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Title: Set EXIF date based on the filename order
Post by: gsur1200 on October 13, 2018, 02:52:17 AM

I want to fix the EXIF data on a group of photos that appear scrambled on Google Photos.
Some have the wrong date/time, some are correct. It's all a mess -- there's no logic to the different timestamps.

But if I look at them on the mac Finder, their order is correct: their filenames have the right order.

Is there a way to:
1) set all the photos to June 1st
2) set a new time for every photo, in a way that keeps the same order I see in the Finder?
(e.g. every subsequent photo is offset by +1 minute or something..?)

I'm not picky about time accuracy; I just want them to appear in the right order...

Thank you so much for your time.

Title: Re: Set EXIF date based on the filename order
Post by: StarGeek on October 13, 2018, 03:21:15 AM

See this post (https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php/topic,5621.msg27394.html#msg27394).

Title: Re: Set EXIF date based on the filename order
Post by: elhiero on October 13, 2018, 01:42:48 PM

You can use xnviewmp software. 1 Sort by name, 2 Select files, 3 Tools menu, ... change timestamp (with increment for each file)
For this task, xnviewmp uses exiftool

Title: Re: Set EXIF date based on the filename order
Post by: gsur1200 on October 13, 2018, 01:44:08 PM

Ah, EXIFTOOL is amazing! Thank you so much.
Lightroom sucks! I spent so many hours trying to get Lightroom to do the right thing last night...

Thank you guys for your time and this amazing tool!

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