Edit Capture Date

On a Mac with LR 1.0
I can not edit the capture time metadata for scannned tif images
It works OK for RAW .CR2 images (Canon)
However, for tif images the default date can not be changed.
Has anyone else encountered this issuse
Am I missing something?
law

This has been cover else where in another thread. Also
LR Extras FAQ
Don
Don Ricklin, MacBook 1.83Ghz Duo Core, Pentax *ist D
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BUG: Program crashes when trying to edit Capture Date

For some reason a few photos have bad (seriously bad) dates. Whenever I try to edit these using the edit capture date feature in the metadata menu, the program crashes.

Hmm.. what is "seriously bad date"? Month has more than 31 days? Not only numeric characters there in date?
Anyway, I can imagine only two scenarious seeing in LR:
1. LR shows uncorrect date (as you expect),
2. LR doesn't show capture date at all.
Workaround:
1. Check with some another exif reader what's really written in image file,
2. Image doesn't contain capture date tag at all or capture date doesn't conform to exif standard (was messed with some exif tool or image editor). Again check with some exif reader (ExifTool recommended).
Bogdan

Capture Date Editing

Hi!
Though I read the other messages about dates in LR, I didn't find any valuable answer for my problem:
Editing Capture Date with the shift process works fine. When I want to edit to a specific date, that is another story:
I have a lot of Tiff files, that come from negativ scans.
If I select only one picture in the library grid, every thing goes right.
If I select more than one picture (ctrl A, or using "shift click" or "control click"), I have very surprising results.
Sometimes all the Capture Dates are updated in the right way. Fine.
BUT sometimes, only few of them (one, two ore more at the beginig of the selection) are set to the right specific capture date, the other files getting various dates and times, in a quite unexpected maner. The dates could be set in any year (sometimes 2008..), sometimes only the day is shifted with one step, teh time may be set to any value (nothing goes with DLT shift).
I tried to check for any relation between files that are updated in the good way or not, but I didn't found anything that could make sense.
Of course, I can edit all my files one by one, but I'd like to find soething else. Because I read in a message that the "Edit Capture Date" of LR is a mess, I tried some extra softs working on EXIF and IPTC informations, but it seems that they can only change things for JPEG, not for TIFF files.
I use a PC, win XP SP2, pentium P4, 1 Gig ram, and a lot of free space in my hard drives. I use LR 1.2, but I don't remember if I got thoose probs with LR1.1.
Thanks for any help or information.
Jerome

That could be really a good answer..
I perhaps misunderstood the "edit capture time" functionality. I thought that if I specify the date and the time, thoose values should replace what was recorded before (and not shift them with the same amount of time). That could make sense especialy for the files that have only one date field before editing: there is nothing to "shift", only a field to fill....
Anyway, I will try to check If the files had the same date/time values before editing or not, and I'll try to look exactly at the values before and after. And I'll go back (tomorrow, I think) for, I hope, the end of the story.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Jerome.

IPhoto 08 can now edit EXIF Capture Date

iPhoto 08 is now able to change the EXIF Capture Date on the original files thru the Photo->Adjust Date and Time menu option. It also changes the Created and Modified date to the same selected date on the original file.
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TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Björn:
I tried it on an alias library and the "source" files on the external HD did have their Capture Date changed. How did you get the files from the original (alias based) library into the other?
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Edit Capture Time - Meta Data

Ive imported photos into Lightroom from two cameras and noticed later than one camera must have been accidentally set to AM instead of PM. So my pictures arent in the proper order when I sort them by time. How can one edit the time on more than one photo at a time? When I select more than one photo in the Library view the meta data show "mixed".
TIA,
Amelia

In Grid View, select all the images from the camera that was set to the wrong time. Go to the Metadata>Edit Capture Time menu item. Then, choose the "Adjust to a specified date and time" option and set the correct time for the image that is showing. All the selected images will keep their positions relative to that image, but be adjusted by the same amount.It does exactly what you need.
Hal

Edit capture time doesn't work for multiple images

Hi all, hope you can help me.
I'm trying to edit capture time for multiple images. I select the images using the grid view, and go to Metadata>Edit Capture Time>Adjust to Specified Date and Time, enter the time, and select "change all." However, it seems that some, or perhaps most of the images don't actually have a new Date Created when this process is done.
I thought perhaps I needed to select 'write metadata to files', but the Date Created seems to revert back prior to writing to the file, or indeed, it doesn't actually change in the first place.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
J

Think I've fixed this using the following site: -
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/helpviewer.html
Will update if that changes....

How to export a photo in lightroom using capture date

I have photos in lightroom 5 i want to know how to have the capture date show in the photo when i export it. I want to see the capture date in safari on mac. I also want the capture date to match when i use metadata edit capture time some times the photo had a date in lightroom and a different date in metadata edit capture time.

There is a command line interface with the Administration Edition
that allows you do select which items are exported, based on the
command switches you provide.
See the Discoverer Administration Guide, there's an appendix that
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Import old film photos as tif, capture date set to 12/31/03 (1903)

Lightroom 5.5 on Mac Mountain Lion, 8gb memory, files on external usb 2.0 hard drive.
Imported old film images as tifs. Looking in metadata the capture date on all images shows as 12/31/1903 (12/31/03?). Where did this come from as there is no capture date in the original film tif image. Is there a setting someplace I missed? Is this a bug?
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The date created metadata within the document is hosed, I've seen this with files in the past, not sure what causes it. Why that old date, who knows but it's a common issue:
Files/Folders with a Date Created of Dec 31, 19... | Apple Support Communities
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=502924
You'll have to use LR's Edit Capture Time command to fix it.

Edit Capture Time XMP vs. EXIF

Scope:
- LR 1.4.1 and 2 Beta
- Any file that is edited using Metadata:Edit Capture Time
(Note: detail info below may be helpful to those seeking to understand date/time problems/issues with LR and other tools)
Background:
LR allows editing/offsetting of image capture time via the Metadata:Edit Capture Time menu option.
Changing the time in LR alters the following EXIF date/time metadata fields as displayed in LR:
- Date Time Original
- Date Time Digitized
- Date Time
Writing the LR metadata to the image file via the Metadata:Save Metadata to File command writes the values into the images relevant EXIF and XMP date/time metadata fields.
Challenge:
LR writes the correctly edited times into the XMP date/time metadata fields but writes incorrect times into the EXIF date/time metadata fields.
LR uses XMP date/time metadata fields for its displayed time data, not EXIF date/time metadata fields. As a consequence, the user does not know the EXIF time fields have been incorrectly changed unless they check them in a tool that displays or uses the EXIF date/time metadata fields.
Solution:
Use a batch file based on exiftools to copy the LR edited XMP date/times into the EXIF date/time metadata fields.
Resources:
- Batch file LR XMP/EXIF date/time bug fixer here - LR-xmpdatetime2exif.bat: http://www.hackneys.com/photos/lr/LR-datetimexmp2exif.bat
- Batch file arguments file (required) here LR-xmpdatetime2exif.args: http://www.hackneys.com/photos/lr/LR-datetimexmp2exif.args
A few useful tools to better understand this challenge:
- Batch file to display relevant date/time metadata fields here - list-exif-tags-sample-datetime.bat: http://www.hackneys.com/photos/lr/list-exif-tags-sample-datetime.bat
- Batch file to display set of EXIF metadata here - list-exif-tags-sample.bat: http://www.hackneys.com/photos/lr/list-exif-tags-sample.bat
- Batch file to display set of XMP metadata here - list-xmp-tags-sample.bat: http://www.hackneys.com/photos/lr/list-xmp-tags-sample.bat
- Batch file to display complete set of metadata here- list-metadata-tags-sample.bat: http://www.hackneys.com/photos/lr/list-metadata-tags-sample.bat
- Sample photo file here sample.jpg: http://www.hackneys.com/photos/lr/sample.jpg
Preparation:
All batch files require an installed copy of exiftools by Phil Harvey (free) available here: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
1. Download exiftools windows command line version and rename the file exiftools.exe.
2. Place the exiftools.exe file in your windows directory or on your system path.
Utilization
1. In Lightroom, select the folder containing the photos you need to fix.
2. In Lightroom, select all the photos you need to fix.
3. In Lightroom, select Metadata:Save Metadata to File (this step ensures you dont lose any Lightroom specific metadata that has not been embedded in the file).
4. Using Windows Explorer or another utility, backup your jpg files
5. Using Windows Explorer copy the LR-xmpdatetime2exif.bat and LR-xmpdatetime2exif.args files to the folder with the jpg files you need to fix.
6. Using Windows Explorer double click on LR-xmpdatetime2exif.bat
7. Wait for the batch file to process.
8. In Lightroom, ensure the photos you just fixed are still selected, if not, re-select them.
9. In Lightroom, select Metadata:Read Metadata from File (this step ensures that Lightroom has all the revised EXIF date/time metadata loaded).
Detail:
This challenge is a subset and another manifestation that LR 1.4 uses the XMP date/time metadata fields, not the EXIF date/time metadata fields that other programs use and rely on. There have been numerous posts regarding other manifestations of this problem.
Most of the confusion relates to several primary factors:
1. Cameras embed EXIF metadata into photo files. Adobe products, and some others, support XMP metadata, which is not part of the EXIF standard. If a tool was developed p

Detail:
This challenge is a subset and another manifestation that LR 1.4 uses the XMP time data fields, not the EXIF fields that other programs use and rely on. There have been numerous posts regarding other manifestations of this problem.
Most of the confusion relates to several primary factors:
1. Cameras embed EXIF metadata into photo files. Adobe products, and some others, support XMP metadata, which is not part of the EXIF standard. If a tool was developed prior to XMP, such as Exifer or PSP 9, then that tool has no way to view or edit XMP metadata. If a tool only displays, edits and maintains XMP, such as LR, then the two data sets can become de-coupled for common data points, such as date/time. If a tool relies on the EXIF version of a common data point, such as RoboGEO, but the date/time was edited by a tool that only maintains XMP data, such as LR, then the EXIF dependent tool will be working with out of synch data.
2. LR, PSE, Bridge, etc. use, either exclusively or primarily, XMP metadata, even though they may label/display it as EXIF. LR, for instance, only displays the XMP date/time values, even though they are labeled EXIF.
3. The EXIF specification assigns time field names different than those commonly used in various tools when labeling/displaying EXIF time data fields. You will find the very same EXIF date/time field labeled a wide variety of ways in even a handful of tools.
4. The XMP specification has a namespace area labeled EXIF. Adding to the confusion even more, the XMP-EXIF namespace has date/time field names that duplicate those of EXIF date/time fields.
As you can see, if you add these four factors together, it is no surprise there is widespread confusion related to photo file date/time in general and LRs handling of it in particular.

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.

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!

Unknown Capture Date/Time

I have several dozen photos with either no capture date or something irregular that I concocted up (like "2012 Spring"). I notice that Lightroom assigns today's date and time to those photos when importing them. That means that I can't find them using the metadata "unknown date" filter. Is there any way I can get it to leave them alone, or just leave the date field blank? Thanks in advance!!

In the absence of specific camera exif data Lightroom will always work with the date created or modified e.g. the date scanned or the date of the last edit. You can edit or add metadata, but unfortunately it’s a manual process. See this help link.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS57264460-DC72-4a1f-A665-1E90907A9FFD.html
If you need the images in a fixed order for a project such as a slideshow or web gallery, its best to use a collection. The thumbnails can then be dragged around and will remain fixed in you chosen order.
http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2012/02/lr3-how-do-you-change-the-order-of-images-before-rena ming.html

Lightroom does not Recognize Capture Date

I have a lot of slides that I am scanning into Digital images.
The Nikon CoolScan does not include a capture date in the .jpg file so I add one using the ExifPilot program.
All other programs that I have tried correctly recognize this EXIF data, including Adobe Photoshop Elements. But the Lightroom does NOT recognize it and the file gets put into the library under "Unknown Date" Attempts to change the date with the Metadata/Edit Capture Time command do not work.
Any Ideas on what could fix the problem?

Yes, this is a problem, not only with files from scanner. I started a threat
called "Date/Time, Exif and Lightroom" on March 6 about that - have a look
there. Alas, no solution.

Edit Capture Time

I have seen this issue raised before but I still have a problem. I am using LR 4.1. When I try to change the capture time for a number of photos, it will change it for some and then introduce random dates for others. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong. Sorry if this has been answered before but it is driving me crazy trying to change a large number of dates. If it is a problem can someone suggest some software which I can use.
Thanks
1916Somme

Thanks, so does that mean I cannot bulk change a large number of photos to one date? The problem I have is that I scanned thousands of old negatives. I now want to put them into Lightroom but the capture date is obviously the date the negative was scanned and not the date the photo was taken. I want to change the capture date to the photo taken date. So Edit Capture does not appear to the way to do it. Please does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

How to Change Capture YEAR with Edit Capture Time – Mac OS 10.6

Hello,
I have very frustrating problem with Lightroom 2 (latest version). I have read that it is possible to fully edit the capture time and, crucially, year of a set of photos. Unfortunately, unlike all the FAQs I've read, I have no option to change the year:
FAQ screenshot:
My dialogue box:
There is no year option I can see, only month, day of month and time.
Please help me.
EGP.

I got the correct answer. Included here for posterity.
Well, it's not the file. The file's showing the right settings on mine.
If you look in the Metadata panel, do the dates appear correct there?
And, really odd question of the day... if you go into system preferences > language and text > formats, have you customised any of the formats? I just have a really vague recollection that it had an effect once upon a time.
Yahaw!!! That's the answer!
I had a custom time set up on my computer. When I was on Leopard you had to edit the date formats to allow the clock that shows in the top right of the menu bar to use the format "weekday/dayofmonth/month/time". That must have been it
Thanks a bunch!!

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