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

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Batch control without serial number

Hello,
I am just a beginner and i need some professionals' help
I want to ask you about batch control. For our system, we need 3 batch types for some materials. In fact its about PM scenario.
This material are repairable fixed assets. We dont need to follow their serial number but we want to know how many "NEW" or "DEFECTIVE" or "REPAIRED" material i've got in my storage locations or on plant.
IS a BOM structure is suitable for me, or what can i use for this situation?
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Edited by: htccvs on May 5, 2011 4:17 PM

You can use batch management for this. A couple of ideas:
1. Use the batch name to designate the status - i.e. simply create three batches:
NEW
DEFECTIVE
REPAIRED
This is OK unless you need tio really track batches - i.e. real batch numbers
This is a simple solution - and provides easy reporting on how much is in each batch.
2. Assign a characteritic (i.e. in batch classification) to the material for class (022 or 023 dependeing on batch level).
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NEW
DEFECTIVE
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You may need a custom report in this case.
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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.

Please turn back sequence number to one in Batch rename

In Bridge 2 the sequence number option has changed. It used to start automatically at 1 starting a new session. In the rare cases that there is one project in different sessions that needed to start with the following number of the last session I just needed to fill that number in.
Unfortunately now it is the other way round. I'm used to sessions with a small number of photographs from the same session (I think that I'm not the only one in this).
With the very useful and easy function batchrenaming set to date - text - sequence number the only thing I had to care about was the text, now I also have to fill in 1 as start number sadly enough, and this is in my opinion unnecessary time consuming :-(

And so very, very easy to forget.
This incrementing is a setting preferred by a minority of photographers, not the majority. It's quite handy if you shoot many, many cards worth of the same thing and load and rename whilst still shooting. Most photographers, i.e. those without assistants loading + naming images as they shoot, will do the opposite and when after a long day's shooting, having to remember to reset the sequence no. every time you rename some files is very easily overlooked and then a real pig to then redo correctly. Esp when tired.
If it was an option fine, but as the default, duh!?

Batch Rename 1-100 without zeros, ie 001, 002

Hi there,
When renaming say 100 images, you can select three digits, and create something like:
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Image _002
Image _003
Image _004
Image _005
Image _067
Image _068
Image _069
and so forth.
But if you select one digit it comes out like:
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Image _2
Image _3
Image _4
Image _5
Image _6
Image _7
Image _8
Image _9
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Image _3(1)
Image _4(1)
Image _5(1)
Image _6(1)
Image _7(1)
Image _8(1)
Image _9(1)
Image _1(2)
Image _2(2)
Image _3(2)
Image _4(2)
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I'm looking for:
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Image _3
Image _4
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Image _6
Image _7
Image _8
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Image _12
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Image _98
Image _99
Image _100
Image _101

How can bridge rename from say 1 to 100 without the zeros, yet still numbering
consecutively without (#)?
Don't believe you can do this in one go using Bridge.
However I can think of two workarounds.
First is to rename in 3 times with less then 1000 files. First step is
select first nine files and fill in all the wished info for the serie, start
sequence number with 1 but use only one digit in sequence.
Then select files 10 to 99 and call up Batch rename, it says already the
number 10 because it keeps counting until you change it manual. and you only
have to change 1 to two digits and obvious you repeat that for the rest of
the files with 3 digits...
The other route is to use 3 digits in one go and then use an app like A
Better Finder Rename to get rid of the zero's using the option to delete
specific characters from specified places but this has also to be done in 3
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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.
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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.
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I need generate an unique number without sequence. I am using Oracle 11.2, here is the details. The column idSeq is unique withing one specific idType. I don't want a sequence for each idType.
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Edited by: 939569 on 13-Feb-2013 11:21 AM

Hi,
939569 wrote:
Hello,
I need generate an unique number without sequence. Explain what you're trying to do, and why a sequence won't do it.
I am using Oracle 11.2, here is the details. The column idSeq is unique withing one specific idType. I don't want a sequence for each idType.
create table tb_test (idSeq number(5), idType number(5), addr varchar2(256));
insert into tb_test
(select case when idSeq is null then 1 else max(idSeq)+1 end, 3, 'Main street');
I am having ORA-00937 : not a single-group group function error,Right. Since the sub-query is using an aggregate function (MAX), everything in the SELECT clause must be an aggregate, a group by expression, a constant, or something that depends entirely on them. In this example, the CASE expression depends on idSeq, which is not an aggregate, not a group by expression (there is no GROUP BY clause) and not a constant.
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,       3
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FROM     tb_test
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Batch renaming lots of files without zeroes (0065) and without 1(2), 2(2)

Hi there,
When renaming say 100 images, you can select three digits, and create something like:
Image _001
Image _002
Image _003
Image _004
Image _005
Image _067
Image _068
Image _069
and so forth.
But if you select one digit it comes out like:
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Image _2
Image _3
Image _4
Image _5
Image _6
Image _7
Image _8
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Image _4(1)
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Image _7(1)
Image _8(1)
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Image _2(2)
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Image _4(2)
Can bridge rename from say 1 to 100 without the zeros, yet still numbering consecutively without (#)?
I'm looking for:
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Image _2
Image _3
Image _4
Image _5
Image _6
Image _7
Image _8
Image _9
Image _10
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I have a preset that does what you are looking for..
In Batch rename, I use a string subsitution with a regular expression "_0|_00" - which means "find _0 OR _00"
New Filenames
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See screenshots below...
Regards..

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…The extension is off. How can I correct this for him?
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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
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I did NOT notice this problem in the past (say, 3-4 months ago) but it is possible I missed it.
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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)
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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)
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When batch renaming a large amount (usually over 100) of RAW NEF photos, in the format of YEAR_Month_DAY_TIME_#### (where #### is a 4 digit sequence number) EX/ 2014_10-25-122506_0001, the files get renamed and when sorted by file name are in order, however the 4 digit sequence number gets mixed up somewhere along the way.
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