Batch rename reel number

I'm new to FCP. I captured 4 DV tapes and have not edited the file names yet. It looks like I have 4 tapes that were each added to a new bin. 3 of the tapes have a unique reel number (1,2,3) and one is a repeat. How can I change all the reel numbers in one bin. Do I need to change each one by hand?
Thanks in advance

If the tape number you wish to change to already exists in the bin (ie if you have 1,2 and 3 and you want to change them all to 1) you select all the ones you want to change and then right click in the reel number column for any of them. You'll get a drop down menu consisting of the existing reel numbers to choose from (in our example you'd have 1, 2 and 3 and you'd choose 1). Choose the appropriate one and the column will change for all the highlighted clips.
This process works with most of the columns.

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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,
iLan

While 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

How do I remove a number sequence using batch rename

Hi
I know I've done this in the past but cannot seem to work it out today.
I have a series of images "_####_[layercompName].png". I would like to remove the underscores and numbers. The underscores removal is easy, but how do I remove the numbers (####) when they are different for each filename? I would like the end result to be [layercompName].png
The reason I have these filenames in the first place is that I have run the photoshop script "layer comps to files", and this adds a number sequence prefix. I have tried to alter the script following various instructions I've found from trawling the internet (this one included How do you remove the number sequence when exporting layer comps to files? CS6. Windows 8.) but without any luck. So now I'm resorting to batch renaming in Bridge.
Thanks!

Here you go, taken straight from: DesignEasy: How to Remove Sequence Numbers and Empty Spaces When Exporting Layers and Layer Comps
Run Adobe Bridge and navigate to the folder with exported files.
Select all files which have sequence numbers.
Go to Tools > Batch Rename.
Choose: String Substitution from the first drop-down list in New Filenamessection. From the second drop-down choose: Original Filename. In the Find: text field type: _\d{4}_ (underscore, backslash, letter d, open bracket, number four, closed bracket, underscore). Leave Replace with: text field blank. Ensure that you have Replace All and Use Regular Expression checked as shown on the screenshot below.
Click on the Preview button in the top right corner and ensure that files will be renamed as you want.
Click on Rename button and you are done.
In case you are first time doing this and you still have doubts if everything will work as expected, check Copy to other folder option when renaming files. This option is located near the top left corner under: Destination Folder.
Another thing I want to mention is to remove everything that you have below String Substitution options. In case you see additional renaming options just click on minus (-) sign on the right side to remove them.
How to remove/substitute empty spaces in the file name using Adobe Bridge
It is pretty similar process. The only difference is that you should type: \s (backslash followed with letter s) in the Find: text field. You can leave Replace with: text field blank or to type underscore.

Batch Rename... how do I keep the version number [NOT the version name]?

Hi!
I've finally made up my mind about renaming my img. names in Aperture, and I would like to have something like "Travel San Francisco 2005 version x 1.CR2", where "version x" is the number which Aperture automatically adds whenever I make a change to an image. This is then followed by a number which automatically increases by one for every new image: 1, 2, 3, 4... etc. until there are no more images to choose from in the current project.
My problem is that I cannot figure out how to get Aperture to keep the, for me, very helpful "version 1, 2, ..." info attached to the images during renaming. In the Batch rename dialog box I am able to choose "Version Name" but that only gives me the current name of the selected image which I do not want. Aperture just replaces the "version x" in the image name.
Can anyone help me, or am I asking for something that cannot be done in Aperture?
Kind regards
Heine
DP 2GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 3G Memory, BlueTooth, Aiport, 20" Cinema Display

HI, there:
I like answering these easy ones. Too often the questions regarding Aperture can't be solved as of yet becasue it's a bug or a lacking feature.
Anyway, when you import your files, look for the sidebar that has all the options on it. Look for a spot that says "Name Format." When you get there, there should be a drop down menu that will allow you to choose a variety of options. One of the options is "custom name with counter." Aperture will automatically assign each image a custom name and a numerical number starting with 1 and incrementing by 1 for a maximum of 999. You can change the options for this by selecting "edit" from the drop down menu.
Cheers

Batch rename without sequence number

In LR3 I originally named imported images with the date, custom
word, and sequence number. I now want to batch rename with just the date, and cust
om word - no sequence number. Yet the rename includes the
numbers anyway, and they are different than the original sequence numbers. How do I get rid of
the unwanted numbers? Thanks

I don't think LR provides a way to cut characters from the end of an existing filename.
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland

Script to batch rename/number layers in Illustrator CS6

Is there a script that I can use in Illustrator to batch rename all sub-layers? I would also like to be able to add sequential numbers to each layer too. I saw an older post that contained a script to do this but it seemed outdated and doesn't work on CS6. Here it is for reference, maybe someone can modify it to work for CS6?
////START SCRIPT////
docRef=app.activeDocument;
topLayers=docRef.layers;
for(i=0;i<topLayers.length;i++){
var currLayer=topLayers[i];
var newNum=i+1;
currLayer.name="Layer "+newNum;
subLayers=topLayers[i].layers;
for(j=0;j<subLayers.length;j++){
var currSubLayer=subLayers[j];
var newSubNum=j+1;
currSubLayer.name="Layer "+ newNum+"."+newSubNum;
subSubLayers=subLayers[j].layers;
   for(k=0;k<subSubLayers.length;k++){
    var currSubSubLayer=subSubLayers[k];
    var newSubSubNum=k+1;
    currSubSubLayer.name="Layer "+ newNum+"."+newSubNum+"."+newSubSubNum;
////END SCRIPT////

You got me to investigate if other files and layer structures work, and I found one that partially worked. It stopped working after renaming the first top layer and sub-layers within that.
Here's what kind of worked:
before: after:
Here's the structure that I ultimately want to edit and rename. They are the end levels, sub-sub-sub layers. I want all of them to be renamed to "applyColor1" "applyColor2" etc.

Batch Renaming with Counter

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.

Batch rename, name changes after frame 99

Hi, I put a folder into bridge to do a batch rename and called the text MILAN/SYRIA and gave for first number 00.
After frame 99 the name changed to a weird Adobe Bridge Batch Rename Temp 10037
Which you can see better in the RAW windows, the 99 and the following one.
Photoshop doesn't like to open a name like that, can't blame her.
of course I strongly suppose that I should have given 3 digits in Batch rename, and l am looking for your confirmation, and while I am here
why was my card full at 0485 pictures when a folder I think takes as many as 9999, how do you finish a folder if your card is full?
i suppose you change card and you keep going with the same folder? Sorry about the camera question, couldn't keep it, thanks dona

no,no, i started with 00 two digits only, batch rename changed to 623 after i put the folder back in just in order to take the screenshot, i dont know why but that always happens if i put the folder back in after usage, but i do know for life now that if I am going to take over 100 shots, which is most of the time, i should start with 001 or 000.
See, this is the first number that was given to the first file, 01,WHICH actually became 00, i don't have it here.
So it rest to know where is "Preserve file name " in current metadata, and would that make it possible to revert to the original CR2 number?
Why not to change name straight from the new name? thanks

How to batch rename with index/counter all files in a project?

I have a project with files named with an index (I believe that is the correct term). For example, the files are named XX1, XX2, and so on. However, some files have the same name because I imported from two different memory cards, without thinking to set the starting number for the second import into the same project. I would like to batch rename all of the files (masters and versions) with a consecutive index (1, 2, 3, and so on). How can this be done? I have found in the manual the way to do this on import, but not how to correct my mistake now. Thanks!

I would like to batch rename all of the files (masters and versions) with a consecutive index (1, 2, 3, and so on).
Select the images in the project and then use ( from the main Aperture application menu)
Matadata -> Batch Change (Shift-Command-B)
Set the Version Name format to one of the "Custom with Index ..." or "Custom with Counter ..." formats and check "Apply to Master Files". Make sure you disable all other changes that you do not want, like Time Zone correction, or keywords.
Regards
Léonie

Bridge CS5 Win Batch Rename sets milliseconds to 000

Am using BridgeCS5 (Windows7) to Batch Rename (either during download from Lexar Card Reader using Bridge, or during download from Canon 7D with Cable via Bridge- or to batch rename files already in a folder within Bridge)
when I use YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_milliseconds, milliseconds are set to 000 (thus photos are not in order necessarily if photos taken during burst mode), yet if I use YYYYMMMDD_HHMMSS_milliseconds, it sorts properly.
Have tried this multiple times, and it is *usually* reproducable - I did a batch rename on a subset of photos, and Bridge got the rename right, but then did a batch rename on the entire lot of photos, and preview said it would set the milliseconds to 000, even on the photos it got right in the subset-experiment
I need to use numeric month designation (MM) for proper file sequencing, as alpha (MMM) puts months out of chronological order.
I did NOT notice this problem in the past (say, 3-4 months ago) but it is possible I missed it.
I am NOT syncing multiple cameras or trying to integrate files from multiple cards.
BridgeCS5 is up to date with all patches.
(I checked the EXIF data on the files themselves, and it is correct, the milliseconds denote the proper image sequence, the camera is recording the files to card in correct sequence - in fact, exloring the card, all images are in proper sequence)
By having files renamed (without a sequence number added to the batch rename configuration) with milliseconds to 000, not only are they out of order, but Bridge is willing to have several files with the same exact name.
I'd be interested in a solution that allows me to continue using Bridge only for my workflow.
thanks - stir

Hi-
I see milliseconds (Canon 7D) listed as
(see Advanced tab)
3rd folder down titled "exif Properties"
eg: exif:DateTimeOriginal: 2011-07-30T10:43:12.64-04:00 whereby the camera has ordered the photos using 10:43:12.64, 10:43:12.99, etc when writing to the card. (I intepret the .64 and the .99 in these examples to be the milliseconds - am I mistaken?)
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)
This error occurs whether telling Bridge to sort specifically via Time or not - Bridge (when using YYYYMMDD) will reorder the images even if I don't add HHMMSS and milliseconds to the sort, or even if I do - the problem seems to be the YYYYMMDD - it may also be other Date-sorting, but so far I have only used the one (that doesn't work) and the other (that does, but is useless for keeping the dates/months in numerical order)
Again, on CF card, the photos are properly ordered, as evidenced by the subject matter and the milliseconds shown in the DateTimeOriginal exif data
But in Bridge, when batch renaming, the order of the photos is mixed up, and this is evidenced by the new file names (say, if I add a sequence number to the rename)
btw, I have Bridge rename set to preserve XMP data and original file name, but whether I do or not doesn't seem to matter.
I'm shooting JPGs in Burst Mode (shouldn't matter, as the files on card are properly ordered)
(so far I have had 2 Canon reps tell me there are no milliseconds, but the exif data clearly shows that, I think? - I have sent them a screen shot of the file info, showing the exif field, and have not since heard a response saying "nuh uh"... it's still early in the day, though they normally respond within 30 minutes)
Thank you for your time - Stir

Can't Use Batch Rename "Rename In Same Folder" for some photos

Have a strange problem: when using "Batch Rename…" under the "Tools" menu, "Rename In Same Folder" is unusable for some photos taken with some cameras, not for others. For one example, I shift-selected a range of photos taken at a recent vacation, some with my iPhone, some with my girlfriend's Canon PowerShot SD450. Bridge renamed the iPhone photos, but not Canon photos. For another example, if I select a single photo taken by her cell phone or Canon camera, "Rename In Same Folder" is grayed-out; if I select a single photo taken my by iPhone, not so. Does anyone understand this behavior, and is there a solution?

Bridge Support Center in the help menu leads to a 404 error page.
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.
Here is a page from Adobe Support about Troubleshooting (although this states you should combine option/alt with cmd/ctrl but that is not needed)
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/317/317912.html
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
As stated before, if the are .jpg they are already compatible
it used to be in CS 3 and 4 but since I "upgraded" to Production Premium suite 5.5 none of the version work.
If you keep having problems you might consider the clean tool option to clear PSCS 3 and 4. Check also this KB article:
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
It should be possible to use all CS versions on your system but you can have only one version of Bridge active at the time. Upgrading from a single CS to a Suite should also be possible without problems but sadly enough everything that should be possible without problems is often only happening in the ideal world...

Renaming NEF file no longer changes JPG file automatically (NOT BATCH RENAMING)

For the last year I have been able to select a file in Bridge under the 'Content' tab and in renaming an individual NEF file, Bridge would automatically change the corresponding JPG for me. Suddenly it no longer works and I have to change each file independently. Batch renaming still works fine, but I don't want to use that every time, as that is a bit conveluded to change one letter/number in the file.
Not sure if it was an update that changed something since the updates are automatic. I'm not finding anything in the 'Preferences' or any other area to change the setting back. How do I get it back to the way it was???

Hi Don, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

Molt: batch renaming utility

Hi all,
Recently I was looking for a batch renaming utility, and while I did find a few, none of them would really fill all the checkboxes of my requirements list. Either because they didn’t provide the "rules" I was looking for, or because they would rename files after each rule has been applied, or because they couldn’t be used from scripts (that way I wanted), or whatever the reason. So I made myself one: molt.
You use it by specifying a set of rules to use, which will all be processed to determine the new name. molt will make sure those new names are "free," as in not already in use; and handles "avoidable conflicts" - when a file's new name is taken by another file to be renamed (performing two-steps renaming with a temporary name if needed).
Usage: molt [OPTION]... RULE... [FILE]...
Options :
-D, --exclude-directories Ignore directories from specified files
-F, --exclude-files Ignore files from specified files
-S, --exclude-symlinks Ignore symlinks from specified files
-i, --from-stdin Get list of files from stdin
-P, --process-fullname Send the full path/name to the rules
(Imply --output-fullname)
-p, --allow-path Allow (relative/absolute) paths in new filenames
(Imply --output-fullname)
-m, --make-parents Create parents if needed
-O, --output-fullname Output full path/names
-B, --output-both-names Output the old then the new filename for each file
-N, --output-new-names Output the new filename for each file
-R, --only-rules Only apply the rules and output results,
without any conflict detection
(Imply --dry-run)
-n, --dry-run Do not rename anything
-C, --continue-on-error Process as much as possible, even on errors
or when conflicts are detected
-d, --debug Enable debug mode - Specify twice for verbose
output
-h, --help Show this help screen and exit - Specify twice for
verbose output
-V, --version Show version information and exit
Rules :
Rules are the part of molt that process filenames. Rules will be applied
in the order specified, you can use the same rule as may times as you want.
Some rules require a parameter, what it can be depend of the rule. Usually,
it will be a string where you can specify multiple parameter using slash ( / )
as separator.
--upper Convert to uppercase
--lower Convert to lowercase
--vars Resolve variables
--tpl PARAM Apply specified template (resolve variables)
--sr PARAM Search & replace a string
PARAM = search[/replacement[/option]]
If no replacement is specified, the string will be removed.
Search is case-sensitive, unless option i was specified.
--camel Convert to Camel Case
--list Use list of new names from stdin
--regex PARAM Search & replace using regular expression
PARAM = pattern[/replacement[/option]]
If no replacement is specified, the string will be removed.
Search is case-sensitive, unless option i was specified.
Variables :
You can use variables in the new filenames. The syntax is to put the
variable's name in between dollar signs, e.g: $FOOBAR$
You can also (if supported) specify one (or more) parameters, using colon
as separator, e.g: $FOOBAR:PARAM1:PARAM2$
Variables are not automatically resolved, you need to use the rule --vars
in order to have them resolved, which gives you the ability to determine
when resolving happens, and continue processing with more rules afterwards.
Note that rule --tpl also resolves variables.
NB[:PARAM...] Counter, incremented for each file using it
You can specify up to 3 parameters:
- the minimum number number of digits (padding with 0's)
- the starting value of the counter
- the increment (can be negative)
E.g: $NB:3:42:-2$ will resolve as 042, 040, 038, etc
_[:PARAM...] Magic variable: specify "variable" as parameter
The first parameter is the name of the "variable" to resolve.
Resolving is done running the corresponding command line, using output
as value (removing trailing newline (\n) if present)
Links:
- Slightly more verbose description
- Source code
- PKGBUILD in the AUR
Hopefully someone may find it useful.
Cheers,
-jacky

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.

File Batch Rename Errors

I am renaming a lot of files using Bridge Batch Rename and get errors on some of the files. I have a Windows 7 Professional 64 bit computer running Photoshop CS6. Bridge version is 5.0.1.23 x64. I am renaming files using this format - YYYYMMDD-HHMM-XXX-D700, where XXX is a sequence number. I select an entire folder of images, set the sequence number to 1 and click "Rename". Most work correctly, but in a few cases I will get several images where the Date and Time number are incorrect. I know the YYYY is incorrect, but have not looked in enough detail on the other numbers. I may get 2010 instead of 2007. If I select these again and Rename I get the correct name.
These are NEF files with sidecar files.
I will pay more attention to the errors and supply more detail - I have a lot more to rename.
Anyone else experience these type errors?

A card reader was used to copy the NEF file to a folder on the computer. They were initially renamed using the Batch command in Bridge of Photoshop CS5 using the format YYYYMMDD-XXX-D700, where XXX is a sequence number. Files were in date order when renamed. I did not experience any problems with these renames, I only renamed the NEF files. I also copied the jpg files from the camera, but did not rename them. I processed the NEF files using Adobe Camera RAW and generated jpg files.
I decided to modify the name to allow mixing images from multiple cameras and have them sort in the correct order by date and time shot. I selected the renamed NEF files in Bridge (Photoshop CS6 now), modified the name to YYYYMMDD-HHMM-XXX-D700 and clicked the rename button. The sequence number was assigned based on the file order, but the YYYYMMDD and HHMM values were incorrect on a few files. The incorrect file names were all the same for the YYYYMMDD and HHMM values, sequence numbers were correct, incorrect named files were in sequence order (a group of adjacent files). The correct YYYYMMDD was 20080630, but the incorrect value was 20100222 and incorrect HHMM was 2042. The incorrect named files appeared at the end of the list since the date was 2010 instead of 2008, but they had the correct sequence number. I selected the group of incorrect named files, set the sequence number to the correct value for the first file, clicked rename and they were named correctly. The number of incorrect named files varies - 5 of 64, 3 of 77, 6 of 59, 12 of 88, 1 of 434. All of these files have sidecar files since they were processed using Adobe Camera RAW and these files are in the same folder. The sidecar files are named the same as the NEF file.
I also renamed the JPG files that were generated from Adobe Camera RAW and did not experience any problems with names in these files to date.
I also tried using Photoshop CS5 Bridge to rename the a group of NEF files and get the same problem.

Browser batch rename command question.

PS7 - OS 10.4.11 - 1.33 Ghz PowerPC G4
I was looking at a folder of images using the browser and selected a number of them - some of these images had previously had changes made to them and then saved as JPEGs, some had not been worked at all since downloading from the camera to the HD.
Wanting to group them by title, I used the batch rename command, by Control-clicking on the selected images, to rename them in the same folder with Mac OS9 compatibility (I couldnt find a Mac OSX compatibility even though that is my system). This was the first time I have used the batch rename command, and assumed it would merely change the file name.
I then tried to open the files after this process. Those images that had previously been worked and saved as JPEGs are referred to as Document in the Finder, rather than as Adobe Photoshop JPEG. When trying to open them, I got a message:-
The document Louvre1 could not be opened. ColorSync cannot open files of this sort.
The only way I have found to view them is to use Open with Safari command.
Those images that had not been worked are referred to as Unix Executable File in the Finder. I cannot view these at all, not even with the Open with Safari command.
Any comments, please? What am I missing? I did not expect the process to so radically change the files. I can use Grab to get an image of those files that can be opened in Safari, although presumably they will not be so detailed as the originals.
And those images that cannot be opened at all, even in Safari:- Can I get them back as PS JPEGs, or in any viewable form?
Any help gratefully received.
Thanks,
Graham

When you renamed the files, did you remember to include the ".jpg" extension at the end of each file name? If not, add it now.
And make sure you are running Ps 7.0.1. It's a free and mandatory update (numerous bug fixes).

Batch rename reel number

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