When you take a photo with a digital camera, it records a ton of information about the photo. This information is usually saved in Exif or ITPC. Here’s a partial list of the information that may be recorded:
- Camera Manufacturer
- Camera Model
- Date and Time
- Photo x-Resolution
- Photo y-Resolution
- Exposure Time
- FNumber
- MaxApertureValue
- Flash
- Focal Length
(From Wikipedia)
When I print out photos taken in the field, it’s often handy to to see when the photos were taken. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find an easy way to use the recorded information as a caption. Here is my work-around solution.
- Get and install Irfanview and the IrfanView Plugins (this is free software for personal use. It’s only 10 Euros to register for commercial use.)
- Start IrfanView – Thumbnails
- Browse to the directory with your photos
- Select the photos you wish to print
- Choose File/Create contact sheet from selected files…
- A window will pop up. I chose
:
- Sheet dimensions: Letter
- DPI: 300 (I found that with a lower DPI my photos looked blurry)
- Columns: 3 Rows:3 (to display 9 pictures per page)
- I selected Write file infos and gave it the following parameters: $E36867(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S) This stands for caption the photo with the Year-month-day Hour:Minute:Second it was taken. This is the place where you can select what data you want as a caption. Press Help to see the different options.
- By the Font line, press Choose and change the font to Font: Arial, Font style: Regular, Size: 24, Color: Black
- Print All Pages will print all the images – I suggest using Create First Page Only until you’re sure you have the settings right.
- Press Create
This is very much a duct tape and fence wire solution. I’m really hoping that one of photo managers such as Picasa will allow me to do this directly in in a future version.
EDIT: I had put $T for the date and time. This is the file date and time and not the time the picture was taken. It should be $E36867.
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