CAN PHOTO DATES BE EDITED/ALTERED ??
Submitted: Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 16:10
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Member - Scrubcat (VIC)
G`day Photo Whizzes,
I have just returned from an across and back trip on the
Simpson Desert and am anxious to load the photos. The problem is I had the wrong date and time setting on the camera which has resulted in all 392 photos having the wrong date & time. It would not worry me if it was just a day out but it was on the 24 hr system and changed days at midday which has any photos taken in the morning showing e.g. 22.45.15 the previous day.
Please, now clever people, is there any way I can correct (edit) the date & time on the computer ? or if not is there any way to delete just the date/time imprint from each photo ?? I would prefer to have nothing than what is there now.
Thanking you in advance.
Scrubby.
Reply By: Member - gujimbo - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 16:48
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 16:48
Most photo management software products can display EXIF data they should also allow you to edit the time and date stamp of the image plus many other image properties, i use ACDSEE Pro2 , but Adobe LIGHTROOM, Capture ONE all do the same thing.
Cheers Jim
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 17:51
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 17:51
Photoshop has a tool that you can erase part of the image and relace it with nearby pixels if thats what you have to do if the date is part of the photo. Its called a Clone Stamp Tool.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 17:52
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 17:52
Spelling Meant replace it with................
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Follow Up By: Member - Scrubcat (VIC) - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 18:07
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 18:07
Thanks Jim and Graham , now that I know its possible to rectify I will get my Super Nerd mate on the job.
Scrubby
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Follow Up By: Member - John R (QLD) - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 19:24
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 19:24
You might find it a challenge to get 392 pics altered though! It's a lot of work. Here's a link to one example of doing it:
Touchups
One way of avoiding the problem is not to have the date displayed on the original at all. Then if you really want a date stamp on some photos, there are programs that can read the date from the EXIF data, and put it on a copy of the photo (plus there are also programs that can change the EXIF data in multiple files, rather than doing it one at a time).
Cheers, John
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Reply By: The Geriatric Gypsies - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 18:05
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 18:05
goodday you old bugger how was your trip
sorry i cant help with your problem i had to get the granddaughter to turn the date stamp off on my little camera
steve and denny
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Follow Up By: Member - Scrubcat (VIC) - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 18:21
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 18:21
G`day Steve & Denny,
Geez mate you picked a bad time to go bald and no beard, Brrrrr.
I was only home from
Innamincka for about a week and Jeff O asked me to do an across and back of the Simpson with him, It was just tremendous , got home last Wednesday pm with a bad cold and it is only today that I have felt like posting things on here.
I have a trip report partly written that I will post when it`s complete.
Good to hear from you.
Scrubby.
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Reply By: rredbeak - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 19:16
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 19:16
theres a image manipulation program on the net called GIMP.Its FREE . do a google for "Gimp download" and enjoy...it;ll do EVERYTHING Photoshop will do... Cheers.. Rod
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Follow Up By: Member - Scrubcat (VIC) - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 20:26
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 20:26
Thanks John and Rod,
I might even have a go at this myself now after yours and others help.
Thanks again,
Scrubby
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Reply By: HGMonaro - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 20:59
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 20:59
you've haven't actually said if the date and time is in the image itself or you're refering to the date & time in EXIF data.
Fixing 392 of the 1st kind is a lot of work... the 2nd, might be able to be done programatically.
which one is it?
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Follow Up By: HGMonaro - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 21:00
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 21:00
actually, re-reading your Q "delete just the date/time imprint from each photo" probably implies the 1st option.
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Follow Up By: Member - Scrubcat (VIC) - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 21:57
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 21:57
Yes it is the date/time that is actually on the photo that I want to fix, although it may be easier if I can just remove it and not have anything there.
Thanks anyway HGM,
Scrubby.
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Follow Up By: HGMonaro - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 22:17
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 22:17
Your going to have to edit every pic. Not to bad if you only want to do a handful. No fun to do 392! Follow advice above and grab the Gimp if you don't already have an image editing program (sometimes one will come with your camera, eg. Photoshop Elements, Paint
Shop Pro).
If the picture allows, cropping the text out will be easier and quicker than using Clone brushes (which can be an easy fix if the scene suits) but is usually complicated. This all depends on your expectations and standards.
For just posting a trip report, I'd just post a note that says the dates are stuffed :)
Cheers, NIge
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Reply By: Member - kevin Y (SA) - Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:13
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:13
ah
well cloning would pass the time ---would be an expert after doin all those photo's
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Follow Up By: azztex - Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:34
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:34
i use a couple of free programs
http://irfanview2008.info/
it renames and can insert a date into a batch of pics, so you wouldnt have to do one at a time, however i dont know how it will turn out if you try and write the date over the top of the existing
the other one that i find handy is
http://www.altools.com/ALTools/ALSee.aspx
this will resize a batch of pics
dont know if this has helped but good luck
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