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please help me stop tearing out my hair....
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jonbarber:
??? I'm going nuts here. I've used PM for years, but have evidently never understood some things.
I want to carry the creation date and time, recorded by my cameras at exposure, to every copy or version of an image that I might need. However, PM is either not collecting that data, or is changing it on me to the date and time when I worked on the file. This seems so basic an issue that I'm embarrassed about missing the answer, but I can't stop this from happening. Can anyone help?
PM version is 4.4.3.3, Mac, OS 10.4.8, eMac 1.25 Ghz
chrisnoland:
Jon,
This is in the variable section under time. It is embedded in the IPTC information and you should be able to "reingest" Photo's if you want to put it into a field that is easier to search on or change the file name based upon it
Take a look at the attached
Chris
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Del:
Hi,
I just posted the same question in the support forum. Even looking at the window capture, which I saw, I don't know what to do with the inforamtion. I tried typing the words in the braces but that just becomes part of the file name. I just don't get it either. Sorry for being so ignorant...
//Del
Del:
Jon,
Kirk just answered my same question in the Support forum. I opened the Ingest window, checked the "Rename..." box and the "Sequence..." box. I then opened the Variables list and entered {date} in the window just before {seqn}. I also put a space between the two. I opened and reset the sequence and then clicked Ingest after highlighting the source and selecting the destination.
//Del
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