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The %. in your -d (-dateFormat) option breaks that option. Additionally, you are using the %e as a date code (which only works under Mac/Linux and breaks under Windows), not as a file extension. To use it as a file extension, you need to double the percent signs. Try -d %Y%m%d%H%M.%%e For further details on using file name percent codes in the -d option, see Common Date Format Codes

Let's continue the discussion over on the GUI's github (Issue #1001).

Let's continue the discussion over on the GUI's github (Issue #1001.

in the args there are not quotes. Ah. Ok. Then the problem appears to be the second part of that FAQ. They need to be on separate lines. As per the example I gave above. The -TagsFromFile option must be on a line by itself. Also, there must not be trailing spaces on any of these lines. The destination has to be derived from the source file name So, what you want to do inn the GUI is select the files that contain the source tags you want to copy from, and then those will be copied to some other files...

The problem there is the quotes. Exiftool is being told to search for a file named "tagsfromfile E:/Bildbearbeitung/Bildarchiv_Meta/2024_11_18/FN/%-.6f.jpg" Quotes are not to be used in an ARGS file (see FAQ #29, "My options don't work in a -@ ARGFILE") The ARGS file should be something like -TagsFromFile E:/Bildbearbeitung/Bildarchiv_Meta/2024_11_18/FN/%-.6f.jpg -EXIF:ImageDescription slide0001_L_opt.jpg Note that %f is not at the end. %f can only be used as part of certain options (such as -TagsFromFile,...

What was the error that was returned? In your first post, you said that you added the tags to the JPEGs and wanted to copy to the TIFFs. Are you actually trying to copy from the TIFF files to the JPEGs? If it is the latter, the next question is whether the extra text in the file name is always the same length. In other words, is it always 6 extra characters (the length of _L_opt)? If so, then you can remove the six extra characters with %-.6f D:/Bildarchiv_temp/SW/%-.6f.tif The argument that comes...

As long as the differences in the filenames are the same, you can directly add the additional data. In your example, you would use D:/Bildarchiv_temp/SW/%f_L_opt.jpg That's what would be done with regards to exiftool. But I do not use the ExifToolGui, so I cannot advise anything beyond that. If this isn't enough to help you, I would suggest opening an issue on the ExifToolGui GitHub page. FrankBijnen is quite responsive to questions about the program.

Phil is having a lot of trouble with the Dreamhost (the website hosting company) right now as the website is constantly getting hammered by AI bots and they keep disabling the domain. Luckily, Archive.org has a backup https://web.archive.org/web/20260417210605/https://exiftool.org/Geolocation500-20260407.zip