Modification variable

[louismccullagh]

When sorting through my photos which i do using sort by modification if i change a colour class or change the aspect from landscape to portrait format the modification date changes.

Modification to me is none of the above, it is an edit or filesize etc change.

Is there a modification variable which does NOT change when i change a colour class or change the aspect from landscape to portrait format.

Thank you.

Louis

[alexmacnaughton]

Hi, as far as I know, there is no variable that returns the result you want. If this is a major problem, I would suggest setting a colour just for your edited photos so you can find them quickly.

[ahoward]

if i change a colour class or change the aspect from landscape to portrait format the modification date changes.

Doing all of those things modifies the metadata of the file. If the file gets modified, the modification time is going to get updated. If the file didn't previously have a color label or rotation flag, then adding those things *does* change the filesize, because Photo Mechanic needs to store that data somewhere, and sometimes it needs to make the file larger to make room for that data.

[louismccullagh]

Thank you. From a photographic point of view changing the colour class should be separate from modifications to the actual image.  I work with several editions of an image and then try to use the colour class to organise, I would then use modification to check when my most recent image edits are done.