Version: 1.4.0 (using KDE KDE 3.5.5) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux I often use Gwenview to view photos that I have recently taken with my digital camera. Often, I have to manually rotate images (at 90-deg intervals) because my camera doesn't auto-rotate, nor does it set an orientation tag. Gwenview will rotate them, but when I save the image, it changes the time's modification time, which isn't what I want. I want the photo file's modification time to match the date and time the photo was taken (as seen in the photo's EXIF header). When I download photos in Windows, the date and time on the photos aren't reset when I transfer them from the camera card to the hard drive. Then, after I rotate the images (via IrfanView), I check the "use original date and time" checkbox at the bottom of the "save as" dialog box. Having a "keep original date and time" feature would be a great thing to have.
I agree that it might be a nice option to have. But until someone implements it, you might like to know of a workaround. There's a command-line program called jhead which allows you to manipulate/view exif headers, and among other things you can change a file modification time to match the exif header time. So try running that after rotating your picture. Regards, Andrew Schwarzkopf
or you can use edit metadata plugin from kipi-plugins.
Yes, I am aware of jhead and have already been using it within a shell script I've made. It works, but it just requires an extra step. Thanks for the follow up.
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