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stefanoanzilotti
stefanoanzilotti
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February 20, 2018
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How to merge data from 'File Properties' with 'Camera Data (Exif)'

  • February 20, 2018
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Hi guys,

I use Adobe Bridge on my new workstation and I need to copy the file's data of a huge mass of photos

from 'File Properties / Data Created' to 'Camera Data (Exif) / Data Time Original'.

Can anyone help me?

Thank you in advance

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

If you are happy to use the command line, then I can help with formulating the correct ExifTool command. Otherwise this would require Bridge scripting.

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Varun Varshney
Adobe Employee
Varun Varshney
Adobe Employee
October 15, 2018

Hi All,

We have released a new version of Adobe Bridge (CC 2019) on 15th October 2018. The new version build number is 9.0.0.204. This version is available to install via Adobe Creative Cloud application.

This Bridge update contains support for editing capture time of images (https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/preview-compare-images-bridge.html#Edittheimagecapturetime).

Please check following link to know about all new features in Adobe Bridge CC 2019 - https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/whats-new.html

You may need to update the Creative Cloud application and restart your computer to see the updated installer.

Thanks,

Varun Varshney

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Stephen MarshCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 21, 2018

If you are happy to use the command line, then I can help with formulating the correct ExifTool command. Otherwise this would require Bridge scripting.

stefanoanzilotti
stefanoanzilottiAuthor
Participant
February 25, 2018

I already started to use ExifTool (whit some help) and I fixed the problem whit the following command:

exiftool '-datetimeoriginal<MDItemFSCreationDate' -overwrite_original_in_place -P -if '(not $datetimeoriginal or ($datetimeoriginal eq "0000:00:00 00:00:00"))' -ext jpg -ext jpeg -ext gif -ext mp4 -ext mov .

Right now I would like to do the opposite operation. In other words, I would like to set the 'Data File Created' as the 'DataTimeOriginal'. Is it possible? I tried to reverse the command, but it is not working.

Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 25, 2018

“… but it is not working.”

This does not provide any explicit problem solving info, ExifTool should report on any errors/failures (unless error reporting is suppressed -m or -q or -q -q).

Can you post a copy of any errors reported?

Can you just test with a JPEG image? Video formats such as MOV or MP4 may not always allow writing of certain tags. Can you simplify your command? You have some conditional -if processing which may be complicating the output or failing a match in certain cases.

P.S. Be careful with spelling, CLI requires precise commands, such as date and not data.

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