Rename as Preset
I see you can save a rename format as a preset for Export but can what about not exporting.
I would like to have a preset for renaming files after importing. Is that possible?
Steve
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The import dialogue has the option to define a Rename preset, but in Browse, there is no option to save your Batch Rename preferences.
It's really annoying, but there is a workaround. You can set your rename options in Export and save them as a Preset there. When you need to use it, just Export one photo using that preset and then when you go back to browse to do a Batch Rename, everything will be set up for you.
Whether that's useful or not depends on how intricate your preferences are. Could be easier to just enter them each time.
This is what mine looks like...
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Thanks Rick -- Will try
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Is it possible to create Rename-presets like in lightroom? And I want to split the time with dots, which isnt possible at the momemnt( Preset: HHMMSS - i want: HH.MM.SS)
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There are no options to define your own format if that's what you mean. What you see is what there is.
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Sorry, I mixed two question:
1st: Create Presat/Template for Rename: i.e. Template Name "Default"; Rename Option YY-MM-DD_HHMMSS_Sequence;
2nd: as you already stated - no other variables than the visible ones.
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I've already explained in this post (from 5 posts back)...
https://on1help.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360074432811/comments/360013364271
that you can't save a rename preset, but there is a messy workaround.
Note that this is for the On1 Browser. If you use the Import option, then you CAN save a Default preset.
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Peter!!!
Guess what, just looking at the batch rename in 2021 and I see that now you CAN define your own time format. Not sure if this was in 2020 or not.
Below I've set up the name to look like... "YYYY MM DD - Cull - 001"
You can put them in any order you want and you can put colons between the numbers if you want.
If you do this in the Import Module, you can make a preset for it. If you want it in Browse instead you can't make a preset there, so use the method mentioned at the top of this thread.
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You can put colons between the numbers if you want. The Mac won't accept colons for text.
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It's clumsy but you can Import to the same folder which would create duplicate files with the new names then, Delete the originals.
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Hmmm, you're right. I can put semi-colon and plenty of other symbols, but not colon.
:(
But then, just checking Peter's example above and it doesn't have a colon anyway, it has periods.
As for your idea about re-importing, that might work better than what I'm doing now. Just need to set up a preset and try that.
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Thank you all - I created an Import Preset with the correct number. What i still can't do is to split HH and MM - they are only accessible through HHMMSS or HHMM. But I can handle this.
One interesting question: Is it possible to rename Files and .ON1 sidecars outside of Photo Raw? I'm afraid not, because I inspected the .on1 file structure and there is also a field "name":"picture.jpg"
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I'd be hesitant to make file name changes outside of the program.
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