How it Works
Digital cameras embeds a clock and for every photo shot the date and time is saved within the digital picture.Digital pictures are saved using the EXIF standard file format.EXIF provides a DateTime tag that is the date and time of image creation.The format is 'YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS' with time shown in 24-hour format, and the date and time separated by one blank character.Since the date and time is recorded within each photos, Namexif reads EXIF data and renames photos by date taken.Similarly, a timestamp is set to each video files that Namexif is able to extract in order to rename the video file.
Why does the name start with the year?
By default, Namexif renames photos starting with the year, then month, day, hour, minute, second.Doing so keeps chronological order right when your file browser displays filenames in alphabetical order.
What if two or more pictures have the same EXIF date?
Exifer by Friedemann Schmidt is a piece of software that will let you view the EXIF data (metadata information) of your image files. Although Exifer for Mac is not available for download, you can still make use of one of the alternative Exif viewers for Mac. Here is a list of apps that can serve as replacements for Exifer for Mac. Photos EXIF Editor is an intuitive app which can edit EXIF, IPTC & XMP data of thousands of photos in no time! Here are a few reasons which make it a MUST HAVE tool for your Mac:. Reads & writes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP metadata and more. Supports various common image formats including RAW fo.
Exif Pilot is not available for Mac but there are a few alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The most popular Mac alternative is ExifTool, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked 8 alternatives to Exif Pilot and four of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a. View Exif Data - An Exif Reader Utility. View Exif Data is a tool for extracting the exif metadata that is embedded in photos taken with digital cameras and stored in JPEG format. Exif stands for 'exchangeable image file format' and represents the metadata the is embeded in photos by digital camera manufacturers. Mac users will need an extra app to remove EXIF data. As mentioned, Photoshop and Lightroom can help. There are also several free third-party programs you can use instead, such as ImageOptim.
In case several photos have the same date, Namexif adds a suffix to differentiate filenames with same date.For example, if you have 3 photos taken on August 15th 2019 at 6PM 5mn and 27 seconds:
- 2019-08-15 18.05.27.jpg
- 2019-08-15 18.05.27-1.jpg
- 2019-08-15 18.05.27-2.jpg
What is the shift time by option?
This option allows to adjust time from seconds to hours.This is useful to synchronize multiple cameras or to compensate a jet-lag.The format is +H:MN:SS where H is for Hours, MN is for minutes, SS is for seconds.The sign can be negative.Examples:
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- +0:10:00 will add 10 minutes
- +1:00:32 will add 1 hour and 32 seconds
- -0:00:10 will subtract 10 seconds
- -6:00:00 will subtract 6 hours
What is the eight characters format?
In order to burn a CDROM, you may require an ISO 9660 mode 1 file systems where filenames are in UPPER case and up to 8 + 3 characters.For this option, Namexif computes how many seconds elapsed between photo EXIF date and 1/1/1998.This amount of time is then translated into an hexadecimal base, allowing to map date from 1/1/1998 to 1/1/2134.
How to synchronize photos from multiple cameras?
Namexif provides an easy way to make a chronological photo sequence from multiple cameras by renaming files with date and by adjusting (if necessary) any time difference between cameras.See below example.
| Camera #1 renaming no time shift applied | Camera #2 renaming +5 seconds time shift applied | Combined cameras Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-15 12.08.03.JPG | 2019-08-15 12.08.06.JPG | 2019-08-15 12.08.03.JPG |
| 2019-08-15 12.08.10.JPG | 2019-08-15 12.08.12.JPG | 2019-08-15 12.08.06.JPG |
| 2019-08-15 12.08.16.JPG | 2019-08-15 12.08.13.JPG | 2019-08-15 12.08.10.JPG |
| 2019-08-15 12.08.12.JPG | ||
| 2019-08-15 12.08.13.JPG | ||
| 2019-08-15 12.08.16.JPG |
Free features of Exif Pilot:
• View EXIF, EXIF GPS, IPTC, and XMP data. More…
• Edit, create EXIF, EXIF GPS, IPTC, and XMP. More…
• Remove EXIF, IPTC tags, and clean up all metadata. More…
• Add new tags. More…
• Edit some Makernote tags.
• Add, edit, and remove keywords. More…
• Import/export EXIF and IPTC from/to XML files. More…
• Import/export EXIF and IPTC from/to MS Excel files. More…
• Import/export EXIF and IPTC from/to Text files in CSV format. More…
• Choose tags for export. More…
• Edit, create Photo Sphere metadata for panorama images. More…
• View descriptions of fields that contain data.
Paid features of Exif Pilot:
Paid “Batch Editing Plug-in” adds to Exif Pilot editor the ability to bulk change exif. More…
Download free EXIF editor for Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
- Exif Pilot 5.18.1, x32 bit (4.6 Mb) – basic version.
- Exif Pilot 5.18.1, x64 bit (4.9 Mb) – this version is recommended for exif-processing of large image files (> 200 Mb).
More about export/import in x64 version...- To export and import from/to MS Excel, you should have x64 versions of MSExel, MSAccess and x64 version of Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable installed on your computer.
- Export and import from/to MS Excel is made in .xlsb format.
You are welcome to test the newest beta versions:
- Exif Pilot 5.19.1 Beta, x32 bit (4.6 Mb)
- Exif Pilot 5.19.1 Beta, x64 bit (4.9 Mb)
Feel free to drop us comments about any issues related to the beta versions.
Supported Image Formats
- JPEG, TIFF, PNG, DNG, NEF, PEF, CR2, CRW, JP2, ORF, SRW, ARW, SR2, and PSD – reading, editing, and creating metadata.
- RAW formats, including MRW, RW2, PGF, EPS, and RAF – read-only mode.
How to get started
The workflow is simple: Choose folder with files -> Edit metadata -> Save changes. See our simple guide with screenshots…
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Exif Metadata Editor
Paid “Batch Editing Plug-in” adds to Exif Pilot editor the following features:
- Multiple photos processing. More…
- Import/export of metadata to a single file or to several separate files. More…
- Command line for editing and creating metadata. More…
How to activate “Batch Editing Plug-in” >>How to order >> (Price: 79.95 EUR)
Please note – there are incredibly many parameters that can be written in EXIF. These parameters (tags) can differ depending on camera brand. Exif Pilot can only view tags it knows, and it can change only part of them. If you are about to buy “Batch Editing Plug-in”, please make sure that Exif Pilot can view and edit the tags you need.
| EXIF tasks that can be processed with Exif Pilot | Free features | Paid “Batch Editing Plug-in” |
| View EXIF, EXIF GPS, IPTC, and XMP data | ✔ | ✔ |
| Edit EXIF, EXIF GPS, IPTC, and XMP | ✔ | ✔ |
| Create EXIF, EXIF GPS, IPTC, and XMP | ✔ | ✔ |
| Delete EXIF, EXIF GPS, and IPTC tags, and clean up all metadata | ✔ | ✔ |
| Create, edit, delete image keywords | ✔ | ✔ |
| Edit, create Photo Sphere XMP data | ✔ | ✔ |
| Import/export EXIF and IPTC from/to XML files | ✔ | ✔ |
| Import/export EXIF and IPTC from/to MS Excel files | ✔ | ✔ |
| Import/export EXIF and IPTC from/to Text filesin CSV format | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multiple photos processing | ✔ | |
| Import/export of metadata to a single file or to several separate files | ✔ | |
| Command line for editing and creating metadata | ✔ |
Versions History
October 22 2020 :: Version 5.18.1
+ Editing and importing of _Xmp_XMPRightsManagement_Marked tag has been added.
+ Editing of _File_Main_DateCreation tag has been added.
+ The ability to copy the values of some tags to others has been added.
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What people are saying about Exif Pilot
“I am delighted with this software. I can’t tell you how much work this program saves for me. Can you imagine how long it would take me to label each and every image one at a time? It took me a couple years working almost everyday to create the spreadsheet with the information on all of my 37K+ slides. Fortunately, I created this spreadsheet years ago when I was still shooting film. Now I am digitizing these old slides (I use the Nikon scanner). Using Exif Pilot, I can now upload all my spreadsheet data into the metadata file on each image rapidly and easily. What a joy; I love this software!”
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I try my damnedest to attribute and indicate on each photo the name of the photographer and location. I use Exif Pilot to backup to MSExcel the EXIF and IPTC data before I correct “impurities” on the photos such as camera flash in eyes and worms on beaks. Then I transfer to the corrected image the original EXIF and IPTC data to the corrected one. GREAT TOOL!”
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