PicaJet User Forum

[charles]

When an EXIF date entry is clicked for editting, a little calendar selector pops up. Unfortunately, it is on a z-axis that puts it behind the EXIF window, and you can't move the EXIF window (it's waiting for you to choose a date), making it impossible to bring the calendar into view in some cases. Fortunately I could dismiss the calendar using enter or ESC. Build 406.

[Brian]

I've had this happen to me as well, except it was with the save dialog after making changes to EXIF data. I haven't encountered it lately, so it may be fixed or not.

Brian

[Wizard]

Try this PicaJet build:
www.picajet.com/download/PicaJetFXInstall_411.exe

[charles]

Yup, that fixed it... Thanks! That build also appears to have fixed the need to set a date twice to make it stick.

I'm having trouble assigning a consistent date, though. My earlier photos were editted with a version of Photoshop that apparently did not preserve EXIF/IPTC metadata. That combined with Windows *$@! behavior of not preserving original dates when copying files from CDs means that I have been going back and manually resetting dates.

AFAIK, there are 8 places that PicaJet recognizes dates:

EXIF

Date/Time
Date/Time digitized
Date/Time original

IPTC

Date created + Time created

General Properties

Date
Imported Date

File Properties

Created Date
Modified Date

Obviously file create / modify dates, are set by the system (for better or worse grrr), and imported date is something that PicaJet can clearly track. I am unclear how the others relate to each other. The date organizer drop-down nicely lets you chose from 4 options, but I don't know:

1) How does PicaJet deal with the 3 EXIF dates (which seem conceptually the same to me) - If none are set, can I set one and have it be recognized?

2) Should I be ignoring IPTC date?

3) Where does the general property 'Date' come from? Unless there is a reason not to, I'd like to have it sync to EXIF fields (presumably via a checkbox option in the ctrl-I dialog).

Also, it would be really nice if I could copy and paste EXIF dates (rather than always using the calendar GUI) - it would mean I could use fewer clicks in the GUI to get to a nearby date...

Thanks again!

[Alex]