[KPhotoAlbum] EXIF (and equivalent META data for non-jpeg) creation date

[Clair Johnston]

Murry,

The first thing I do when I move photos from the camera to the computer 
is to change the photo name to include the date taken.  So, the new name 
would look something like 100622_2343.jpg.  I store them in a series of 
directories of the form Photos->Year->Month->Other-breakdown. 
KPhotoAlbum is then used to categorize the photos.  My only complaint is 
that KPA only runs on Linux and I am primarily a Microsoft user for 
various reasons, so it sometimes takes a while to add categories.

I have not seen any problems with applications changing the date taken, 
but then I archive the originals and only modify copies.  As Jasper 
says, KPhotoAlbum does not modify the creation date (or any other 
parameter) unless explicitly requested. Most applications can be 
configured to retain the date taken, so you may want to check your 
applications configuration settings.

Hope this helps,
Clair


Jesper K. Pedersen wrote:
> KPhotoAlbum is not changing the data in the files, nor does it move any files 
> around, so these changes may come from other tools.
> 
> KPA may change the data it is considering - but that would be from you 
> actively doing so.
> 
> You can ask KPA to reread the EXIF info from the file (or file creation date, 
> if the file do not have a EXIF info), using Maintainance->Read EXIF info from 
> files.
> 
> Cheers
> Jesper.
> 
> On Wednesday 23 June 2010 13:00:29 Murray Strome wrote:
> | This is definitely not just a KPhotoAlbum issue, but I would appreciate any
> | advice on this issue.
> | 
> | The one single piece of information that I would like to preserve in any
> | image is the "Date Taken", whether it is called Creation Date, or
> | whatever. The only exception would be if I choose to explicitly change it
> | (e.g. with EXIFTool or something similar). Provided nothing else were to
> | change the date, the only times I would want it changed would be: 1. The
> | time/date was incorrectly set on the digital camera photo taken 2. The
> | time/date was incorrectly changed by some operation
> | 3. The photo was created by scanning a photo, and I know when it was taken
> | 
> | One of my greatest causes of frustration in organizing photos with
> | KPhotoAlbum (or any other tool) is that I find this date/time seems to get
> | changed so easily by almost anything I do with the photo. Even simply
> | copying it from one folder to another will often "mess up" the creation
> | date.  When I use the GIMP to edit photos, this date is often changed to
> | the date I save the new version. Picasa sometimes REALLY messes up the
> | date.
> | 
> | If I can find a relatively easy way to fix the dates on the thousands of
> | photos that have already been changed (if only I could remember when they
> | were taken!), it will take me a LONG time to do so. In the meantime, is
> | there any advice on how to prevent the creation time/date from being
> | modified for new pictures? The only thing I can think of would be to learn
> | how to use EXIFTool to save all of the EXIF data from photos as I take
> | them, keep the information in whatever folder to which I copy them, then
> | rewrite the data from the file back to the photos. This would entail a lot
> | of work and already it takes to long to just rename the photos to
> | something more intelligible and to do some simple editing to crop them and
> | perhaps fix the colour balance.
> | 
> | I notice that even those photos that I have taken in the past month have
> | had their dates changed. Some of the changes I can understand, such as
> | from the date the photo was taken to the date I edited it or copied it
> | from one computer to another. Others are a complete mystery. For example,
> | some photos I took on June 3 and 4 now show a creation date of May 30.
> | 
> | Any help or advice would be appreciated.
> | 
> | Murray
> | 
> | 
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