newbie question about extracting the original filename

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[Originally posted by sandboa on 2010-02-22 17:28:01.779612-08]

I am a new struggling user of this program (windows CMD line version).

I am trying to copy the original file name (eg DSC03923.ARW) into a field in the EXIF for each file.  The goal is that any file output from that RAW file will retain the original RAW file name somewhere that I can find.

So, for example:

I have a RAW file named DSC03923.ARW.  I want to create a JPG (in Photoshop) and name it something meaningful like "smiling_people.jpg".  But I want the name DSC03923.ARW to be saved in the EXIF of the photo for later cross-referencing.  I could save it as a comment, or any other field, I don't care.

I would like to be able to run this as a batch process (i.e. do all the files in a directory).

I can't seem to find a variable to reference to the current filename in the documentation.

Is this possible?

Thanks, and pardon the stupid question if it is one?

Chris

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2010-02-23 04:54:20.663077-08]

Hi Chris,

Well, you are in luck because Photoshop already does this for you.
Take a look at the XMP-crs:RawFileName tag in your converted JPEG
images.

- Phil