I have around 3000 jpeg photos all with names like "DSC_0596". The metadata has the date the photo was created, which would be much more useful.  Is there a way to extract the date from the metadata and add it to the photo name?
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I want to specify a directory and have the software find all the photos in the directory and its sub-directories, and if they contain EXIF date/time, it sets their filesystem timestamp to match the EXIF.
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I have recently shared an album of my pictures in an online photography forum and someone contacted me, asking if I can sell them a print, or the digital file for them to print themselves.   I have never sold any prints before and at the moment, I don't have time to spend on that; also I don't have any calibration tools for my monitor or any experience in high quality printing, and I don't want to half-ass that, so I don't want to sell a print right now. However, I'd be fine with selling the digital file so that person can print the photo. But I have no idea how to price a digital file, and what exactly I should give out.  Do you normally just send out a high-quality JPG? Or the RAW file along with the XMP file containing my edits? (I edited the picture in Lightroom) If I should go with JPG, do I just send out the full size (6000x4000) or ask them what size they want to print it in and send an appropriatly downsized version? And how do I determine an approriate price for that? What are the relevant factors?  I've read online that I should factor in the image size as well as the editing time. I don't know how long I spent on it, probably less than 10 minutes. I'm just not sure how to approach this, any price I could come up with somehow feels ... random. Some insights are appreciated!
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My early (Canon G2) photos are all JPG, but when I got my Nikon D90 I initially shot in JPG, then switched to RAW+JPG, and now I would like to switch to RAW only.  I have literally thousands of photos on my HDD.  The photos are in sub-directories (by date) under a single directory called Import.  I am about to import all these photos into Lightroom 3.0, however, I would like to delete all the JPG files, but only where there is already a corresponding RAW file (ie. I no longer want to keep JPG and RAW versions of the same file).  If I can do this easily within Lightroom (after importing everything, including the duplicate JPG files) that would be great.  It would also be OK if there were an easy way to do this before importing the files (but hopefully this wouldn't involve having to visit every directory looking for filenames with both JPG and NEF extensions).  Does anybody know of a way to do this (in Lightroom, or with some tool/script in Windows)?
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I've recently started to use RAW with Lightroom. I'd like opinions on how I should make sure my images are readable (not necessarily editable) a few years hence. Heck, let's say a decade some decades.  Should I keep my archives in Nikon's raw format, in conjunction with the LR database? Should I convert them to TIFF? How about DNG?
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1) I dont know how to write a watermark, like a copyright notice, on a photo.  2) I have a folder of photos which I wish to watermark with the same watermark.  How should I write a watermark on a folder of photographs?
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I have one site with two languages: English and Spanish for example. What would be the proper convention to name image files?  From my point of view it would be stupid to duplicate image and then name it according to on which site it will be uploaded. It would be waste of resources IMO and unnecessary job to do.  What do you think about this one?
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I have 14,000 picture sorted into files by year and month but taken with multiple cameras. I want the file name to reflect the date the photo was taken.   For example, all pictures taken on October 16, 1998 are in a folder called 1998\10 October\19981016.   I want the all the pictures to be named 19981016_0001 19981016_0002 etc.   I can get to the point where it list the folder I want to change but I'm unable to actually change it. All of my pictures are .jpg.  I created a temp file of copies in case I messed it up. I started by typing:  cd "C:\Documents and Settings\Brooke LastName\Desktop\Temp"    then after successfully getting my file to load I used a formula I found on this forum.  ls *jpg | Foreach {$i=1} {Rename-Item _ -NewName ("$($.19981016){0:00000000#} .jpg" -f $i++) -whatif}   The error I got said  Unexpected token ' .19981016' in expression or statement.  At line:1 char:12 + $.19981016 &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;   The error repeated several times  I found several formulas on the web but most created files that would number with parenthesis for example vacation (1).jpg I want a four digit counter after an underscore at the end of my date. ie 19981016_0001
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I notice that when taking photos using my camera phone, the file name consists of the date and time. (e.g. 20131101-110015.jpg)  However, most point and shoot and DSLR cameras do not. Their file name is usually in a sequence like DCM0011.jpg  Is there a way that we can set a camera option so that it will create the file with a name that contains the date and time?  With reference to a Point and Shoot Camera Samsung EX1 vs a Camera phone Samsung Galaxy S2
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It's quite possible a question like this has been asked before, but I can't think of the terms to search for.  I'm working on a photo gallery application, and want to display 9 thumbnails showing the context of the current photo being shown (in a 3x3 grid with the current photo in the centre, unless the current photo is in the first 4 photos being shown, in which case if e.g. if the current photo is the 2nd I want to select photos 1 through 9). For example, given an album containing the list of photos with ids:  1, 5, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26  If the current photo is 19, I want to also view:  9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23  If the current photo is 5, I want to also view:  1, 5, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21  I've been thinking of something along the lines of:  SELECT * FROM photos WHERE ABS(id - currentphoto) &lt; 5 ORDER BY id ASC  LIMIT 25   but this doesn't work in the case where the ids are non-sequential (as in the example above), or for the case where there are insufficient photos before the currentphoto.  Any thoughts?  Thanks,  Dom  p.s. Please leave a comment if anything is unclear, and I'll clarify the question. If anyone can think of a more useful title to help other people find this question in future, then please comment too.
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I want to run a daily incremental backup and append the day of the week to the file name so I end up with:  backup_mon.bak backup_tue.bak  etc.  Not really bothered about what exactly is appended - 0 - 6 is fine.  How do I go about this?
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I have a Canon 1100D and I started taking pictures in the RAW+JPG mode. For some reason when I open my files on my PC I see 2 files, but both of them are JPG (they even have the same size). What is the problem and where is the RAW file?
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I am trying to determine when a photo was taken with a smart phone. It was sent to me, not taken from facebook. I've viewed the exif data but the only field that even references a date is the ICC profile date. What is this date? is this the date it was taken? if not, how can I view the date it was taken?
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In Nautilus, I would like to add columns displaying metadatas contained in files.  This is mostly useful with audio and pictures files:   Audio : Artist, album, Track Title, Year ...(ID3 Tags) Photos : Date taken, Image resolution,    Columns would be editable in the standard 'View - Visible Columns' option in Nautilus
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I have around 15,000 JPG files that need to be watermarked. Is there any way to process these images en masse and add a watermark?  The images may be different sizes, I want the watermark placed in the center of the images.
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I have a Nikon D3100. When I unload the pictures from the camera to the computer, the numbering of the file names goes back to zero.  Sometimes, when they are still about the same event, I would prefer if it kept going where it left off. Is there a way to tweak those settings?  Thanks
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I have a 700Kb JPEG file (white cardboard texture) that I'm using as a background on a website.   A file this large takes too long to load for snappy page hits. I don't need the full resolution, a reduction in image quality is fine, but I do need to keep the JPEG the same size (to fill the entire screen).   What would be a good free PC or web utility that would allow me to modify a JPEG as described? I'd rather not use Photoshop or other professional software.
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I am trying to convert a bunch of images to thumbnails that might be in several subdirectories, and save a copy of the image as a thumbnail inside the subdirectory, but I can't figure out the syntax. Any advice would be welcome.   convert test/*/*.jpg -50x50 test/*/*_thumb.jpg