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ExifPhotoDater
Windows application for renaming photo's and the corresponding RAW or NEF files with a leading date and time extracted from the JPG EXIF data.
 
Features
-Scans all JPG images in the selected folder and finds the corresponding NEF or RAW file
-Extracts the date and time from the EXIF data inside the JPG image
-Lists all found files and dates in a list
-Images can be selected of unselected for renaming
-Renames all selected images in one click
-Can be opened from another application using with a folder as an argument
-Last 10 folders are kept as history
-A default starting folder can be configured
-Keeps track on renaming errors in a log file
 
Description
As elsewhere mentioned on this website I rename all my photo's with the date and time in front of the original file name. I've used several programs for this but always had one problem: the time of the corresponding NEF file is often a few seconds behind the JPG. This means that when shooting a series of pictures the files are not sorted correctly in a folder. This tool takes the date and time from the EXIF data inside the JPG file and uses it to rename the JPG image as well as the corresponing NEF (or RAW) file.
 
Screenshots
ExifPhotoDater screenshot
 
Usage
1Enter or select a folder in the dropdown field or use the folder selection with the "open new folder" button.
2Press the "(Re)Scan folder" button to scan the folder for JPG images.
3The result of the scan will be listed in the overview. The date/time format is YYYY-MM-DD HH.mm.ss.
4In case the date/time cannot be extracted from the JPG image the row will be marked as error and cannot be renamed.
5Images can be selected or unselected in groups by using the buttons below the overview or individualy by double clicking a single row. By default all images with a valid date/time will be selected.
6Optionally you can choose to only rename the NEF or RAW files using the check mark "RAW/NEF only".
7Press the "Start renaming" button to rename all selected images using the date/time strings listed in the overview.
8All renamed files wil be marked with a green check mark.
8Previously unselected images can now be selected and renamed without interfering the already renamed images.
9Errors during the renaming process will be logged. The log file can be opened by clicking on the ExifPhotoDater logo.
 
Commandline options
Optinally a valid folder enclosed by quotation marks. This folder will be scanned at startup.
 
Configuration file settings
[Application]
Default Default folder for the "open new folder" selection
OpenExe Program that will be used to open a folder with the "Open current folder" link. Default is Windows Explorer.
OpenName Name for the program to open a folder with the "Open current folder" link.
Debug For testing purposes only. Adds additional information to the log file.
RawOnly Active setting of the check mark "RAW/NEF only" (1 = yes, 0 = no).
[History]
Folder1..10 Last 10 folders opened with ExifPhotoDater
 
Version history
v1.0 Initial setup
 
Known bugs
Bug no. Version Fixed in Description
 
Future enhancements
None.
 
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You can download ExifPhotoDater as a compressed folder containing all files needed. No need to install the software, just unzip, adapt the configuration file ExifPhotoDater.ini and run ExifPhotoDater.exe.
ExifPhotoDater is free for personal and bussiness use and is free to distribute as is as long as the program is not altered and accompanied with the ExifPhotoDater text file.

VersionFileSize
v1.0ExifPhotoDater_v1.0.zip444,01 KB (454662 bytes)
v1.0ExifPhotoDater_v1.0.7z354,89 KB (363409 bytes)
 
 
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