I have been successfully using Adobe Bridge to manage and rename my photos and videos for years. I like to batch rename files transferred to my computer with a combination of Creation Date + file number. I recently noticed that Bridge has been attributing the Transfer Date as the Creation Date. This ends up throwing all of my files out of whack. And I also noticed the Modified Date often predates the Creation Date. Is there a new time travel feature in Bridge that I am unaware of? This only seems to happen with my AVCHD video files from a Sony camera.
For those of you who may have been frustrated by something similar, I came across a workaround.
If you batch rename your AVCHD files on the camera card and then in Bridge, MOVE (not copy) them to whatever drive you store your files on, Bridge not only gets the Creation Date (hence the renaming) right, it maintains this in the metadata info as well when you look at the files in their new location. Note, if you COPY the same files over, however, it seems to get confused and attribute the Transfer Date as the Creation Date. Which makes sense, in a way as this is a NEW copy that was CREATED when you transferred it over. I just noticed that my operating system (Windows 10) still confuses the Modified Date and the Creation Date. Oh well...
It's a bit tedious but it seems to work. At least I get to rename my files correctly. If anyone knows som best practices to avoid jumping through these hoops and streamline the file renaming process (including using alternative software) please share! Does Lightroom do a better job at managing EXIF metadata?
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