In order to be able to display photo filenames on my iPad, I have installed Photo Shack - which can display the IPTC ObjectName metadata field. I have tried using ExifTool for copying/writing photo file names into the IPTC ObjectName metadata field - as explained on this forum: http://www.applgasm-apps.com/Blog/?p=499.
However, when I install the tool and try to run the command: exiftool"-iptc:ObjectName<filename" -overwrite_original *.*
I keep on getting "System cannot find specified path" (in Dutch).
I have taken the following steps:
- download the Windows executable on http://www.exiftool.org/
- rename exiftool(-k).exe to exiftool.exe, move it to my desktop and double click it
- run CMD, CD... to the folder in which the photos are located, then type: exiftool"-iptc:ObjectName<filename" -overwrite_original *.*
Then I get "System cannot find specified path". I have tried moving the exiftool.exe to C:/Windows and to the folder where the photos are located, but I keep on getting this cannot find path message.
Can you please let me know what I'm doing wrong?
Thank you!
Rob
Hi Rob,
You don't need to click on "exiftool.exe". You should move it to the c:\windows directory so the system can find it when you type the exiftool command in the cmd.exe window.
- Phil
Thank you Phil.
For other beginners who may make the same mistake: it didn't work at first because I thought I shouldn't use spaces in the command line. With spaces it did work!