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June 5, 2017
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Changing EXIF Data in .ARW Raw File?

  • June 5, 2017
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I've been doing research on this for the past hour and can't seem to find the answer I am looking for. What I am trying to do is change the date created for on my raw file. I shoot Sony so they are .ARW files. I want to know if it is somehow possible to change the date created on the raw file and save it on the raw file? Basically, I went through different time zones, across the world pretty much so it's saying it's about a day apart. My boss required me to provide the raw files with every edited file. So is this possible? Changing the date in the Raw file itself?

I am working on a Mac if that matters at all & I am working with both Lightroom and Photoshop.

Thank you.

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F. McLion
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June 5, 2017

Time change can be written to RAW files. This is turned off by default in the Catalog settings and you need to turn this on first.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 * Change the photo capture time

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Participant
June 5, 2017

I did see this and I followed the steps that Adobe provided, while it cataloged it correctly in LR when I went to the actual RAW file, it just placed a XMP sidecar alongside it. The actual RAW file is still unchanged.

F. McLion
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Community Expert
June 5, 2017

Hmmmh ...Do you have Automatically Write Changes Into XMP turned on?

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