UTGhog wrote:
Window 10. I have looked at properties in file explorer but those dates created are wrong. They are when the files were copied to that location. I need to look at the metadata on each file. I have Aftershot Pro 3. I can see the actual date taken there. Now to figure out how to move files in mass. I'm still learning that program.
Thanks
Open a folder with photos in File Explorer. From the File menu (at the top), select View -> Details.
There will be now be several colums, the first one with the file name, another one with the type of file (jpg, .png, etc.), one with the size of the file, one with a date, and possibly several more.
Right-click on any one of these headers, in the pop-up menu click on 'more...', next pop-up scroll down to
Date Taken and checkmark the box in front of that. Click OK and you'll have a new column with date taken. You can verify that it is indeed the date you took the photo by selecting a photo with a known date, like a birthday or something.
If you left click on the the header, File Explore will sort the photos in ascending order. Left-click again and the photos will be sorted in descending order.
Left-click on any one of the files in that folder, and on the panel on the right, you can add tags, titles author, comments, and a couple of other things. Don't forget to Save when you're done with this.
To search on tags, dates, comments, etc., use the Search Photos box in the top right of the File Explorer window.
I've use this method for quite some time now and find it works very well.
I think that regardless of the method you use, you're in for a fair bit of work, so take it in small "bites"!