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How to sort images by time....?
Chris Lekhavanija, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Silver Spring | MD | USA | Posted: 8:47 AM on 05.25.04 |
->> Is there a way to sort images from 2 or more different cameras by time of capturing.
I meant without using Window's date-time modifying tool or without do it manually.
Thinking about sorting 2000+ images from 4 cameras.
Kindly advice.
Chris L |
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Nell Redmond, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 9:06 AM on 05.25.04 |
| ->> Do you have FotoStation? I use it and know that it can arrange photos that way. |
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Kevin Novak, Photographer, Assistant
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Chris Lekhavanija, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Silver Spring | MD | USA | Posted: 9:50 AM on 05.25.04 |
->> Thank you guys.
I've just found out that we can also do that in Nikon View.
But I will also check out on ASDSee and FOTOStation.
Chris L |
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Michael Stevens, Photographer
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 2:46 AM on 05.27.04 |
->> A product called PIE (http://www.picmeta.com) will allow you to rename your files based on the EXIF data, most particularly the date & time but also shutter speed, aperture, flash ... . I do this so that shots with my two different bodies can be listed in chronological order.
Mike |
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Greg Ferguson, Photographer
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Scottsdale | Az | USA | Posted: 4:09 AM on 05.27.04 |
->> Nikon View has a minor problem with its rename-using-the-time ability. If several photos are taken within one second (a definite possibility in our style of shooting), when it encounters the second and following images, it'll add a sequential numbering starting with _01.
The problem is that the initial image in that second in time won't have anything added, so when you sort the images, the first in the sequence will end up being sorted at the end of the list. That'll make your sequence look weird if you print thumbnails.
Also, because it uses a sequential numbering scheme there's going to be files intermixing from the different cameras. Add a unique identifier to each name, such as prefixing "A", "B", "C" to each name for each camera, and you'll be able to tell which person/camera took the photo, and will avoid name collisions between files from different cameras taken at the same second. |
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Stanley Leary, Photographer
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Roswell | GA | USA | Posted: 6:48 AM on 05.27.04 |
->> Greg:
If you want to get around that, when you import the images have it rename them using date and time, I doubt seriously, unless using remotes you shoot on the same second with two cameras. Anyway, this is how I always import so I can keep the images in order. After editing I then rename them using a sequential number.
Also Cumulus, which used to be shipped with Nikon also will sort the images using time. |
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Thad Parsons, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:17 AM on 05.27.04 |
| ->> If I am not mistaken, Photo Mechanic Pro can sort by Capture Time ... then you can rename the photos as you want to in the order that they are sorted. |
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Greg Ferguson, Photographer
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Scottsdale | Az | USA | Posted: 12:58 PM on 05.27.04 |
->> Hi Stanley,
I do have Nikon View (or Import) set to rename on import using date and time. And that's where it falls down because it doesn't have the brains to rename correctly within a second.
I get images shot within the same second, even though I'm not using continuous mode on my D1X, and the images showing up out of order in the thumbnails is how I discovered the problem.
I can (and will) change my sorting method to do it by capture time in Nikon View and iView, which will fix the problem with the thumbnails in proof sheets, but won't fix the inconsistency when I look at the files on the disk.
I'll probably write a script for iView Media Pro to let it rename the images instead. Then I can grab the entire date/time and make a name that includes the tenth-of-a-second information always, which will cause the names to sort in the correct order no matter where I look at the images.
I looked at Cumulus, but thought it was a bit bloated and over priced. I almost like iView Media Pro, but find a lot about it that is unpolished; Having been a Mac developer for years I have strong ideas about how an interface, and program, should work. :-) |
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Michael Stevens, Photographer
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 2:27 PM on 05.27.04 |
->> The way I get around your problem, Greg, is by renaming all my files with the capture date & time while keeping the original cryptic filename that Canon uses appended to the end. That way when I've shot a burst of 2 or 3 within the same second the original filename keeps them in order. I'll wind up with all my files looking like: 05.26.04_11.14.03_E82Cxxxx.jpg.
Sometimes, it's a little longer than I like so I occasionally just use the DAY instead of the entire DATE.
I don't know if you can do that with Nikon's software. I know you can't with Canon's DPP but PIE allows much greater renaming abilities.
Mike |
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Michael Myers, Photographer
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Miami Beach | FL | USA | Posted: 2:32 PM on 05.27.04 |
->> Provided your camera(s) were all set to the correct time, this program will allow you to put all the images into one folder, and re-name every one of them using the date and time they were taken:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/setnametotime.html |
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Greg Ferguson, Photographer
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Scottsdale | Az | USA | Posted: 3:07 PM on 05.27.04 |
->> Hi Mike,
That'd work. I'll be quite a mouthful when trying to ID files with a client though.
Ah, the price of perfection! |
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Michael Stevens, Photographer
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 2:10 PM on 05.28.04 |
->> Yeah, it can be a mouthfull. On occassion I've taken the resulting files, once chronologically organized by date & time shot with their long goofy names, and simply renamed the whole series as 0001-9999.jpg.
Mike |
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