Does exiftool save the original file name in any tag when renaming files

[vbnut]

When renaming files using "-FileName<..." does exiftool same the original file name in some tag?
Unless I'm missing something, I can't find the original file name in the metadata of the files I've renamed using exiftool.

[Phil Harvey]

ExifTool only does what you tell it to.  A command like this may be used to save the original file name:

exiftool "-filename<$SOMETHING" "-originalfilename<filename" ...

- Phil

[StarGeek]

OriginalFileName is used by Getty Images, e.g. XMP-getty:OriginalFileName and probably doesn't have widespread use beyond Getty.

PreservedFileName is probably a better choice, as that is part of the XMP Media Management group, which is used by Lightroom and other Digital Asset Management (DAM) programs.

The XMP:Title and IPTC:ObjectName are also tags that can be used for this, as the IPTC Photo Metadata Standard says

Help Text: Enter a short verbal and human readable name for the image, this may be the file name

[vbnut]

Thanks folks. That's kind of what I expected.  I will update my ingest script to have exiftool save the original file name.

I posted a related question on LightroomQueen.com, and someone there pointed out that Lightroom uses PreservedFileName, although I'm seeing PreservedFileName being identical to the current filename even for images I renamed in Lightroom.