{"id":129,"date":"2010-01-26T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avpsoft.ru\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2017-02-15T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T13:32:46","slug":"use_timetophoto_to_organize_photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/26\/use_timetophoto_to_organize_photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Using TimeToPhoto for automated photo stamping and sorting"},"content":{"rendered":"

TimeToPhoto<\/a> enables you to print timestamps on photos, automatically rename JPG files and copy photos into folders according to the creation time\/date value stored in the EXIF section<\/a> of each JPG<\/a> file.
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\nLet\u2019s take a look at how the program can be used for storing photos. For instance, we want to create a photo archive in D:\PHOTO<\/strong>, where photos will be stored in folders named according to their creation time. The collection will look as follows:<\/p>\n

2008
\n\01
\n\02
\n\03
\n...
\n\12
\n2009
\n\01
\n\02
\n\03
\n...
\n\12<\/code><\/p>\n

Photos should have names that will clearly let you know when they were taken, for instance 2009_01_23-16_51.jpg<\/strong> – the photo was taken on January 23, 2009 at 16:51.<\/p>\n

Photo labs often print the name of the source file on the back of each photo. Therefore, if you use TimeToPhoto<\/a>, you will be able to determine the date and time the photo was taken at just by looking at the name of the file printed on the flip side.<\/p>\n

TimeToPhoto enables you to do all of this automatically.<\/p>\n

TimeToPhoto<\/a> DOES NOT MODIFY the original photos, but creates their copies, which guarantees that your original photos will remain unchanged. The necessary folders in D:\\PHOTO<\/strong> will be created automatically, so you won\u2019t need to do it yourself.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s launch the program, find the files we\u2019d like to add to our archive and add them to the TimeToPhoto<\/a> processing list.<\/p>\n

\"TimeToPhoto<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s uncheck the “Stamp photos”<\/strong> option on the “TO DO”<\/strong> panel and choose the “RenameSort photos”<\/strong> option instead. We will also need to change the value of the “Text To Photo”<\/strong> field: “%y\%m\%y_%m_%d-%h_%n-%n4”<\/strong>. This value of this field can be selected from the dropdown list or specified manually. Photo names also contain a 4-digit number (%n4<\/strong>), as situations with several photos taken at the same time are possible. Therefore, a photo taken on 01.23.2009 at 16:51 will be renamed into 2009\1\2009_01_23-16_51-0001.jpg<\/strong> and the necessary folders will be created automatically. For more information about the parameters you can use in “Text to Photo”<\/strong> field, refer to the TimeToPhoto user\u2019s manual <\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once you have finished configuring the settings, press the “Start”<\/strong> button, select the folder the photos will be saved to – D:\PHOTO<\/strong> – and press “OK”. The program will process the photos and save them to D:\PHOTO<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"TimeToPhoto<\/p>\n

All program settings are saved after the exit, so you can quickly add a new batch of images to the archive without configuring the filename mask again.<\/p>\n

Related links:<\/p>\n

TimeToPhoto User\u2019s Manual<\/a>
\nWhat is EXIF<\/a>
\nDownload TimeToPhoto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TimeToPhoto enables you to print timestamps on photos, automatically rename JPG files and copy photos into folders according to the creation time\/date value stored in the EXIF section of each JPG file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avpsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}