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change creation date in a photoshop file

Advocate ,
Apr 25, 2025 Apr 25, 2025

Sometimes I copy a Photoshop file into a new file. That changes the creation date of the original file to the date of the new file. I want to edit the creation date so that it is the creation date of the original file it was copied from.

Is that possible and if so, how would I be able to do that?

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Adobe Employee ,
Apr 25, 2025 Apr 25, 2025

Hi @jay fresno! Thank you for reaching out! We're here to help! 

 

To start with, could you provide some more info about this? Specifically, where do you want to see the creation date reflected—in the file properties inside Windows Explorer or in the file info inside Photoshop? Also, what versions of Photoshop and Windows are you using? How exactly are you copying the Photoshop file into a new file?

 

While we wait for your reply, you can check if these steps work for you:

  1. Head over to File > File Info > Origin.
  2. Here, you can manually enter the date and any other information you might need to add.

 

Hope this helps! Cheers!

Noel
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Advocate ,
Apr 26, 2025 Apr 26, 2025

Thanks, Noel. The real problem is that my photos are being rejected by stock with a message that I've used AI. I am not using AI except to touch up small areas, not to add things that weren't there.

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Apr 30, 2025 Apr 30, 2025

'...I am not using AI except to touch up small areas...'

 

In that case you are using AI. AI generative retouching adds AI generated pixels to the image, unlike cloning or even content aware filling which uses only pixels from the image. Remember a stock user asking for no AI needs to be confident that none of the image content was generated by AI. There are several use cases where that is an essential requirement.

 

Dave

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Advocate ,
Apr 26, 2025 Apr 26, 2025

I do use Topaz filters.

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Adobe Employee ,
Apr 30, 2025 Apr 30, 2025

Hi @jay fresno, Could you please give more details about the issue like what exactly is happening with the creation date? Is the creation date being changed when you use Topaz Filters? Were you able to test the steps provided in the previous reply and did they work?

 

If your issue is different from the one mentioned in the original message then you can create a different thread so that we can help you better.

 

Cheers! 

Noel
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Aug 04, 2025 Aug 04, 2025

This is the creation date I want to change:

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Aug 04, 2025 Aug 04, 2025
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An image file has multiple dates stored in the metadata. Also, a computer filesystem has created and modified dates.

 

Some of these can be changed with Bridge/Photoshop File Info and some metadata might require a more powerful app such as EXIFTool.

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