[Shotwell] Photo exposure time correction

[Bruno Girin]

----- Original message -----
> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Bruno Girin <brunogirin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just read this post from Dustin Kirkland:
> > http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/07/keeping-pictures-from-multiple-cameras.html
> > This shows an interesting aspect of the workflow that users who use
> > multiple cameras may face. So an interesting feature to consider for the
> > future may be the ability to adjust exposure time of a batch of pictures
> > to correct deviation from the camera.
> >
> > I have another use case that could benefit from such a feature. I had
> > the internal clock battery die on one of my cameras once. All pictures
> > taken from the point that battery died to when it was replaced have a
> > date of 1st Jan 0000. Having the ability to correct that in Shotwell
> > would be great.
> >
> > On a related note, another potentially useful feature would be the
> > ability to specify a time zone for a set of pictures so that the
> > recorded time is actually adjusted based on time zone. The typical
> > example for this is when I go travelling: I never adjust the time on the
> > camera itself when I cross a time zone so it would be nice to be able to
> > adjust that in Shotwell. It would also be useful for regions that have
> > daylight saving time in the summer to compensate for cameras that don't
> > adjust.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bruno
> >
> >
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>
> Hi Bruno,
>
> I have shotwell 0.6 and I think it can do what you want all ready I think.
> 1. Select photos needed clock correction.
> 2. From the menu select: Photo > Adjust Date and Time ...
> 3. Select the date and time you want for the first photo.
> 4. Make sure that 'Shift Photos by the same amount' is selected.
> 5. Check 'Modify original files;
> 6. Press OK.
>
> This should do what Dustin Kirkland does with a script.
>
> http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/UsingShotwell0.6#TimeandDateAdjust
>
> Have you try this or I just misunderstood what do you need?
>
> Good luck,
> Svetoslav

Svetoslav, you're right, that's just what I had in mind, don't know how I missed it, thanks :-)

Bruno