

This example searches to find images WITHOUT the DateTimeOriginal exif property set: \temp\exiftool\exiftool -filename -r -if ‘(not $datetimeoriginal)’ *.jpg

And, if you are making changes to directories, image content or image names then please do a test on a small set of photos first and make sure you have backups in case something goes awry! All examples assume you have unzipped Exiftool in the “C:\temp\exiftool folder”. In this post, we summarize a few of the Exiftool examples that we have come across over the years and these may help you accomplish a needed task with your photos.

The standard program is run from the command line, but if that scares you there are implementations with a graphic interface on top of the core program. Phil is from Kingston, Ontario, Canada and is now retired from a position at Queen’s University. The software was written and contributed to the Internet community for free usage by Phil Harvey. If you haven’t heard of the software utility, Exiftool, and you are passionate about the metadata associated with your images, then you definitely need to check it out.
