Exif Rename

😫 The Pain Point

After a trip, you have 500 photos from an iPhone (IMG_1023.JPG) and 300 from a Canon camera (DSC_9912.JPG). Merging them into one folder results in a mess because the filenames don’t align. You want to sort them by chronological order.

🚀 Agentic Solution

Timeline Sorter: Reads the hidden Date Taken and renames the file.

Key Features:

• Consistent Naming: 2023-10-20_09-30-00.jpg. Sorting by name now equals sorting by time.
• Conflict Fix: If 10 photos were taken in the same second, it appends _01, _02.

⚔️ Phase 1: Commander (Quick Fix)

For organizing personal photos.

Prompt:

“Rename all images in this folder to the format ‘YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.jpg’ based on their Exif ‘DateTimeOriginal’. Use Python.”

Result: A script that standardizes filenames.

🏗️ Phase 2: Architect (Permanent Tool)

For Photographers/Archivists.

Engineering Prompt:

**Role:** Python Tool Developer
**Task:** Create a "Photo Organizer & Renamer".
**Requirements:**
1.  **GUI:**
    *   Select Source Folder.
    *   Input Name Format (e.g., `%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S`).
    *   "Rename" button.
2.  **Logic:**
    *   Read EXIF data using `Pillow` (get_exif).
    *   Extract 'DateTimeOriginal'.
    *   Handle duplicates (check if filename exists, if so append counter _1, _2).
    *   Rename file securely.
3.  **Deliverables:** `exif_rename.py`, `run.bat` (Windows), `run.sh` (Mac).

🧠 Prompt Decoding

• Duplicate Handling: High-end cameras can shoot 10 frames per second. If the code doesn’t handle name conflicts, the subsequent 9 photos would overwrite the first one, leading to data loss.

🛠️ Instructions

1. Copy Prompt -> Paste -> Run.
2. Select Folder -> Start.