Date Created Metadata Auto Fill
Is it possible to have Aperture auto fill in the Date Created field? I've searched the help files and online posts, but don't see a way to do it.
Apparently Bridge does not read the "Image Date" IPTC field from Aperture as "Date created" so I need to update about 6,000 images and am weary to do this by hand!
Thanks a lot,
Kate
Ok, half way there. I downloaded an app called Pref Setter to edit the preferences by deleting the array strings that I no longer needed.
Also you can adjust the hierarchy of the auto completion data. I found that helpful with the copyright field since they all start off the same.
Need to still find a way to have the data automatically entered from a default setting, with out having to start typing.
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Problems with the "Date Created" Metadata in Adobe Bridge
Hi everyone.
I am currently working on an electronic photo library for our organization. Part of my mandate is to add a Date Created metadata on all the photos since it is very important to know when the photo was taken. Some photos were dated since 1980s. Since we do not have the digital version of the old photos, we end up scanning these and, in effect the date specified on the "Date Created" was the date it was scanned.
I have the date of some of the old photos when it was taken, but for some, I only have the month and the year (sometimes, just the year). Inventing a day and a month is not an option.
Is it possible to enter a month-year or just the year on the Date Created field under Metadata?
I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
.m.u.r.d.o.c.h.The problem is that dates are recorded in the file in different schemas. Bridge is displaying the XMP Date Created field which was likely derived from the original Exif date (probably DateTimeOriginal, but may be DateTimeDigitized). This will be the date recorded in the file by the scanner software at the time it was scanned.
The IPTC Date Created field is handled differently. It seems counterintuitive, but if you work in the news business you will know that news photographers often use the IPTC Date Created field more like a "date submitted" or "date scheduled" property, so that photos for a particular shoot which may have been captured over multiple days will sort together. Because of this, most image browsers will not update the XMP Date Created (or Date Taken) fields when the IPTC Core date is changed.
You can edit the original capture date in various programs, which should cause both the Exif and the XMP Date Created fields to be updated. Two that come to mind are Lightroom and BreezeBrowser Pro (for Windows). I've found that with certain images it is necessary to use both programs to get all the dates to line up. -
P2 ingested footage with wrong date created metadata
Hello, we're trying to standarize all of the media for our systems. Part of this includes ingesting P2 footage using Prelude and encoding it as DVCHDPro quicktime files. I know that the recommended method that adobe gives for ingesting P2 footage is to keep the file structure in tact and use the media browser function of Premiere; this, however, doesn't suit our company's needs of maintaining a relativaly NLE-agnostic media library and having quicktime compatiable discrete video clips of all our media. We're using Mac OSX operating systems, by the way.
The problem is that, when using Prelude to ingest, it seems that Prelude obliterates the "date created" metadata and file data (e.g. when selecting the "get info" on the clip itself; that file data). After ingesting a clip, if I open it in Premiere, there is no date-based metadata that matches the original record time on the .mxf file itself. Nor when I view the clip in OSX's "get info" does the "date created" panel reflect the date that the original file was created. It seems that it should be possible to write the original "date created" data to the ingested file (in the ingest panel in Prelude I can see the correct "date created" time); FCPX is able to do this when ingesting P2 media using their systems. Is there an option that I'm missing or is this simply not possible with this version of Prelude?
To illustrate: here's a screencap of the ingest panel in prelude, notice the "date created" column reads 2013-06-28T11:43:05; which is the correct record date of that clip:
However, after I ingest the clip, both within Premiere and the "get info" panel in OSX, the "date created" now refers only to my import time:Thanks both for your responses. I checked the .mxf file "date created" and it is indeed empty (see picture).
The "date modified time" however, is correct. I do understand that when dragging media directly from the media browser in premiere that the metadata displays correctly; what I think should also happen is that when the footage is ingested and transcoded via Prelude, it should also display correct metadata. As shown in my pictures above, prelude does indeed see the correct "date created" (wherever it gets that information); it just obliterates it after it transcodes the clip; it's not available either in the "get info data" (which, somehow, FCPX does do when importing P2 media through their system) nor (most strangely) in premiere. Any settings or changes that could be made to address this would be appreciated. -
Why does the Date Created metadata change when images are exported?How do I stop it from changing?
why does the Date Created metadata change when images are exported? How do I stop it from changing? I must have a prefernce set up wrong.
I don't know what OS you are using, or what application you are using to view the data about your exported files, but on Windows and using Windows Explorer the "Date Created" field relates only to the date that the exported file was created, i.e. if viewed immediately after export it will show the date created as being the same date. In order to view "Capture Date" in something like Explorer, you first have to ensure you have included the Metadata as Conrad outlined above, then you have to adjust the display properties of Explorer to show the "Date Taken" field. Here is an example, part of a folder I exported back on March 3rd, note the difference between that last two dates:
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I downloaded the auto-fill app for firefox (latest version) and have the latest firefox version, yet none of the autofill works whenever i do it once.
i've even restarted firefox, shut down my iMac for a while, started firefox up again, nothing.
i do A LOT of repetitive data entry and this is getting frustrating for me to work from home.
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Thank you. -
I have created some "custom" metadata sets using some user created fields. However I have previously made a spelling error (in a long entry!) and although I seem to have deleted all incorrectly spelt metadata from my images I really would like to delete the incorrect spelling from the autofill library, wherever that is.
I have searched the edit IPTC autofill from the meta data drop down menu and cannot find it - only the "non custom" fields are listed.
Any help greatly appretiated!
StevenOk, half way there. I downloaded an app called Pref Setter to edit the preferences by deleting the array strings that I no longer needed.
Also you can adjust the hierarchy of the auto completion data. I found that helpful with the copyright field since they all start off the same.
Need to still find a way to have the data automatically entered from a default setting, with out having to start typing. -
How to create an auto-filled in field within a database ?
Hello,
I look for a way to get a database field automatically filled in when adding a new record with a generated value:
The value of this field should consist of the actual date, a random alphanumerical or numerical string of five digits and some fix characters.
For example: 20060618-19771-test
"20060618" is the actual date in the format YYYYMMDD.
"19771" is the randomly generated numerical string (alternatively alphanumerical).
The two "-" and the string "test" are fix.
Does anyone have an idea how to realize this ?
Thank you for all your assistance.
With kind regards,
Tobias Eichner.Hi Tobias,
A much more useful post than the previous one liner.
The first problem you mention is the most difficult to get around using an entirely AppleWorks solution. AppleWorks does recalculate the whole database whenever a field definition is revised. The result of any calculation depending on the RAND() or NOW() functions Both Gunnar's and Francesco's solutions run into this problem as both use RAND() to generate the random number part of the field's value.
Yvan tackles this problem by calculating the value outside AppleWorks, using an AppleScript. This looks promising, but on running the script, I've noted a couple of problems (an error message when there's a single record in the DB; non-filling of the 'autofilled' field), and will drop a note to Yvan about these.
The most interesting (because easiest to implement)
one unfortunately depends upon the date formatting
set in the software which is different from the
desired field value.
My assumption here is that you're referring to Francesco's solution. The formatting problem (order of yyyymmdd and removal of the separators) is addressed in Gunnar's solution (which is essentially the same as Francesco's). See below for some revisions to address the recalculation problem.
And the first solution appears a bit too complicated
for me (sorry, I'm not a programmer, I tried to copy
it but failed).
The AppleScript solution is difficult to generate, but once written (by Yvan and/or others—you'll have only minor editing to do) and saved (by you) is simple to use (requires only selecting a menu item to create a new record with the field already filled).
If you can assist me, please let me know. Otherwise
don't mind, either I have to switch to a different
product (AW appears outdated in many ways) or
generate these field values manually as I currently
do (simplest solution but works
Switching to a different product is certainly a possibility, and it's true that AppleWorks is old software and that it is unlikely to ever be updated in future.
Revisions to Gunnar and Francesco's solutions:
As mentioned previously, the primary problem with these was instability of the value due to recalculation of the RAND() value in the formula. In the revised version below, a pseudo-random value is obtained by converting the time-of-day when the record was created to a text string, then selecting the final five characters in that string.
YEAR('Date')&RIGHT("00"&MONTH('Date'),2)&DAY('Date')&"-"&RIGHT('Time',5)&"-test"
The solution requires creation of two additional fields:
'Date' Type: Date, Options: "Insert current Date"
'Time' Type: Time, Options: "Insert current Time"
(The first is the same as Gunnar's 'helpfield1'.) Neither field has to be included in any layout; they exist only to provide data for the 'Autofill' field.
Advantages:
•The Date and Time fields are stable; once filled their values will not change. Consequently, the calculations depending (only) on the values in these fields will also be stable.
Disadvantages:
•The value in 'Time' is the fraction of the current day that has passed when the field is created. At certain specific times of day, this fraction, expressed as a decimal, will have fewer that 5 digits after the decimal (Example: at exactly 12:00 noon, the fraction is 0.5). That may lead to an error or to the center portion of the 'Autofill' data taking the form "-.5075-".
This will likely be a minor annoyance. Such a record may simply be deleted before entering any other data, and a new record created. Or the formula could be revised to strip the intial two characters ("0.") from the string, append the remainder to a string of five zeros, then take the final five characters of the result.
•The formula should be fine for NEW records. But for records already in existence when the formula and the two supporting fields are created, the Date and Time will be the date and time of creation of those fields. That will lead to a distinct lack of 'randomness' in the 'random' number part of the fields' value.
The solution, if necessary, is to add an IF() function to the formula that copies the value from the existing field if that field has been filled in, and generates the value if the existing field is empty (as it would be for a new record). The existing field should be removed from all layouts to prevent its being filled in new records, but should NOT be deleted from the DB in order to preserve existing data.
Revised formula (has not been tested) ('oldfield' is the field that holds the data in existing records):
IF(LEN('oldfield')>0,'oldfield',YEAR('Date')&RIGHT("00"&MONTH('Date'),2)&DAY('Da te')&"-"&RIGHT('Time',5)&"-test")
Regards,
Barry -
Is there a way to auto fill DATE and TIME
I have the field format set to mmddHHMM
Can you please tell me how to have the date and time auto fill when the PDF is opened?
I am new at this so details are very helpful. Thank you!Let's say the field's name is Now. Go to Tools - JavaScript - Document JavaScripts and create a new item. Name it "scripts".
Delete any code that is created by default and enter this instead:
this.getField("Now").value = new Date();
Click OK and you're done. The field will update each time the file is opened. -
I work for a newspaper that sorts all files on "date created" using YY/MM/DD format.
I recently started using Aperture, and the desk said they couldn't find the files I sent in. I finally figured out it's because Aperture uses (YYYY-MM-DD,Thh:mm:ss) for "date created" and I find no way to change it.
Is there any way to override this format?
As it is I'm forced to use my trusty PhotoMechanic for importing, only because there's no way to change this format.
Macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.10) 2GB mem
Mac OS X (10.4.10)It's not a filename I'm talking about. It's just the way the "date created" line is filled in.
As I mentioned in original post, all other photographers for the NY Daily News can output a file (not from Aperture, obviously) with the date created field in YY/MM/DD format.
Whatever you type in that field that isn't in the format YYYY-MM-DD,Thh:mm:ss is rejected, saying it has to be ISO 8601 XML compliant.
But the newpaper needs another format, and other programs permit me to change it--PhotoMechanic, for example.
I can't see why that should be a fixed format, or why the user can't change it if ISO 8601 XML compliance is not important. -
I have some old documents from the OS9 days that have invalid 'date created' metadata .. i.e. some say they were created in 1934. Is there a way to modify this without going into terminal? A shareware program hopefully?
Take a look at this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5433260�
The program mentioned "A Better Finder Attributes" seems to work fine, even if you don't bother adding the Contextual Menu item nor the Prefs pane (which I elected not to add, who needs more clutter in either when you need to use the program once in a blue moon?).
Francine
Francine
Schwieder -
How to: Create a master form that auto-fills data into other pdf forms?
I hope someone can please help me. I have about 15 PDF forms that all require similar data entry (name, address etc). Can I create a master form that we fill in once per client, and then auto-fill in the matching data on the 15 forms?
I am not looking for an online solution as the information is highly sensitive.
I have already created a form in Acrobat X Pro with the 'master data', and created the (15) forms with identically named fields. How I link the forms now to the master, I cannot figure out (after much searching).
I have read similar questions on the same topic but have not found any answers. I hope this time someone can please help.
Many thanks in advance.Thank you! I had just figured out how to export the data from the master as an FDF file and then import it to the other files. I'm afraid I don't understand scripting to automate the process across multiple files. To you mean with java script?
I've also thought about combining the forms, once we know which ones the particular client will need. I have to see how it works in practice for my colleagues who will be using them.
Thank you again. -
I have a acrobat reader, can I import text delimited data format to a PDF Form so that it can auto fill into forms that was created? If not, what about FDF and XML data
Yes, you can do all of that via Tools - Forms - More Form Options - Import Data, if you have Acrobat.
If you only have the free Reader then you can still do it, but it requires a script. -
Option for IPTC "Date Created" field to be auto-populated?
Hi,
The date of capture is held within the "Date Time Original" field in the EXIF data; but the IPTC "Date Created" field is blank.
Currently i have to fill this in manually if i want it populated (which i have to do for a certain customer, for hundreds of differently dated images) but i would really like a "replicate" button by which i can auto-populate this field; or someother easy workaround that i might be missing here?!?
thanks,Hmm, both LR 3.6 and LR 4.0 normally set IPTC:DateCreated to be the same as EXIF:DateTimeOriginal, both on export and when you do Metadata > Save To File.
Perhaps you could post a culprit image here (use the camera icon) to see what might be going on with you. -
Auto filling forms based off of previously entered data.
Looking for a way to create a feild that will auto fill based on previously entered data. For example.
First________
Middle_______
Last_________
Ideally i could take someones names they enter and auto fill a feild for Last, First, Middle or even a Last, First, Middle Initial.
any thoughts??
Thanks!Played around with this today...been very busy with other work and got this to work for Last, First mi
// Get the field values, as strings
var i = this.getField("first").valueAsString;
var j = this.getField("middle").valueAsString;
var k = this.getField("last").valueAsString;
// Set this field's value if both fields are not blank
// otherwise, set this field to blank
if (i && j && k) {
event.value = k + ", " + i + " " + j.slice(0, 1);
} else {
event.value = "";
I am brand new to this and was curious are these "var i , j, and k" just for this field. Or will these continue to be how I refer to the first , middle and last fields?
Also, other than just playing around with this, is there another way to learn this stuff? I find it fascinating.
all the best -
Unable to change Date Created in Metadata
Please help with my first post...
Unable to change Date Created field in Metadata.
I am a newspaper photographer sending .jpg pics with captions to my office from my iMac. They are viewed at the office on Windows PCs using SCC MediaGrid.
When changing Date Created in Metadata Invalid Format warning appears "Format should be ISO 8601 XML compliant, that is YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm[:ss][tz] (eg 2006-07-11T13:14:30-07:00)"
If 2009-09-26, for example, is entered then exported pictures opened up in Photoshop or shown on SCC MediaGrid do not display the date.
To get dates to show up I first have to open a pic in Photoshop, go to File Info, enter 26/9/09 in Date Created and Save As.
Next I have to Import this into Aperture where the Date Created shows as "20090926".
Using Lift Metadata and Stamp Metadata the date can be transferred to other pics.
Now when I export these pics the date does show up in Photoshop and SCC MediaGrid.
Can Date Created be typed straight into field in Aperture?...Very important when pics go into archive on a server.
Also if I hit Return key in a Metadata Caption, to type on the next line, both lines will appear as one with a small square in-between them when viewed on SCC MediaGrid on a Windows PC.
Thanks in anticipation.Nick I don't generallt use the IPTC metadata, so I'm not sure I will be too much help.
What version of Aperture are you using? I tried both things and I didn't have any problems with the latest version of Aperture on my Mac.
I was able to enter a date into "Date Created" both with and without the time-zone adjustment. Can you tell us the exact string you tried to enter into the "Date Created" and exactly when you get the error? I tried to enter my time zone (eastern US) as "-5:00", but Aperture wouldn't let me enter the 5 and popped up the error message when I typed that key. I had to use "-05:00".
As for the caption, when I hit return, Aperture ends my edit. I cannot reproduce your described behavior of actually getting a new-line into the field. I suspect your problem (although I don't know how you get to your problem) is one of the following:
1) The IPTC standard doesn't tell if the software should use a Unix-style end-of-line (which is a line-feed), or a DOS/Windows style end-of-line (which is carriage-return followed by line-feed). Aperture may put in the Unix-style and your Windows programs don't know what to do with it.
2) The IPTC standard does indicate the end-of-line style, but either Aperture or your other programs don't follow it.
or
3) IPTC Metadata doesn't actually support end-of-line, so Aperture should not allow you to enter multiple lines, but it has a bug so it does allow you to do that.
Can you tell us where exactly you are editing the caption? I tried it in the inspector pane (on the left) in the "Metadata" tab, and then I hit the "IPTC" button at the bottom of the tab.
nathan
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