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Subject: [Leica] LR4 Question about File re-naming and re-numbering......
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:31:00 -0500
References: <029201cd338e$5593bad0$00bb3070$@earthlink.net> <029801cd3390$c3abb610$4b032230$@earthlink.net> <000801cd33a1$f29d9fe0$d7d8dfa0$@chiaroscuro.co.nz> <CAFfkXxvfw9PrDddzm1zpbP0fA7oW9G9ez+A_Z6o2qqZQx_Ue8g@mail.gmail.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E96C3885B6@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:07 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> Batch file rename in a folder? I don't think Bridge comes with LR4
> though....
>

In PS CS4 under tools you can batch rename an open folder.  I usta do that
for one of our faculty who liked to do slide shows but hated PowerPoint.




>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
> you can rename a folder content in adobe bridge.
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 3:24 PM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz
> >wrote:
>
> > So is current name L1000001.dng and upwards (i.e. starts at 1)? If so,
> copy
> > all files to a new folder a use a third party file batch renaming
> > programme.... Something like "replace L10*****.dng with L11*****.dng" and
> > that should keep the frame numbers.....
> >
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Error... First image number I want is L1100001.dng
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at earthlink.net
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > OK. Home and doing some work to get images renumbered and into LR4.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you remember, my M8 burped on me and insisted on having something
> > changed
> > and the only way I could get it done was to reset the internal image/file
> > counter, and now I must deal with the image file names. which I wish to
> > reset ..
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried this once and got some really bizarre numbering patterns..
> >
> >
> >
> > What I want is:
> >
> > Starting at my first designated image..
> >
> > L1000001.dng
> >
> > Next image : L1100002.dng
> >
> > Next image : L1100003.dng
> >
> > And sequence up from there..regardless of the number of cards/file
> > locations
> > I use...
> >
> >
> >
> > What I got was. L1000001-1 through something else, then L1000002-1
> through
> > something , then more of the same.. Sometimes by date, sometimes I think
> > randomly ( I realize this is wrong, but not right is not right and I
> could
> > care less what rationale was used to make them not right)
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone have more specific instructions than what I have already read,
> > tried,
> > not understood ( obviously) and screwed up?
> >
> >
> >
> > I can import from the cards, or put the images in a file ( using Windows
> > copy/paste commands) and import from there. I do not care which..
> >
> >
> >
> > Windows 7 and LR4.0
> >
> >
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> >
> > Red735i at earthlink.net
> >
>
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Sonny
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