Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can rename files in LR with no problem at all, which is what I did. I anticipated that if I renamed a file the associated .xmp file would also be renamed. That is what I believed and is logical, but it didn?t happen. Whether I can now isolate those .xmp files in such a way as to safely rename them so that they will reconnect with their appropriate raw files I am not so sure. Gerry Gerry Walden 023 8046 3076 > On 6 May 2015, at 21:24, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > Bridge does it. > > http://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-suite-podcast-designers/batch-rename-files-with-custom-strings-in-bridge-cs5-/ > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> That is a good thought Peter which I will look into. Thank you for the >> suggestion. >> >> Gerry >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 6 May 2015, at 18:57, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: >>> >>> Gerry, >>> >>> do you have a package that will allow you to do a bulk rename? It would >> be a bit >>> tedious, but you ought then to be able to rename all the .xmp files >> according to >>> your new convention. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>>> On 06/05/2015 14:55, Gerry Walden wrote: >>>> I am having problems with Lightroom and I am not sure of a way out of >> it. I will try and explain. >>>> >>>> My numbering system for images was to start with a year number followed >> by W for Walden, and this was done in-camera so I would end up with a >> number such as 14W3257, but I decided this would date an image too clearly >> to viewers so I decided to replace the initial number with letters based >> on >> the alphabet, and I have done this through Lightroom. This means the >> example above would become ADW-3257 instead. What has happened is that >> whilst the image file has been renumbered the associated .xmp file has not >> been resulting in the loss of all captioning for the renumbered files. The >> disassociated .xmp files are appearing in LR in what I can best describe >> as >> blank slides (i.e. no image) and showing the original file number. These >> are marked ?!? as missing. >>>> >>>> It is relatively easy to re-associate them on a one-to-one basis but >> this is very tedious, and despite putting questions on the Adobe forums >> and >> Luminous Landscape nobody has so far come up with an answer. >>>> >>>> I am posting this here partly to warn others that this could happen, >> and secondly to see if anybody can suggest a viable solution. I am now >> converting images I know to be OK to .dng files in the hope that it will >> not happen again. >>>> >>>> Gerry. >>>> >>>> Gerry Walden >>>> www.gwpics.com >>>> Fujifilm X-World Photographer >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Gerry Walden >>>> 023 8046 3076 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> =========================================================== >>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information