PSE 8 editor changing exif creation date
When I bought a new Dell duo-core computer with Windows 7 I upgraded from PSE 6 to 8. Since then, the editor in 8 sometimes replaces the exif creation date with the date and time it was modified. It isn't keeping the first and adding the second as date modified, just replacing it when I save a photo from the editor. It isn't doing that every time, so I can't figure out what would cause this. In two days in March, my exif creation date in 500-600 photos, many of which I didn't edit at all, were changed to either March 20 or March 21, 2010. Any idea how I can prevent this from happening? Hint: it appears as though all the photos affected were taken with an Olympus point and shoot or were scanned to PSE 6's Organizer. I can't find any photos from my DSLR that have been affected.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it didn't help. I lost another photo today and had to retrieve it
for the Organizer from my Windows files. Instead of placing it next to the original photo (or in the same area), it placed it in a file called Adobe/Photoshop.com. I made sure again that the line you referred to isn't checked. In addition, when the photo doesn't get lost, the Exif date for the photo does get lost and the photo is dated today. These two problems seem to be connected, although I can never predict which one will occur. Anybody have more ideas? Could it be a Windows 7 issue rather than a Photoshop issue?
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