Batch Rename Problems

Hello
I ran a batch rename in Bridge and the rendered results were small Unix Files and xmp files that are not showing up on the images. I also can not seem to find the original CR2 file associated. Thoughts?

I did do adjustments to the cr2 file first in bridge
Meaning ACR adjustments?
then did the rename but the camera file (the large file) was gone. Not sure why. Never seen that before.
There are several options for batch rename, one is to move to other folder, maybe you had this on by accident?
And as Curt stated, renaming the CR2 auto renames the XMP if you have set the option to create xmp side car files (by default set to on).
Do a search on your system using part of the new name you have given.

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I am having trouble renaming files in Bridge.
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Take this sequence of text lines and alphabetically sort it with any program:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
You'll get this:
1
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2
20
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Windows Explorer, on the other hand, has a more sophisticated sorting algorithm that marries alphabetic and numeric sorting of filenames, because Microsoft realized that people like you often want to see things in numeric sequence - so you will see the files on disk appearing in the order you expect, even though it's not alphabetic.
I believe you've already been given the answer: Use an application other than the ancient Adobe software to do the file renaming. Several alternatives have already been named.
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Realizing of course, the fact that Bridge is setting milliseconds to 000 is not the biggest concern, the biggest concern is that the photos are out of order when they are imported using the Batch Rename YYYYMMDD (but not when using YYYYMMMDD - notice the three M's there)
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Sadly enough this is also on my system (Mac OSX 10.6.8) It should not be showing 404 but it is there...
What Bridge help files and links, forums, communities, google searches do not do is tell you how to fix what happens with the problem
In general restarting Bridge holding down option key (in your case alt key) to choose reset preferences solves most problems.
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I want to use Bridge batch rename to change jpegs into Mac PC compatible jpegs.
Although I have the option for compatibility with Unix and Windows checked in my customized presets I'm not really aware of the need for that. If you have a .JPG or .jpg extension as the extension a Mac reeds and opens the file without problems. I am aware that as a Mac user I had the need to take care of Windows files in the past. Before OSX a Mac did not need an extension to recognize and open a file. Since OSX is Unix based the need to use an extension is there and also you should only use one dot (.) in the filename and that is before the extension at the end of the filename. Using spaces, commas etc is possible but not prefered. In basic, keep it simple (and short) and the file will open on all systems without problems.
When you select a preset, the rename and preview buttons grey out. So I start all over...clear cache, check file permissions, restart/shutdown, etc
That should not happen, presets and batch rename should be always available, even if you have only one file selected. You should start with the refreshing of the preferences. Deleting caches and checking file permissions are not needed every time for clearing prefs (although it is wise to maintain your system on a regular basis, but that is good for the use of all apps).
On a Mac the user defined Batch Rename settings are saved in the user library / application support / Adobe/ Bridge CS5 / Batch rename setting. (not a single clue how that translate to windows but I have no reason to believe that such a file should not be present on your system.)
Enter the term "batch rename" in the windows Bridge forum search and I got....ZERO results.
Well, again a disappointment, there will be many result available in both Windows and Mac forum but it sure is not easy to find them
The forum search option is next to useless. I believe you should try to switch to the main forum page or something, I once had a result but after so many tries I forgot how I managed this (combined with getting angrier every try...)
I could really use some help because there is no way I can convert the number of files I have to make them compatible in MACs
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it used to be in CS 3 and 4 but since I "upgraded" to Production Premium suite 5.5 none of the version work.
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http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
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_[:PARAM...] Magic variable: specify "variable" as parameter
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Links:
- Slightly more verbose description
- Source code
- PKGBUILD in the AUR
Hopefully someone may find it useful.
Cheers,
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Yes, this works. However, this was already part of my workflow.... and not where the trouble lies.
After exporting jpeg images from Aperture, they carry the same name of the original RAW files, from which they came. (So, IMG_8342.jpg would have started it's life as IMG_8342.CR2.) But we dont' send them out like that. We sequentially name them 0001_image.jpg, 0002_image.jpg, etc... So after renaming, how do you find the original file again, right?
BEFORE the renaming phase, I would run the "Store Original Names in Spotlight Comments" action. That way, I could look at the comments for a derivative .jpg—whose name has now changed—and determine the name of the ORIGINAL file.
After renaming, the derivative file might end up being named 0361_image.jpg, but it's Spotlight comments would say, for example, Original Name:<<IMG_8485.jpg>>. Then I would know that this particular file started off as IMG_8485.CR2.
As such, I could quickly/easily backtrack, knowing that the original RAW file was named IMG_8485.CR2
The issue is that once you've gone thru the effort to ADD these spotlight comments, if you THEN go through a re-naming step, this erases all those Spotlight Comments. That was my problem... Getting the Spotlight Comments in place was never the issue. KEEPING them there was the problem.

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