Batch Rename HELP!
So I have used Bacth Rename a hundred times! But this morning, I went to rename an entire set of photos (about 70 of them). Somehow, instead of just renaming the photos, it altered the file type- so I guess they aren't jpegs anymore! I can't open them in any program! Any suggestions on how to fix this?
it altered the file type- so I guess they aren't jpegs anymore! I can't open them in any program! Any suggestions on how to fix this?
If you have set to rename also the file type or extension they still are jpeg only the system will not recognize them as such. If you are sure they were jpeg files you only have to rename them again with batch rename.
First check if there is no current extension or dot in the filename. If so choose the options in new filenames 'current filename' / 'name' / original case and second 'new extension' and in the field fill in: .jpg
Then check if all is correct ant apply the new names. This should make it again OK.
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To run select Custom Rename at the bottom of the Tools menu…
#target bridge
#engine main
if ( BridgeTalk.appName == 'bridge' ) {
var toolMenu = MenuElement.find( 'Tools' ),
customRename = new MenuElement( 'command', 'Custom Rename', '-at the end of toolMenu', 'muppet009' );
customRename.onSelect = function () { renameFiles(); }
function renameFiles() {
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doc = app.document;
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Help: Batch Renaming in Predefined Order
I couldn't find the answer on here, hopefully someone can redirect me or help me out.
There's a feature In Photostation, another metadata editing software, that I assume should be in Bridge although I can't figure out how to do it. I frequently get a folder of up to 20 photos, which are named based on when the photographer shot them during the photo shoot. I have to rename them to our standard naming convention, but reorder them so they are listed in the order they show up in a layout. In Photostation, I can look at the folder, select them one at a time while holding the shift key, and then when I batch rename, the program renames the images in the order I had selected. them So the 5th photo now becomes 1, the last one 2, the third one 3 etc etc.
Is there any way to do this in Bridge? It looks like it just does a straight one to one rename, the first of the original file names becomes the first in the new file names the second the second etc etc.
Any help would be appreciated.Is there any way to do this in Bridge? It looks like it just does a straight one to one rename, the first of the original file names becomes the first in the new file names the second the second etc etc.
To my knowledge selecting with shift does not rename them in that order. You have however different options for sorting using the sort filter and you can also place them in a manual order (not that nice working as only click in the order as you wish). When having the files in the correct order using batch rename should rename the files in the shown order either descending or ascending according to the selected option. -
Is there something I am missing about settings with a second monitor? When I batch rename in bridge both monitors (or if I shut one, the remaining one) go into uge vertical images that stream horizontally, with no way to get back to grid or normal view even though essentials is active.
Try a reset (click on that down pointing arrow) and also if you have a Mac, toggle the green resize button. It usually forces Bridge to resize to the screen.
If worse comes to worse, reset Bridge's Preferences as explained here: Troubleshoot errors, freezes | Adobe Bridge | Windows, Mac OS
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Adobe Bridge Batch Rename Stopped Working
ive been using bridge exclusively to rename/
organize my files and today for some odd reason it just will not work. i select the files i wish to rename and then select batch rename and name/numer the files as ive always done before and when i click rename nothing happens at all. i cleared out my cache to no avail and im now officially stumped. any help is appreciated. thanks!Your problem does seem odd. Difficult to troubleshoot by remote, so run a few tests and see if you can narrow the problem down.
By any chance are you trying a batch re-name of files on an external drive? If so may be permissioning problem.
Do you have this problem in all folders or just one? If one there may be a contaminated file or name (i.e. flower.jpeg.jpeg)
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I am trying to do batch renaming with a counter. Unfortunately every time I try to use a counter, it stays the same number.
For example/
I have two clips that I want to rename Ceremony 1 and Ceremony 2. When I do the batch renaming, the clips change to Ceremony 1 and Ceremony 2. The counter doesn't work.
I could do keyword collections or rename them individually, but I have too many clips.
I hope someone could help me.I figured it out. As you saw above, I wasn't having a problem batch renaming the title of the clips. I was having a problem with the counter. I learned in a previous posting that when you change the name of a subclip of a clip, it changes the name of both the original clip (clip in event browser, not hard drive) and the other subclips associated with it. It doesn't matter how you rename the clip (changing the name in the Name box of the Inspector, change it by clicking the name of the clip once in the event browser and typing it in, or using custom naming (click on the gear button in Inspector to find it), the name will always change correctly. For some reason (I guess a FCPX thing lol), you can't use the counter in custom naming correctly unless you change the original name through custom renaming. If you change the original name of a clip the other two ways, then try to change the new name of the clip using custom renaming with the counter, the counter will always stay the same number.
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if you are using mac . please go to a location ~/library/cache/adobe "there will a folder by the name of Bridge CC please move it to desktop and then restart the bridge. this should take care of the cache issue.
if you are using windows , please go this location C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Bridge CC and move the cache folder to the desktop
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Hi, I have been trying to rename photo files in Adobe Bridge CC using the batch rename tool. I have just started using CC apps. All the updates are done. It crashes after doing just a few files. Started with 40 files at a time, crashed. Empty folder cache. Tried with 20 files, worked for a few times then crashed again. Tried 10 files and it crashed immediately. I found directions online (unfortunately it was for CS5, but I assume it's similar to CC). Any ideas on what to do differently? I really need to get these photos renamed and to a client tomorrow. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Batch rename does not remove original filename
Bridge CS4 ver 3.0.0.464
Not sure what I am doing wrong but when I try to batch rename my files for some reason I cannot remove the origanal filename,
I have checked the preferences and searched for a solution and have come up with nothing.
Any help would be great. Thank you.This has fixed the issue, however it is not really an ideal solution as it deletes all custom preferences, was there not a way to to reset just the renaming preferences?
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Batch rename with minimum numeber of digits in sequence number
I'm pretty sure I remember this working how I wanted in previous versions of Bridge, but at least since cs4, it has not worked as I would like. I've tried searching for an answer or a setting that I'm missing, but have come back empty-handed.
Here's my situation. Let's say I'm renaming 18 files. Each file has a sequence number. I want the sequence numeber for the first 9 to be one digit, and for the second nine to be 2 digits.
i.e. image_1.jpg, image_2.jgp, image_3.jpg...image_10.jpg, image_11.jpg...
The best way I've found that I can do this is to select all 18 images, and assign a 2-digit sequence number. Then, once that is complete, select the first 9 and repeat, but with a 1 digit number.
In the past, I could select all 18 images, and choose a 1 digit number, and after 9, it would switch to 10, instead of going back to zero. Is there still a way to do that? I know it's only one extra step, but that one extra step is actually kind of two, because each time I have to reset tho starting number back to 1 or 10, and switch the setting from 2-digits to 1-digit and back again. And I usually have to rename multiple groups of files at once, so it does add up. Granted, much better than renaming one at a time, but not as convenient as I feel it could be, and as it once was.
Am I missing something?
Thanks,
iLanWhile I certainly can understand the way in which computers work, I also understand that in a program as complex as any of the components in Adobe's Creative Suite, there is most certainly a way to override the computer's numerical logic so that it can remove the initial "0" from a 2-digit number. Granted, that may not be possible in the current version of Bridge, theoretically it is "Possible". And I'm quite sure it functioned that way in previous versions, although I really don't know which version I was using when it worked that way. Maybe cs2?
As a developer, the whole reason for this question is to avoid having to create extra code in my applications to add an unnecessary "0" to digits 0-9 in any filenames of any files I want to load. Although it looks as though adobe changed the default behavior of the batch rename function, and removed (or in some peoples' minds improved) some functionality without an option to get it back.
Unfortunately for me anyways...
Thanks for the help,
ilan -
I need to batch rename and relink files in indesign
I have a whole bunch of files that I need to rename ( I need to add a prefix on to the front eg. a whole group of files called "plan.jpg" 01.jpg, 02.jpg, etc... need to now read ORD_plan.jpg, ORD_01.jpg, etc...) I can batch rename the files in adobe bridge, but I have to go in one by one and re-connect the links. Is there a script which can batch rename and relink all the files?
Thanks!This biterscripting script may possibly help. It takes two input arguments.
directory - directory under which the .jpg files are located
prefix - prefix which will be added to each file's name
# Script RenameJpg.txt
var str directory, prefix, list, filepath, name
cd $directory
find -n "*.jpg" > $list
while ($list <> "")
do
lex "1" $list > $filepath ; stex -p "^/^l[" $filepath > $name
set $name = $prefix+$name
system copy ("\""+$filepath+"\"") ("\""+$name+"\"")
done
This is the way you would use it - copy and paste the script code into file C:/Scripts/RenameJpg.txt, then enter this command into biterscripting.
script "C:/Scripts/RenameJpg.txt" directory("C:/test") prefix("ORD_")
It will rename C:/test/plan.jpg to C:/test/ORD_plan.jpg, C:/test/01.jpg to C:/test/ORD_01.jpg, etc.
Important: I am using the 'system copy' command so that files are copied instead of renamed. Once you are happy with the test, you can change that command to 'system rename'.
Also, if the .jpg files are within subfolders of C:/test, change the 'find -n' to 'find -r -n'. -r means recursive = search in subfolders. Syntax for the find command at http://www.biterscripting.com/helppages/lf.html
Message was edited by: Peter Spier to change 'path' to 'filepath' per post below
Message was edited by: Peter Spier to change "perfix to "prefix" -
Batch renaming and relinking in InDesign CS4
Is there a plug-in available for InDesign that will batch rename and relink placed images?
In Quark, I used Badia Link Renamer which worked perfectly but it's not available for InDesign. (Was told they hope to have it incorporated into BigPicture for CS5.)
Is there something similar currently available for InDesign?
Essentially I need it to rename and relink files with random names to structured names such as:
001_Cust_000123456789_art_r1.tif
(I love that Bridge does batch renaming but then I have to manually update links in InDesign which is extremely time-consuming. I've also manually renamed/relinked files individually with Adobe Dialogue but it doesn't seem to be part of CS4.)
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Been looking for something for months.
Thanks!Here is my last version of the script, it deals with multiple instances of the same file.
Kasyan
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myAllLinks = myDoc.allGraphics;
var myMultipleLinks = new Array();
var myLinksCounter = 1;
var myPrepend = prompt("Example: thebook_08765", "Job description", "Please enter job description");
if (!myPrepend) exit();
var response = confirm("Warning: You are about to rename all images linked to the foremost Indesign Document - proceed? Keep in mind - it is not reversible!", false, "Rename Links Script");
if ( response == true )
WriteToFile("\r--------------------- Script started -- " + GetDate() + " ---------------------\n\n");
for ( k = 0; k < myAllLinks.length; k++ )
var myLinkName = myAllLinks[k].itemLink.name;
crearLabels();
var myPages = myDoc.pages;
// Pages
for ( p = 0; p < myPages.length; p++ )
var myPageNumber = pad000(myPages[p].name);
var myLinks = myPages[p].allGraphics;
var myASCII = 97;
for ( k = myLinks.length - 1; k >= 0; k-- )
var myLink = myLinks[k].itemLink;
if (myLink.extractLabel("relinked") != "yes") {
var myOldLinkName = myLink.name;
var myLinkUsage = LinkUsage( myLink );
var myExtension = myOldLinkName.substr(myOldLinkName.lastIndexOf( "." ));
if (LinkUsage(myLink) == 1)
var myNewLinkName = myPrepend + myPageNumber + String.fromCharCode( myASCII ) + myExtension;
var myOldImageHDfile = new File( myLink.filePath );
var myRenameResult = myOldImageHDfile.rename( myNewLinkName );
if (myRenameResult) {
myLink.insertLabel("relinked", "yes");
myLink.relink( myOldImageHDfile );
try {
myLink = myLink.update();
catch(err) {}
myASCII++;
WriteToFile(((myLinksCounter < 10) ? (" " + myLinksCounter) : myLinksCounter) + " - " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " --> " + myNewLinkName + "\n");
myLinksCounter++;
else {
if (new File(myOldImageHDfile.parent + "/" + myNewLinkName + myExtension).exists) {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " to " + myNewLinkName + " because the file already exists\n");
else {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + "\n");
else {
if (!IsObjInArray(myLink, myMultipleLinks)) {
myMultipleLinks.push(myLink);
var myMasterSpreads = myDoc.masterSpreads;
// Master spreads
for ( m = 0; m < myMasterSpreads.length; m++ )
var myMastSpr = myMasterSpreads[m];
var myPageNumber = myMastSpr.name;
var myPrefix = myMastSpr.namePrefix;
var myLinks = myMastSpr.allGraphics;
var myASCII = 97;
for ( n = myLinks.length - 1; n >= 0; n-- )
var myLink = myLinks[n].itemLink;
if (myLink.extractLabel("relinked") != "yes") {
var myOldLinkName = myLink.name;
var myExtension = myOldLinkName.substr(myOldLinkName.lastIndexOf( "." ));
if (LinkUsage(myLink) == 1)
var myLinkLetter = (myLinks.length == 1) ? "" : String.fromCharCode( myASCII );
var myNewLinkName = myPrepend + '_master_' + myPrefix + myLinkLetter + myExtension;
var myOldImageHDfile = new File( myLink.filePath );
var myRenameResult = myOldImageHDfile.rename( myNewLinkName );
if (myRenameResult) {
myLink.insertLabel("relinked", "yes");
myLink.relink( myOldImageHDfile );
try {
myLink.update();
catch(err) {}
myASCII++;
WriteToFile(((myLinksCounter < 10) ? (" " + myLinksCounter) : myLinksCounter) + " - " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " --> " + myNewLinkName + "\n");
myLinksCounter++;
else {
if (new File(myOldImageHDfile.parent + "/" + myNewLinkName + myExtension).exists) {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " to " + myNewLinkName + " because the file already exists\n");
else {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + "\n");
else
if (!IsObjInArray(myLink, myMultipleLinks)) {
myMultipleLinks.push(myLink);
// Multiple images
if (myMultipleLinks.length > 0) {
for ( a = myMultipleLinks.length - 1; a >= 0; a-- )
processMultiUsedLinks(myMultipleLinks[a]);
WriteToFile("\r--------------------- Script finished -- " + GetDate() + " ---------------------\r\r");
if (myLinksCounter == 0) {
alert("No links have been renamed", "Rename Links Script");
if (myLinksCounter == 1) {
alert("One link has been renamed", "Rename Links Script");
else if (myLinksCounter > 1) {
alert(myLinksCounter + " links have been renamed", "Rename Links Script");
//--------------------------------------------- Functions ------------------------------------------------
// Check how many times the link was placed
function LinkUsage(myLink) {
var myLinksNumber = 0;
for (var c = 0; c < myDoc.links.length; c++) {
if (myLink.filePath == myDoc.links[c].filePath) {
myLinksNumber += 1;
return myLinksNumber;
// Relink the links placed more than once
function processMultiUsedLinks(myLink) {
var myExtension = myLink.name.substr(myLink.name.lastIndexOf( "." ));
var myMultiUsedLink = new Array();
var myAllLinks = myDoc.links;
for (var d = 0; d < myAllLinks.length; d++) {
if (myAllLinks[d].filePath == myLink.filePath) {
myMultiUsedLink.push(myAllLinks[d]);
try {
myLink.show();
catch(err) {}
var myNewLinkName = prompt ("Enter a name for this image", GetFileNameOnly(myLink.name), "This image is placed " + myMultiUsedLink .length + " times");
if (myNewLinkName) {
if ( myNewLinkName + myExtension != myLink.name ) {
var myOldImageHDfile = new File( myLink.filePath );
var myRenameResult = myOldImageHDfile.rename( myNewLinkName + myExtension );
if (myRenameResult) {
myLink.insertLabel("relinked", "yes");
myLink.relink( myOldImageHDfile );
try {
myLink = myLink.update();
catch(err) {}
WriteToFile(((myLinksCounter < 10) ? (" " + myLinksCounter) : myLinksCounter) + " - " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " --> " + myNewLinkName + "\n");
myLinksCounter++;
for (f = myMultiUsedLink.length-1; f >= 0 ; f--)
var myCurrLink = myMultiUsedLink[f];
if ( myNewLinkName + myExtension != myCurrLink.name ) {
myCurrLink.insertLabel("relinked", "yes");
myCurrLink.relink( myOldImageHDfile );
try {
myCurrLink = myLink.update();
catch(err) {}
else {
if (new File(myOldImageHDfile.parent + "/" + myNewLinkName + myExtension).exists) {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " to " + myNewLinkName + myExtension + " because the file already exists\n");
else {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + "\n");
UpdateAllOutdatedLinks();
// Clear labels in case this script has been already run on the current document
function crearLabels() {
for (var f = 0; f < myDoc.links.length; f++) {
if (myDoc.links[f].extractLabel("relinked") != "") {
myDoc.links[f].insertLabel("relinked", "");
function UpdateAllOutdatedLinks() {
for(var myCounter = myDoc.links.length-1; myCounter >= 0; myCounter--){
var myLink = myDoc.links[myCounter];
if (myLink.status == LinkStatus.linkOutOfDate){
myLink.update();
function pad000(myNumber) {
if (myNumber >= 1 && myNumber <= 9) {
x = "0" + "0" + myNumber;
} else if (myNumber >= 10 && myNumber <= 99) {
x = "0" + myNumber;
} else if (myNumber >= 100 && myNumber <= 999) {
x = myNumber;
return x;
function GetFileNameOnly(myFileName) {
var myString = "";
var myResult = myFileName.lastIndexOf(".");
if (myResult == -1) {
myString = myFileName;
else {
myString = myFileName.substr(0, myResult);
return myString;
function IsObjInArray(myObj, myArray) {
for (x in myArray) {
if (myObj.filePath == myArray[x].filePath) {
return true;
return false;
function WriteToFile(myText) {
myFile = new File("~/Desktop/Rename Links Script.txt");
if ( myFile.exists ) {
myFile.open("e");
myFile.seek(0, 2);
else {
myFile.open("w");
myFile.write(myText);
myFile.close();
function GetDate() {
var myDate = new Date();
if ((myDate.getYear() - 100) < 10) {
var myYear = "0" + new String((myDate.getYear() - 100));
} else {
var myYear = new String ((myDate.getYear() - 100));
var myDateString = (myDate.getMonth() + 1) + "/" + myDate.getDate() + "/" + myYear + " " + myDate.getHours() + ":" + myDate.getMinutes() + ":" + myDate.getSeconds();
return myDateString;
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