I’m not sure what information you are referring to that is not being saved. On the pictures that I download from my digital camera all of the Exif information that I’m aware of is there and is visible in the file browser. There is a JPEG2000 plug-in available from somewhere. Sorry, I downloaded it several months ago and don’t remember where I got it from. I have not used it at all because the JPEG2000 format is not very widely recognized or accepted. Whenever I work on an image I save the edited version as a new separate file so the original images that were downloaded from my camera are always available. And those original images always seem to have the information that I need.
To down load the JPEG2000 plug-in go to > File > Online Services and follow the bouncing ball.
Grant
To Jim Hess & Grant Dixon,
Thanks for your help. What I would like to do is import digital pictures from my camera directly into Photoshop Elements and save the pictures in a format that retains info on date picture taken. I find that I can use Windows Explorer to copy the pics from my camera to a folder and it will retain info on date picture was taken. But once I open the picture in Photoshop Elements I cannot save the files with date picture taken info. Any thoughts about how to edit and save files that retain information on the date picture was taken?
I thought Jpeg2000 would solve this issue. I tried to download it from the online services menu as you suggested, but I continue to get an error message that "an unexpected error occurred while communicating with online services, please try again."
Phil
The jpeg2000 add-in should be available I suspect it is just that the server is down.
If you are saving a jpg in Elements it will save the EXIF data for you. It will change the fields for software to Adobe and the Date of last saved but will not change the camera information so you will still have the Date Taken and all the rest. *But* if you "Save for Web" it will strip all the EXIF data.
Grant
Grant,
Thanks for your help. You are right about Photoshop Elements preserving the EXIF data. I guess I expected it to show when I right clicked for "properties" of a saved file (or in Windows Explorer). Neither of these processes reveal the EXIF data.
However when I import the picture into Photoshop Album, the EXIF data magically appears. Its a little puzzling but I guess I can live with it. I just wish I could see the "date picture taken" in my Windows Explorer file after editing it via Photoshop Elements. Any thoughts?
