 entries. here's the last 3:
[1676] ErisApp TRACE raw dateTimeOriginal: 299806234
[1676] ErisApp TRACE raw dateTimeOriginal: 294962994
[1676] ErisApp TRACE raw dateTimeOriginal: 294962966
Camera model does match, so I know at least part of the search critiera is working correctly.
Surely I'm doing something wrong?
Thanks for your help!

[BUG] Sort - Capture Time doesn't work, movies?

I found a strange bug: when set on Capture Time order, all my Nikon D300 photos are correctly sorted, however some movies I took with an old Canon bridge camera are placed in the wrong spot.
As you can see from the date and hours, they are presented before where they should be.

This is a symptom of a more general issue: LR 3's handling of video metadata is incomplete and inconsistent with the way it handles photo metadata.
With photos, LR reads and writes metadata either from the photo directly or a sidecar. Even if the photo is missing all metadata, you can still edit it in LR and write it back to the photo (or its sidecar). In particular, you can edit Metadata > Edit Capture Time and then write it back to the photo.
But with videos, although LR reads metadata from .thm sidecars, it never writes it back to the sidecars -- the Metadata > Save Metadata To File fails silently. You can edit all the metadata (e.g. caption, rating, keywords) in the catalog except Capture Time.
If you import a photo that's missing the metadata field DateTimeOriginal (aka Capture Time), LR uses the file's creation date as the date that appears above the thumbnail, and the thumbnail will sort properly by Capture Time with respect to other thumbnails. (Note that the date above the thumbnail and Capture Time are two different catalog fields -- a photo can have a thumbnail date but no Capture Time.)
Similarly, if you import a video that's missing DateTimeOriginal, LR uses the video file's creation date as the date above the thumbnail. But unlike with photos, it does not sort properly by Capture Time with respect to other thumbnails (and LR won't let you invoke Metadata > Edit Capture Time to fix the problem). This is the particular symptom you've observed.
As an aside, it would be better if LR used a file's Date Modified rather than Date Created as the default "thumbnail time" and capture time. Windows preserves Date Modified if you copy a file, whereas Date Created gets changed to the current time. So if your camera doesn't produce video sidecars, and you copy the video file in Windows before importing it, LR won't get the correct date the video was taken.
A workaround to this problem is to create manually a .thm sidecar file for your video with the right DateTimeOriginal before importing it. Create a .jpg file with the same base name as your video and use LR or another tool to set its DateTimeOriginal metadata field. Then change the file's extension to .thm. Finally, import the video file into LR, and it will pick up the DateTimeOriginal from the .thm.
This mess with video metadata is a good reason to keep using the third-party plugin in LR 3 to manage video files.

How do I update Date Time Digitized to match an updated Capture Time for a DNG file?

I am updating capture time based on GPS Time (a bit OCD, I know) but when I change Capture Time the Date Time Digitized value does not change. This in in LR 4.3 and is not affected by whether on not the Catalog is set to 'Write date or time changes into proprietary raw files'. Maybe this is a problem for DNG files only.

GreSep wrote: I saw another LR discussion that said that with LR 4.3 updating Capture Time would also update Date Time Digitized but it does not do so for me on my DNGs (and as of last month ALL my images were converted to DNGs).
One or two intermediate versions of LR 3 (perhaps Lr 3.6) set DateTimeDigitized when you gave the Metadata > Edit Capture Time command. But for people managing scans in which the capture time of the original image was different than the scan time, this behavior overwrote their scan times, so Adobe backed out of that change. Before and since those versions, the Metadata > Edit Capture Time command just changes the EXIF:DateTimeOriginal and related fields in XMP and IPTC.

How do I sort by capture time?

I have a full day of clips from 2 cameras, how do I arrange by capture time within imovie...thanks

In iMovie's menu select View>Playhead Info. Now when you select a clip in the Event a black box with white text will appear above the playhead. This box shows the day, date and time recorded - it progressively updates as you skim through the clip. The same applies to Projects, with the addition of the elapsed time also appearing.
So, in the Event you should be able to quickly identify the chronological order of the clips from each camera. Each camera's clips should be in the correct order by default. Now simply drag the clips into your project in the correct order, based on the time code showing in the text box above the playhead.
John

How can I bulk sort by capture time and bulk rename files off multiple cameras?

I have found many renaming utilities, including bridge, but I have not run across any that allows bulk / batch capture time sort and rename?
I can sort by capture time in Lightroom 3, but when I export it puts the files back in original order....maybe I am doing something wrong....that would not surprise me.
I just tried sorting by Capture Time in LR3 and then exporting and renaming.... renamed but not in the capture time sort order....
so I am open to any suggestions... I shoot 2 cameras 99% of the time so I do not need to change lenses.
Thanx in advance.

How can I bulk rename music files in reverse order from artist - song name to songname - artist.
I actually dont need to rename the actual files.
Its just i have a huge txt list of 100,000 music names that are listed as so.
I wonder if we haven't misunderstood what you were asking for. Could it be that you have not a huge file, but just a huge list of names in many small files. If that's the case, you should rather use the following script instead of the previous one.
Since this script does not rename the files, make a backup of your files before running it.
set theFolder to choose folder -- the folder containing your text files
tell application "Finder"
    set theNames to name of files of theFolder whose name extension is "txt"
end tell
set theTextFiles to {}
set theFolderPath to POSIX path of theFolder
repeat with thisName in theNames
    copy theFolderPath & thisName to the end of theTextFiles
end repeat
repeat with thisFile in theTextFiles
    set F1 to open for access thisFile
    set theText to read F1
    close access F1
    set theParagraphs to paragraphs of theText
    set bigList to (a reference to theParagraphs)
    set theNewParagraphs to {}
    set bigNewList to (a reference to theNewParagraphs)
    repeat with X in bigList
        set P to offset of " - " in X
        if P = 0 then
            set Y to X
        else
            set Y to text (P + 3) through -1 of X & " - " & text 1 through (P - 1) of X
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        copy Y & return to the end of bigNewList
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    set theNewText to text 1 through -2 of (bigNewList as text)
    set F2 to open for access thisFile with write permission
    set eof F2 to 0
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Message was edited by: Pierre L.

Canon S100 Photo Capture Time Correct, but Video Capture Time Is Wrong

I have a Canon S100 and just started importing photos and video into my LR 4.3 catalog. I convert RAW to DNG, and the Capture Time on the photos in LR is correct. However, the video Capture Time is shifted forward exactly 8 hours. I know how to correct the video Capture Time, but is there anything I can do to stop this from happening in the first place?
I looked at what the metadata looks like in Bridge.
PHOTO:
Date Created = Correct Capture Time
Date File Modified = The time I imported the file into LR.
VIDEO:
Date Created = Capture Time + 8 hours
Date File Modified = Correct Capture Time
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

In general, LR doesn't know how to read video metadata. It uses the file's date-modified (as set by the operating system) for filtering, sorting, and pre-populating the Metadata > Edit Capture Time dialog, but it uses the file's date-created (as set by the operating system) to display in the grid view.
So you might look for a file utility that lets you set the file's date-created to be the same as the file's date-modified (note that on Windows, at least, copying a file changes the date-created but preserves the date-modified).
See and vote on these topics:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/inconsistent_dates_for_files_missing _date_time_metadata
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lr4_beta_video_tagging_not_complete

LR 1.4 Question about Group Edit Capture Time

Hey guys... working my way through...
Was wondering -- when I highlight a group of files -- and then go to the Metadata Menu and choose "Edit Capture Time" -- why doesn't it change the date of all the High-Ligghted Photos?
I am obviously doing something wrong... Can someone please tell me who to di it right?
THANKS!!

ambienttroutmask wrote:
It's a while since I used LR 1, but I think it was the same....to write time changes to RAW files, other than DNG's, you need to enable this in catalog settings. in metadata write changes into propitiatory RAW files. LR is very reluctant to write anything into propitiatory files (and rightly so), best to convert them to DNG's.
actually - i'm kinda confused.
all my images are DNG's.
All I want to do is take a group of photos I took in 2002 [that all have bad dates from different decades somehow] and correct a group of say 130 files at a time to a specific day from all the various days they are mistakenly showing in Capture Time.
But when I highlight a group of say 30 files and choose to EDIT CAPTURE TIME -- only 1 or maybe a couple of files change -- the rest stay.
iPhoto allowed me to Batch Change a group of photos from various dates to 1 single date -- but I am getting the impression LR 1.4 does not have the ability to do this.

Lr no longer sorting images by capture time

Good afternoon,
I've been using Adobe Lightroom 2 with Photoshop CS4 without any problems.
However, recently I've been having problems with the order in which LR is storing my images.
I work in Raw and always start from LR. From there I open my image in Photoshop before making any adjustments and then saving as a 16bit PSd or Tiff.
On the first save the psd/tiff file is stored as normal in LR - i.e next to the original raw and virtual copy. But now, when I return to make any alterations in Photoshop the re-saved psd file is moved to the very beginning of the Lightroom library. The box around the image is blacked out and against it it has a message '2 of 0' and the phrase 'photo is part of a stack'.
I don't understand why it's doing this and I don't use stacks purposely. I just want my images all on display, next to each other for ease of use.
All my photos are sorted by capture time and even though the files in question are of the correct time it still doesn't stop Lightroom from placing it at the top, well away from where it ought to be.
It's not a massive issue but it is quite annoying when you have thousands of images in your catalogue, and it's never done it before. I've restored LR to the default settings but it hasn't made any difference.
Please can anyone help.

Thank you very much.
I tried as suggested
> Stacking> Auto Stack By Capture Time
and that moved the psd file back into line.
I've tried opening up a few of the psd files into Photoshop and re-saving and so far so good! They're still alongside the original raw files.
The strange thing is that the sort order is/was set to capture date so I don't know why it moved it in the first place.
Thank you again. Much appreciated.

Edit Capture Time - not working?

I recently updated my Lightroom to LR 5.3, and since then, I haven't been able to edit the Capture Time on my images. I select METADATA --> Edit Capture Time. This used to bring up another dialog box - now it does nothing. I'm in Library, Grid view. Any suggestions? Is this a problem with this version?
(side note: when I went to Help, About Adobe Lightroom - to get my current software version, it randomly said "applying preset" to all my images and never brought up a dialog box with the version number. When I did it again, same thing. ??)

Dorin: I know that the Capture Time/Date in the files themselves are not changing because I check the metadata by looking at the files in Finder, and in Photoshop (View > File Browser and File > File Info).
No, the file modification date does not change when I do Edit Capture Time, but it
b does
change when I do Save to Metadata (but only in the NEF, not in the JPG).
In LR's Library Module > Metadata palette > EXIF section, all 3 of those date/time fields
b do
change per my Edit Capture Time (
b not
just the 1st and 3rd fields that you mentioned), all the while no changes on the files themselves (as I've described).
Supposedly, if "Write date or time changes into proprietary raw files" is selected in Catalog Settings > Metadata > EXIF, then running Metadata > Edit Capture Time
b should
change the files to show the corrected Date/Time in the file itself (and thus show up as corrected no matter what app you're viewing it from). This is supposed to be the case, whether the file is a proprietary raw file, jpg, or otherwise. But it ain't happening!

Auto-stack by capture time messed up my stacks

After manually creating many dozens, perhaps a hundred stacks, I tried the Auto-stack by Capture Time feature. Now my stacks are totally messed up; I either have way too many or none. Is there any way to get back to where I was except by reverting to an earlier saved version of the catalog?

However I find the capture time of photos in any one stack exceed 1 minute!! For instance, these are the capture times of photos in a single stack:
8:19:12PM, 8:19:25PM, 8:19:43PM, 8:20:24PM, 8:21:19PM, 8:21:45PM
This is a maximum interval setting. It has nothing to do with the total timespan of the whole sequence. Just, how closely-spaced the individual shots were. These were less than half a minute apart.
IOW: how long can pass between one shot and the following one, before that is no longer considered to be part of the same continuing sequence.
RP

LR3: sorting by capture time

Sorting by "Capture time" does not seem to work right in LR3.4.1. In Grid view, with compact cells, top label: capture date/time, and using Sort: Capture time, I see pictures from 2009, then 1900, 1910, 2010. The files are .jpg and .psd - no movies. Metadata -> Edit capture time... also shows the correct date/time. It's just the sorting that does not get things in the right order. Most of the files are imported from PSE6, which sorted correctly. For some JPGs, LR3 seems to show the windows file creation date (as can be seen in the Windows file properties), not anything in the metadata. For the PSD files, the correct date I want to sort by (the one PSE6 showed) is shown as Exif metadata "date time original" and "date time digitized".
This makes me wonder what date is actually used by LR3 for sorting by capture date?
Any suggestions for getting LR3 to sort the way I want?
Tia,
Alex

Interesting -- I was able to confirm the same thing. It appears that if an image is missing metadata date/time fields, then LR uses the file date-modified for filtering and sorting, and it uses file date-created to display in the grid view. Seems like a blantant bug to me -- you could report it at the new feedback site, http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/products/photoshop_family_photoshop_lightro om, where Adobe employees reguarly participate. Adobe may not make this a priority to fix, since their priority is LR's focus on images taken with digital cameras (which always attach a date to the metadata), and those of us using LR to manage non-digital-camera images get lower priority.
So there are two problems:
1. You have images with metadata fields XMP:DateTimeOriginal that omit seconds, and when these were imported by a LR version earlier than 3.4, they produced corrupted catalog capture-date entries. You could try doing Metadata > Save Metadata To File followed by Read Metadata To File for these images -- that may clear the corrupted catalog dates and be a little bit easier than removing the images and reimporting them (which would lose your stacking and collections).
2. As described above, LR uses file date-created and date-modified inconsistently for images without metadata date/times. A workaround is to make sure all your images have the field EXIF:DateTimeOriginal in their metadata. You could do that one photo at a time using the Medata > Edit Capture command. Alternatively, you could use Exiftool to copy the file date-modified or file date-created into the EXIF:DateTimeOriginal field for just those images that don't already have that field. That will take some study of Exiftool documentation to come up with the precise command line -- it's a powerful tool but not easy to use at first.
You'll have to figure out whether the file date-modified or the date-created is the best date to use for your images. Beware that on Windows, date-modified is generally preserved when a file is copied, whereas date-created is not, and some backup programs won't properly preserve date-created.

Find photos with matching capture times?

I've been using Lightroom as a way to develop RAW images for sometime but I have only recently started to use it as an organizer in a serious way. I've transferred 25000+ photos from various Photoshop Elements catalogs into one Lightroom (2.6) catalog.
Due to the way I imported from Elements, I have a number a versions of the same photo - for example: DSC4041.JPG and DSC4041_edited.JPG.
I would like to focus my attention on photos that have the same capture time and do some tidying up of the new catalog. While I can sort by capture time which would put these "duplicates" together, 25000 photos is a bit many to glance through.
I cannot discover a way to filter the photos to show just the near duplicates. I can use the Stack by capture time to create stacks of photos with the same capture time but then I cannot discover a way to persuade Lightroom to show me only stacked photos?
Any suggestions?

Thanks for this suggestion. My folder heirarchy is already organized by date so I could do what you suggest - but it still basically involves looking at each day and effectively glancing (however briefly) at too many shots.
I've decided instead that I will hunt down duplicates or near duplicates in the file system itself - remove what should go and then ask Lightroom to resync the folder heirarchy which should remove the duplictes. I always write metadata changes directly to the photos and I have backups of the catalogs and the photos should my approach create problems.

Create smart collection by capture time?

Is it possible to create a smart collection which can find images by capture time? Like I would like to find all images in my catalog taken between 10pm and 11pm.

Lightrooom doesn't support time based Smart Collections and I don't recall seeing a third party plugin that does it either.

LOV is slow after selecting a value its taking much time to default

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