Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Never being one to do things simply, after a quick google search I found a Mac donationware program called Name Mangler at http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler/ that does what I want with a minimum of fuss. But thanks for your suggestions; there are still a lot of things I don't know (including but not limited to about LR) but I'm working on learning. --Bob ==On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > Simply don't copy first - you have an option on upload with LR that allows > you to copy and rename, select the appropriate folder, and you're done > ph > > > Robert D. Baron wrote: > >> The problem is that I have to rename them before I move them from the >> SD card to their folder on the hard drive; otherwise they will >> overwrite the existing file of the same name. >> >> I don't ordinarily import from the SD card into LR. >> >> I copy them to a folder on the laptop's hard drive; and to an external >> hard drive; and then I import them into LR from the laptop's hard >> drive. >> >> --Bob >> >> ==On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Bob, >>> Rename them in Lightroom when you import them. >>> >>> Leo Wesson >>> photographer?videographer >>> leo at leowesson.com >>> 817?733?9157 >>> >>> On Nov 8, 2009, at 10:25 PM, "Robert D. Baron" <rbaron at concentric.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Mac newbie here. ?I just discovered - when loading images from SD >>>> cards to my laptop - that both my new Canon S90 and G11 were assigning >>>> identical file names (numbers) to image files. ?I can fix this in the >>>> future, but as to the existing image files, is there a way to batch >>>> rename them before loading them into Lightroom? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> --Bob >>>> >>>> >>