Is it possible to add the year of capture to the copyright text?

[Skids]

Hi I am trying to update the copyright text to include the year of capture.  I thought that I might be able to use the %Y variable but this gets added to the text as literal text.

The command I'm working on is designed to move images from an SD card to my image library so it is a little long, I have included it in full just incase the position in the command string is important:

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exiftool  -r '-XMP:TransmissionReference<Filename'  '-Copyright=(c)%Y Fred Blogs All rights reserved' '-XMP:PreservedFilename<Filename' '-XMP:Title<Filename' '-IPTC:ObjectName<Filename' '-FileName<CreateDate' -d /Volumes/Images_Disc_02_Master/TempTestImageUpdated/%Y_%m/%Y_%m_%d_%H%M%S_%%f.%%e   /Volumes/RICOH\ GR/TempTestImage
I have tried various versions e.g. adding a -d and or increasing the number of % characters as well as playing with the quotes but with no success.

S

[greybeard]

Which date do you want to use?

This example extracts the year from the CreateDate tag:

exiftool '-copyright<(c)${CreateDate;DateFmt("%Y")} Fred Blogs All rights reserved.'

[Skids]

Thanks for your command.  Unfortunately while it works when it is the only command it fails when inserted into my command.  Exiftool returns the following, which is repeated for each file.

Warning: Error converting date/time for 'CreateDate' - /Volumes/RICOH GR/TempTestImage/_G003744.DNG

I have tried guessing at various permutations but am presently stumped.

S

[Phil Harvey]

Use CreateDate# instead of CreateDate in your command to avoid the -d converting it and messing up the value for your advanced formatting expression.

- Phil

[Skids]

Thanks Phil, it works like a charm, thats a powerful character.

So was it the -d that follows the copyright portion that was colliding with the DateFmt in the copyright portionn?
 
S

[Phil Harvey]

The input for the DateFmt function must be a standard EXIF-format date/time value, but the value was changed to something else by the -d option.  See example 13 here for more information.

- Phil