When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on which we took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) really liked this feature because it made arranging photos chronologically in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this manually by looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, but that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a CD-RW waiting to be printed).
Does anyone in this newsgroup know of a digital print developer (Web-based or retailer) that can date-stamp digital prints? I looked at Kodak's Web site this morning for information on their Picture Maker (a supermarket near our house has one), but I didn't see anything that indicates that the machine can do this. Any suggestions?
In rec.photo.digital Tim <tdo...@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on which we > took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) > really liked this feature because it made arranging photos chronologically > in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday > last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a > print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this manually by > looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, but > that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a > CD-RW waiting to be printed).
Most digital cameras have a feature where it will imprint the data directly onto each image. Frankly, I think this is a lousy idea to use, but to each his own. Check your camera's documentation to see if it has this feature.
I could easily wite a small program to do this with a graphics/analysis package called IDL, by looping through the images, reading header and image, writing the time/date info to the image, and resaving the image. I am sure that it wouldn't be too hard in C either, but I don't know that. Surely someone has written such a utility or built it in to their software, but I don't know of it.
Tim wrote: >When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on which we >took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) >really liked this feature because it made arranging photos chronologically >in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday >last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a >print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this manually by >looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, but >that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a >CD-RW waiting to be printed).
>Does anyone in this newsgroup know of a digital print developer (Web-based >or retailer) that can date-stamp digital prints? I looked at Kodak's Web >site this morning for information on their Picture Maker (a supermarket near >our house has one), but I didn't see anything that indicates that the >machine can do this. Any suggestions?
Med Bennett wrote: > I could easily wite a small program to do this with a graphics/analysis > package called IDL, by looping through the images, reading header and > image, writing the time/date info to the image, and resaving the image. > I am sure that it wouldn't be too hard in C either, but I don't know > that. Surely someone has written such a utility or built it in to their > software, but I don't know of it.
> Tim wrote:
>> When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on >> which we >> took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) >> really liked this feature because it made arranging photos >> chronologically >> in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday >> last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a >> print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this >> manually by >> looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, >> but >> that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a >> CD-RW waiting to be printed).
>> Does anyone in this newsgroup know of a digital print developer >> (Web-based >> or retailer) that can date-stamp digital prints? I looked at Kodak's Web >> site this morning for information on their Picture Maker (a >> supermarket near >> our house has one), but I didn't see anything that indicates that the >> machine can do this. Any suggestions?
>> Thanks. >> Tim
ImageMagick (free) can do this. It is command line driven vs GUI.
The command is as follows to take input file 11.jpg, creates 11.2.jpg and places exif's original date/time in the farthest bottom right using orange text sized at 24 points. -quality 100 means zero compression on the output jpeg. You can change any of the parameters, other paramaters are not listed i.e. -font Arial.ttf
put the following on one line in a batch file called add_datetime.bat (for windows) convert %1 -gravity SouthEast -fill orange -pointsize 24 -draw "text 1,25 '%%[exif:DateTimeOriginal]'" -quality 100 %2
Then you can execute it by... add_datetime.bat 11.jpg 11.2.jpg
To do the entire directory of jpegs and update the existing file: for %f in (*.jpg) do add_datetime.bat %f %f
To do the entire directory of jpegs and create a new file named .jpg.jpg: for %f in (*.jpg) do add_datetime.bat %f %f.jpg
or put them in a sub-directory called updated using the same name: for %f in (*.jpg) do add_datetime.bat %f updated/%f
Obviously, you will only want to update copies of your files regardless of the method you use.
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:11:47 GMT, "Tim" <tdo...@twcny.rr.com> wrote: >When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on which we >took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) >really liked this feature because it made arranging photos chronologically >in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday >last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a >print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this manually by >looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, but >that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a >CD-RW waiting to be printed).
DCE AutoEnhance will add text to the picture - date and time from the embedded EXIF information - where you want it to go, as well as enhance the pictures: http://www.mediachance.com/dce/features.html
no, i'm not an employee of Adobe. However, their program "Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0" would be ideal to put photos in order. The starter edition is free, and if you register it with them there's no expiration. I just downloaded the starter edition, and am seriously considering getting the full version.
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:11:47 GMT, "Tim" <tdo...@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> >When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on which we > >took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) > >really liked this feature because it made arranging photos chronologically > >in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday > >last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a > >print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this manually by > >looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, but > >that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a > >CD-RW waiting to be printed).
> DCE AutoEnhance will add text to the picture - date and time from the > embedded EXIF information - where you want it to go, as well as > enhance the pictures: http://www.mediachance.com/dce/features.html
I bought Adobe Photo Album v1.0 about a year ago and am having trouble with the dates on my pictures (both taken with Digital Camera and 35mm film). It seems that the date stamp is being generated (incorrectly, I might add) and added by Photo Album as/when I add them into Photo Album :o(
Maybe they've fixed it with 2.0?? Or, maybe I'm doing it wrong. It could be that I need to import the pix from my digital camera with Photo Album.
"David" <dkbowmanspamisreallyannoy...@cox.net> wrote in message <news:CIKLb.59407$Fg.10683@lakeread01>... > no, i'm not an employee of Adobe. However, their program "Adobe Photoshop > Album 2.0" would be ideal to put photos in order. The starter edition is > free, and if you register it with them there's no expiration. I just > downloaded the starter edition, and am seriously considering getting the > full version.
> > >When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on which > we > > >took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) > > >really liked this feature because it made arranging photos > chronologically > > >in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday > > >last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a > > >print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this manually > by > > >looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, > but > > >that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a > > >CD-RW waiting to be printed).
> > DCE AutoEnhance will add text to the picture - date and time from the > > embedded EXIF information - where you want it to go, as well as > > enhance the pictures: http://www.mediachance.com/dce/features.html
> I bought Adobe Photo Album v1.0 about a year ago and am having trouble > with the dates on my pictures (both taken with Digital Camera and 35mm > film). It seems that the date stamp is being generated (incorrectly, I > might add) and added by Photo Album as/when I add them into Photo > Album :o(
> Maybe they've fixed it with 2.0?? Or, maybe I'm doing it wrong. It > could be that I need to import the pix from my digital camera with > Photo Album.
> - manzoor
> "David" <dkbowmanspamisreallyannoy...@cox.net> wrote in message
> > no, i'm not an employee of Adobe. However, their program "Adobe Photoshop > > Album 2.0" would be ideal to put photos in order. The starter edition is > > free, and if you register it with them there's no expiration. I just > > downloaded the starter edition, and am seriously considering getting the > > full version.
> > > >When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on which > > we > > > >took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) > > > >really liked this feature because it made arranging photos > > chronologically > > > >in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday > > > >last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a > > > >print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this manually > > by > > > >looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, > > but > > > >that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a > > > >CD-RW waiting to be printed).
> > > DCE AutoEnhance will add text to the picture - date and time from the > > > embedded EXIF information - where you want it to go, as well as > > > enhance the pictures: http://www.mediachance.com/dce/features.html
Then there's the easy-to-overlook setting -- is your PC clock set to the correct time & date? XP can synchronize with an internet timeserver. Either you're not synchronizing, you're synched to the wrong server, or I don't know what I'm talking about. The last is most likely, just taking a friendly guess.
"Manzoorul Hassan" <manz...@intrnauts.com> wrote in message
> I bought Adobe Photo Album v1.0 about a year ago and am having trouble > with the dates on my pictures (both taken with Digital Camera and 35mm > film). It seems that the date stamp is being generated (incorrectly, I > might add) and added by Photo Album as/when I add them into Photo > Album :o(
> Maybe they've fixed it with 2.0?? Or, maybe I'm doing it wrong. It > could be that I need to import the pix from my digital camera with > Photo Album.
> - manzoor
> "David" <dkbowmanspamisreallyannoy...@cox.net> wrote in message
> > no, i'm not an employee of Adobe. However, their program "Adobe Photoshop > > Album 2.0" would be ideal to put photos in order. The starter edition is > > free, and if you register it with them there's no expiration. I just > > downloaded the starter edition, and am seriously considering getting the > > full version.
> > > >When we used a film camera, the resulting prints had the dates on which > > we > > > >took the photos stamped in one of the lower corners. We (my wife and I) > > > >really liked this feature because it made arranging photos > > chronologically > > > >in photo albums very easy. I bought her a digital camera for her birthday > > > >last spring and we enjoy it all other respects, but we have yet to find a > > > >print developer that can date stamp the prints. We could do this manually > > by > > > >looking up the dates using the photo editing software on our computer, > > but > > > >that's pretty cumbersome (example: as I write this, I have 71 images on a > > > >CD-RW waiting to be printed).
> > > DCE AutoEnhance will add text to the picture - date and time from the > > > embedded EXIF information - where you want it to go, as well as > > > enhance the pictures: http://www.mediachance.com/dce/features.html
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