Update photo names in the library?
Hi all,
I've added all my pictures to iPhoto, but now they appear only with their name (eg. IMG_001, IMG_002 etc.) and i don't have any way to split them into single albums.
On the drive all photos are categorised in folders, for example
TRIPTO_USA_07/IMG001,
TRIPTO_USA_07/IMG002, etc.
I've tried to create smart folders, but the rules (eg. the "FILENAME CONTAINS") don't work because they are not able to recognise folder names.
I thought i could use a Batch renamer to modify all the names of the original pictures (eg. "TRIPTO_USA_07_IMG001") so I would be able to apply rules, but I need some way to update the library with the new names so that the rules can work.
any ideas?
thanks
Patrick
NoBack:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. As PTash mentioned if you imported your photos by dragging the folders they were in into iPhoto (or selecting those folders from the File->Import menu, they are in rolls that will have the same title as the folders. Make sure you have By Rolls selected in the View menu. Then you can create smart albums based on the roll/folder name. Or you can select a roll and do a batch, sequential rename of the files in that folder to whatever you want.
HOWEVER, those new titles will only be in iPhoto. The original files inside the iPhoto Library folder will still have their original file names. If you need those files to have the file name then you can export them to the Desktop via the File->Export->File Export menu route and use the Use Title option.
This will give you files titled "file name-1.jpg", etc.
OR:
Add the photos to an album that you've named like you'd like the files to be and export but with the Use Album Name option. This will give you files named "Album name-01.jpg" which will sort better than the other way. If you have more than 99 files exported this way then the natural order listing will only be good for the first 99.
If you still have the original photos in their folders you can uses a renaming application like R-Name to batch, sequential rename the files, with the proper zero padding before the number, and then import into iPhoto (or a new library). That's what I do as a routine. Upload to an appropriately titled folder for that shoot on the desktop, rename the files with the date and brief description and then import. A little work up front saves a lot of issues later on.
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