How to export and sort by Original Date created and NOT by date of export

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April 16, 2017
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I am trying to create a folder by exporting a selection of photos. However when I do, there doesn't seem to be a way to sort/view them by the date they were originally created

When exporting I have tried various options including 'all except camera and camera raw" but they still end up being sorted by the date I exported them - 'today's date in effect.

Help please - I want to be able to view them sequentially ...in date taken order

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joachims25232702

Inspiring

I use one of two methods:

I assume the photos are sorted in LR before exporting

1 Rename on export. You can add a sequence number as first file name entry. Start with 100 or 1000 if your TV does alphabetic sort, otherwise 2 beats 100.

2 Do the same renaming your files with a sequence number within LR. The original file name is stored in the EXIF data, so you can go back. Renaming files is a destructive operations and things can go wrong on your PC doing that, so only do that if you have a stable system. And be careful if the same photo resides in two catalogs, renaming can cause trouble in the other catalog.

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dj_paige

Legend

I'm not having this problem. When I export, I select All Metadata and the capture date is shown in Windows.

johnrellis

Legend

To build on dj_paige's reply: When LR exports a photo, it stores the capture date inside the photo's metadata. Windows File Explorer reads that field and shows it in the "Date taken" column.

But the Mac's Finder doesn't know how to read and display the metadata capture date. If you're on Mac, one workaround is to get a third-party file browser to use instead of Finder. Another workaround is to sort the photos in LR by capture time and then export them using a file-naming template that assigns sequential numbers -- then Finder will show the photos in capture-date order when you sort the files alphabetically.

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Uksnapper11581870Author

Inspiring

Thanks for reply johnrellis - am on Mac.

I do sort the photos by capture time but not sure I understand what you mean by 'file-naming template that assigns sequential numbers please? Could you expand/clarify please ?

Many thanks in anticipation