I thought I remembered seeing something in the metadata panel for shifting dates of photos by a certain number of years, months, days, etc. Am I imagining this, or does it exist in DOpus - without a command or scripting.

Time Shifting [Directory Opus Manual]

Thank you. However, there's no indication in the date fields of the metadata pane that this is possible, and I would need to find the info in the manual each time, as I'll never remember the values to enter. I think I remember that the Version 12 UI had more in the metadata panel about this. Or am…

Maybe a good coder could create a script with an UI to do this :winking_face_with_tongue:

[image] MegMac: I think I remember that the Version 12 UI had more in the metadata panel about this. Or am I imagining that? AFAIK how it works hasn't changed.

[image] MegMac: However, there's no indication in the date fields of the metadata pane that this is possible, and I would need to find the info in the manual each time, as I'll never remember the values to enter. Not perfect, but here's my button code, if i once again messed up changing my ca…

[image] Jon: Time Shifting [Directory Opus Manual] From this page... (For backward compatibility, modifydate also works as an alias of lastmodifieddate.) modifydate seems to be broken.

The only mention of modifydate is on Keywords for SetAttr META [Directory Opus Manual] You can also copy the values from another date field by specifying the other field's name: createdate, lastmodifieddate, datedigitized or datetaken. (For backward compatibility, modifydate also works as an alias…

@MegMac an old script... [image] Dialog/button for batch timeshifting (picture) metadata with syntax check scrollButtons/Scripts This button will show a dialog (if you have selected files) to enter a timeshift string and picking a reference date ( https://www.g…

Thank you. While I know how to add a button for that, I just think that the feature should be better supported in the UI. In a few days, I'll be launching a course for DOpus. While the course is aimed at people who have better than average software skills and experience, I am trying to avoid comma…

I once wanted to update that script more to what your screenshot looks like but that project got suspended/forgotten :sweat_smile: But with my MsgLoopHandler: an event driven wrapper for the Dopus message loop as include script it should become easier (at least ui handling). Maybe when i find the t…

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Shift 'Date Taken' of photos?

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AlbatorV July 31, 2025, 3:33pm 9

@MegMac an old script...