Camera file naming convension filename modification

Hi,
How do I change to photo's file naming convention?
Each time I move my files to a centralised location, the filenames start from 001 again and now I have different photos with the same filename... STUPID!!!!

Unfortunately it's not possible to change this as far as I know. Might be possible using 3rd party camera app.
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Camera file naming issue

When I make a picture, the system gives it a name like DSC_0064.JPG. If I delete this picture and make a new one the new file will have the exact same name instead of DSC_0065.JPG. Are there any setting or solution to force the system to use continuos file naming?

At this stage I would say it is unlikely as this has been a standard function for many generations of handsets.
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Make photoshop action that saves file with specific filename

Is there a way to make a photoshop action that does a SaveForWeb, but adds text to the original filename when saving?
For example, if I open a file called "coverPage," and I want the action to do SaveForWeb as a JPEG, can I have it save as "coverPageWEBVERSION"?
Thanks for your time and help

No this is one thing you will need scripting for.
They really should have introduced some modification to the Save dialog that allows file naming additions or modifications triggerable within actions. But they never did.
As a workaround, Bridge is a good tool for renaming, because naming convensions can be SAVED and quickly applied to groups of files. Not often known fact - On a mac there are also OS scripts that can do the same thing. There is a script called 'rename items' hidden away somewhere. This is accessable by Control or right clicking on a group of files, and going through the 'automate' submenu

File Naming Problem in Camera Raw 5.4

Am having a problem when processing Raw images in CS4 using Camera Raw 5.4
After processing the image I click 'Save Image'.
In the 'Save Options' box, under 'File Naming' I enter what I want to call the saved image.
Eg. 'Hooded Top' becomes 'Hooded Top.jpg'
The file is then saved onto the Desktop.
Camera Raw seems to be 'stuck' on a previous file name. It will add the same previous file name to the end of the new image.
You can see in the image that the text to the right of 'Example' also seems to be stuck between two lines of text.
If I want to call an image 'Hooded Top' it will add an old name
Eg. 'Hooded Top' will become 'Hooded TopTrack Pants.jpg' (Track Pants being the previous image name)
I have been using CS4 trial for a month with no problems. I have just upgraded to CS4 from CS3 today. The program was working fine all morning.
I have re-installed CS4 and restarted my Mac Pro (OSX 10.5.8). I am using a Canon EOS 5D Mk2.
Any thoughts appreciated.

Look in Task Manager.
One or both of them may be running under Processes.
Use End Process.
My advice is not to use the automatic startup for Bridge.

File naming: sequencing by date

In the Filename Template Editor and Rename Photos (F2) function, I'd like to be able to sequence my file names by date, with the sequence beginning with 1 for each day, and incrementing regardless how many imports I do.
For example, the first image for January 2, 2008 might be called "08-01-02_001". On that day I may perform three or four imports, and the sequence continues to increment from 001 to however many images I import on that day. The following day the sequence automatically resets to 1.
If images are imported that were recorded on an earlier date, this function would have to increment from the highest number of the date the image was recorded (because this is how Lightroom's date function works). For example, if on December 28, 2007 I shot 243 images and today I import another image that was shot on that day, the file name would be 07-12-28_244.
(I currently sequence by month, manually specifying the start number for each import sequence, but I sometimes forget to change the sequence starting number.)
Thank you for all you've done. I can't imagine working without Lightroom.

I would like to see exactly the same enhancement. Perhaps for some file naming schemes it would be helpful to parameterize that function, e.g., "Resent sequence number [to xxx] whenever [date|month|year|camera ...] changes].
As part of that, I would like very much to have more options/control for the file organization. In particular, I would like to see yyyy/yyyymm/yyyymmdd (e.g., 2008/2008-01/2008-01-15 with the "-" being optional). Right now, the closest you can come to that is yyyy/mm/dd, which leaves too much opportunity for file/folder name confusion.
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File Naming with parts of names and dates (substrings)

I am trying to settle on a filenaming convention that Lightroom doesn't support, but does exist in Breezebrowser and in many database languages.
It is a function that allows using just part of one of the other available file naming elements, instead of the full thing. This helps keep file names shorter but still meaningful.
For example, one piece of the naming convention I'm trying for is just the sequential number generated by my camera, but without the camera specific designator. For file '_C8P7692', for example, I just want to use the '7692' part.
This could be accomplished if I could specify in the file name builder that I only want to use those characters. It would look something like:
SUBSTRING(filename,5,4), where 5 is the character I want to start with, and 4 is the number of characters I want to take.
This would also address some of the other feature requests for variations on the date formats built into the file name builder.
Paul Wasserman

You can do that one in LR easily.
Use "(filename or original) number suffix" instead of "filename".

Photoshop (all versions): Inconsistency/Bug in automatic File Naming algorithm

Hello,
I discovered this problem in PS CS3 and CS5 (don't have CS4) after a student of mine found it in PS Elements 8. Here's one way to replicate the issue:
1) Open any image in Camera Raw. Let's call that file FILENAME.dng
2) Click "Save Image" button on the left
3) "Save Options" window opens
4) Under "File Naming" there are several drop-down boxes. The first box is filled in with "Document Name" as the variable. Leave that alone and move to next box to the right.
5) In this box, select the variable named "2 Digit Serial Number."
6) Now, in that SAME box right after the word "Number," click after the "r" (at the end) and enter a hyphen "-"
7) Look above the boxes and it shows you are about to rename the file "FILENAME2 Digit Serial Number-.dng"
8) The term "2 Digit Serial Number" is now part of the file name (with a hypen at the end).
This should never happen because it's mixing variables and constants. Plus, most importantly, nobody would EVER type ANY of the drop-down values as a file name. And, if someone did type in the hyphen at the end (like my student did), she obviously intended it to be a 2 digit number followed by a hypen and not the term "2 Digital Serial Number-."
There may be other places in the software that use this file naming algorithm, too. For instance, in PS Elements 8, it cn be found also found under File>Process Multiple Files.
This isn't a big issue, I know, but it should be fixed.
I am primarily looking for a response from Adobe personnel.
Thanks,
Mike

I did some tests and was unable to get it to work even with RAW. (perhaps it was just me) I did get it to work with multiple images being sent to "Merge to Panorama in Photoshop CS4" In all other cases, LR wants to control the naming. You end up with a file sent to PS with a LR controlled name added automatically to the LR catalog. (this is a duplicate of the orig LR file as no edits are made with this name) The file you create with your own name (when you save as from PS) needs to be imported back into the LR catalog manually later.
This is not the kind of integration we need.
We need to be able from LR to have jpg edits done in PS and named according to our needs, and re-added to the LR catalog automatically when we exit PS.
For example the following scenario:
IMG_1234.jpg is processed, cropped and tweaked in LR, then sent to PS for detailed enhancement.
Coming out of PS might be:
IMG_1234_Lucis90%
IMG_1234_Lucis50%
etc....
We need to make this work somehow....

PSE 8 - Inconsistency/Bug in automatic File Naming algorithm

Hello,
I teach PSE 8 and a student found something that is confusing and should be fixed in Camera Raw and Process Multiple Files. Here's one way to replicate the issue:
1) Open any image in Camera Raw. Let's call that file FILENAME.dng
2) Click "Save Image..." button on the left
3) "Save Options" window opens
4) Under "File Naming" it has 4 drop-down boxes. The first is filled in with "Document Name." Leave that alone and move to next box to the right.
5) In this box, select "2 Digit Serial Number."
6) Now, in that SAME box right after the word "Number," click after the "r" (at the end) and enter a hyphen "-"
7) Look above the boxes and it shows you are about to rename the file "FILENAME2 Digit Serial Number-.dng"
8) The term "2 Digit Serial Number" is part of the file name. That should not happen.
This same problem appears in FILE>Process Multiple Files. And, I just checked in Photoshop CS3 and it happens there, too. I havent' checked CS5 yet.
My student was saying to me, "Why is my file name being called Whatever2 Digit Serial Number"?
The reason this is not a good thing is because this is a beginning program and it's confusing for new users. Plus, nobody would EVER name the file with using any of the weird terms in the drop-down box.
Note: If you highlight the entire term "2 Digit Serial Number" and then enter a hyphen, it works as it should. But, you shouldn't be able to add onto the end of the term.
I am looking for a response from Adobe personnel.
Thanks,
Mike

Are you on Win 7? If the files in the Get Photos dialog disappear after you select them,confirm if the names of selected files/folders is shown under the File name . If yes, you can import these files by clicking Open. You should find the issue addressed in E9.
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How to add folder/project name to a File Naming preset

Here's a tip to automatically add the name of the Project or its parent Folder to the filename during Import or Batch Change.
I always used a custom field for adding my client's name to the filename upon Import or Batch Changing versions or masters. But often I would forget to change the custom name, and since it's auto-populated with the previous entry, I'd end up with a bunch of files with the wrong client's name on them. That looks kind of bad. So once I saw with Aperture 3 you can add the Project name or Folder name when relocating referenced files to the new folder structure, I was excited to be able to do the same for the filenames at import. Well, no such luck. They're not an option when you create a custom File Naming preset.
However, I recently decided to poke around inside some plist files, and found a workaround. I discovered the format string for Folder Name is %F and Project Name is %P. The trick is getting the code into the Format Field where you create the preset.
Create a new File Naming preset by choosing "edit" from the Version Name menu during Import or Batch Change. Drag everything you want in the name into the Format field, and enter %F or %P where you want the Folder or Project name. The tricky part is that you can't insert it between two existing criteria. It only works at the very end. After you have it in place, you can drag the criteria around to get it in the order you want.
The alternative method is to insert the code directly into the plist. PLEASE, always make sure you're working with a copy and have a good backup when you're poking around in such things. If you have trouble getting the code to take from within Aperture, you can try this. Same as above, create a new preset, but this time, enter an F or P where you want the Folder or Project name. Give it a unique preset name and save it. Then Quit Aperture. Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/Aperture/FileNamingPresets.plist, and make a copy of the file, then open with Property List Editor. Dropdown the plist and then dropdown the item you want to edit. You should recognize it by the preset name. Now the easy part. Click in the FormatString field and insert the % character before the F or P you entered in the Format field. Save and you're done.
I discovered later that while the Folder and Project name works just fine during import, for some reason only the Project name works during Batch Change. The Folder name simply creates a "-" in the filename.
In case this is seen as a hack and gets deleted, I'm also submitting it to http://www.macosxhints.com/ and I suspect if anyone from MacCreate sees it, they'll steal it too, as they're known to do.

I do not think there is an out of the box way to do this.
The immediate solution that comes to mind is using a workflow, that runs everytime a document is uploaded/item created, which may be too much for your scenario.
Cheers,
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Sender File Adapter - Dynamic Filename?

Dear All,
I have a simple requirement to retrieve a file named "XXX_ddmmyy" from an FTP site. The FTP site administrator will place a new file everyday. The date is part of the filename.
I can find a lot of information on how to set the Filename for a "Receiver File Adapter", but none about dynamically setting of the filename for a "Sender File Adapter".
Can you help please?
Kind Regards
Farshad

Hi,
You have mentioned over here that the requirement is to get the file "XXX_ddmmyy" from an FTP site.
Is that site strictly for keeping files related to your requirement only or lot of other files are also being placed???
If its strictly related to your requirement then you can use the filename "*.extension" and set the processing mode as "delete" so that once the File Adapter picks the file it will be automatically deleted.
But here disadvantage is that the file wont be no longer present in FTP site once it is picked by File adapter.
Thanks,
Lekshmi.

File naming

I'm new to the Mac, new to Aperture 3 (running Trial at the moment). Came from PC and PS CS2 and Adobe Bridge. I have most of my pics in folders organized by date (2008-01-13) and inside the folders, the pics have their original file names - img7832.cr2, etc.
Upon importing (I've just tried a few folders), I choses a naming scheme such as Boston2008-01-13_img7832.cr2. I left unchecked the rename Masters because I wasn't sure if that was a good idea or not. What do you think of this naming scheme? Or would you toss out the original file name and put the date in front - such as 2008-01-13_Boston. I'm kind of at a loss as to what down the road is going to be most beneficial when it comes to locating photos or to sorting methods. Are underscores necessary between the various components? I do mostly travel and nature photography and and have generally keyworded in the past to find my pictures. I've scanned forums, etc., but haven't found any really good advice on this. I'd appreciate any thoughts
Reading a bit further, maybe a counter is what I need, such as 2008-01-13Boston001, etc. If I understand that correctly, as I import further pictures to that project, they will just continue the counter (002,003,etc). I only need to remember to reset the counter if I'm going to import into a different project (assuming I don't already have pics in the other project, in which case I would start the counter with the last number in the project + 1).
And returning to the date issue - is there a benefit in having the Date fields at the beginning of the file name? If you were searching for dates, wouldn't the search pull from the date info that is already inside the picture file?
Again, I'm asking for those with some years of experience under their belts, as to their opinions and any downfalls they see with my various schemes.
I should also mention that I'm thinking about letting Aperture "manage" the files, since I have about 100GB to import and I have a 1TB hard drive. If I run out down the road somewhere (I'll probably be dead before then. , then I'm thinking I can just transfer the library to an external and point to it there.
Thanks!
Mark

Hi Mark. You seem to have this pretty well thought through. I'll tell you what I do, just as foil to better refine your scheme, and then I post some comments further down in-line with your questions.
I use this Naming Convention every time I import my photos into Aperture:
(Image Date)_(Custom Name)_(Sequence Number)_(Master File Name).
I use a Referenced Masters storage system (highly rec'd for all but the most simple installations) with my raw files stored on an external HD. I have Aperture auto-file them by YYYY/MM/DD. I have deliberately built a degree of redundancy into my system. The general idea is that all images should have unique names, and I should be able to roughly identify and exactly re-file an file based on name alone.
(Image Date)
Starting with this allows me to easy sort files by file name. It is meaningful and useful to me and to the computer.
(Custom Name)
I store all my images in Aperture's Library in Projects based on shoots. Roughly, one Project per shoot. (If I have only two shots in a Project, I don't worry about it. If I have more than 60 (after stacking) I tend to break them into Albums within the Project.) "Custom Name" allows me to input two pieces of information per shoot which are important to me: "Shoot Name" and "Shoot Location". I type these into the field provided at the time of import as " ShootName_ShootLocation ". This allows me to keep a bit of useful descriptive text attached to the file (and available without opening or previewing it or even having it on my machine).
(Sequence Number)
Self-explanatory.
(Master File Name)
Useful when one has more than one camera at a shoot, and also should anything go wrong during import (I rotate cards and don't re-format them until I put them back in a camera).
ATHiker95 wrote:
I'm new to the Mac, new to Aperture 3 (running Trial at the moment). Came from PC and PS CS2 and Adobe Bridge. I have most of my pics in folders organized by date (2008-01-13) and inside the folders, the pics have their original file names - img7832.cr2, etc.
Important: you are creating two separate filing schemes in your use of Aperture: one for files, and one for images. Imho, there is no reason to use any time- or date-based scheme for your image storage (date and time are hard-tagged to each image and Aperture provides ample tools to sort and filter by date and time (and day and month and year)).
Upon importing (I've just tried a few folders), I choses a naming scheme such as Boston2008-01-13_img7832.cr2. I left unchecked the rename Masters because I wasn't sure if that was a good idea or not. What do you think of this naming scheme?
I always rename Masters. There is no reason not to.
Or would you toss out the original file name and put the date in front - such as 2008-01-13_Boston.
Both. See above.
I'm kind of at a loss as to what down the road is going to be most beneficial when it comes to locating photos or to sorting methods.
Again, remember that are creating two distinct storage/filing/retrieval systems (files and images). Your file naming convention should be designed to help you locate and identify files outside of Aperture. Inside Aperture you can make extensive use of Folders, Projects, Albums, Keywords, Labels, and Flags to bring you whatever functionality you desire.
Are underscores necessary between the various components?
The time when this was useful because some computers couldn't handle spaces in file names is past. I do it out of habit.
I do mostly travel and nature photography and and have generally keyworded in the past to find my pictures. I've scanned forums, etc., but haven't found any really good advice on this. I'd appreciate any thoughts
Keyword extensively. Use keywords naturally and personally. Your keywords are for you to help you find your files. (Assuming you are not going to sell Stock Photos.)
Reading a bit further, maybe a counter is what I need, such as 2008-01-13Boston001, etc. If I understand that correctly, as I import further pictures to that project, they will just continue the counter (002,003,etc).
I don't think so. The counter, afaik, counts the number of images in the import.
I only need to remember to reset the counter if I'm going to import into a different project (assuming I don't already have pics in the other project, in which case I would start the counter with the last number in the project + 1).
Seems complicated and likely to fail due to user error.
And returning to the date issue - is there a benefit in having the Date fields at the beginning of the file name? If you were searching for dates, wouldn't the search pull from the date info that is already inside the picture file?
Inside Aperture, there is no advantage whatsoever. Outside Aperture, there is a significant advantage.
Again, I'm asking for those with some years of experience under their belts, as to their opinions and any downfalls they see with my various schemes.
I should also mention that I'm thinking about letting Aperture "manage" the files, since I have about 100GB to import and I have a 1TB hard drive. If I run out down the road somewhere (I'll probably be dead before then. , then I'm thinking I can just transfer the library to an external and point to it there.
Highly recommend a Referenced Masters system from the get-go. Terry Devlin (iirc) has many sensible posts on this here -- search the forum.
Thanks!
Mark
Good Luck!
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Dynamic file naming with File/FTP adapter

Hi all,
I have a requirement for writing files with names of the files based on a customer ID.... a dynamic name based on a value retrieved from the customer DB.
I have already tried using the dynamic file naming suggestion in the bpel dev guide, it does not work. I followed the instructions, the process fails to compile and throws "part" and "undefined variables" errors etc.
Has anyone succesfully used file/ftp adapter to write files with dynamic file names (using a varibale), not %SEQ% or %datetime% formats?
Thanks,
Hasan

You can create a header variable that will allow you to set the outbound file name inside the process. This variable is a message type. From the type chooser select:
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fileAdapterOutboundHeader.wsdl
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Select the invoke to your outbound file/ftp partnerlink. Move to the adapters tab and select the header variable you created as the Input Header Variable.

File naming with sequence

My editor requires that I name a file as in the following example:
FI_RX_London(sequence number)
if I try this while importing using file name with sequence, there will be a - sign in front of the number. My question, how do I remove the - sign

In the import dialog, pick Filename-Sequence from the drop down File Naming list. (you will have done this already). Now click the drop-down list again and choose Edit. You will now see the Filename Template Editor window; remove the hyphen from the text box that shows
{Filename>>}-{Sequence #(1)>>}. When you edit this, you will see the example just above it, reflect the change.

PE7: Problem with auto file naming of scanned photos

I began scanning photos using PE7. PE stored the files in my designated folder. It named the first scan "Image1.jpg." Thereafter, files were named "Image1-nn.jpg." I would finish for the day, and PE would pick up where in left off in file naming for the next batch.
All was well until I got the bright idea to rename the first photo to "Image1-0.jpg," so it would sort properly. Worse, perhaps, I renamed it outside of PE, in Windows Explorer. Unfortunately, this confused PE completely. Now, it wants to restart the file naming with "Image1.jpg," and scans terminate with a message that the scan was unsuccessful because there is already a file with that name in the catalog.
How do I go about resetting things back, so that subsequent scans resume at the next available file name+number?
Second, is there a way to control what prefix ("Image1") gets inserted in scanned file names?
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By renaming the file outside of PSE, it's now "missing" in your PSE catalog and PSE doesn't know how to find it -- its thumbnail should have a yellow question mark on it. Do File > Reconnect > All Missing to reconnect any missing files with their new locations, and going forward, only rename and move files in the catalog using PSE.
Once you've reconnected the missing files, the scanning should no longer be confused about file names.
I don't think you can control the filenames used by the scanning. You can set the folder used via Edit > Preferences > Scanning. For a number of reasons, I do scanning in two steps -- first, I use the scanner's utility to scan to a file, then I drag the file into the Organizer. This gives me fine control over the file's name and folder location.

Output CSV File Naming Convention - Receiver File Adapter

Dear SAP experts,
I need help regarding my scenario.
My scenario is this, Customer will send EDI message to XI. XI will then translate the message and convert it into XML.. After, a Receiver File Adapter will receive the XML then convert it into .csv file.
I've already configured the Receiver File Adapter to convert the XML into .csv file.
But, my problem now is how will I configure to have my output .csv file has a File Naming Convention.
The output .csv file must be "CustomerName_YearMonthDate".
From the EDI message, there is indicated Sender GLN in which, each customer has its own Sender GLN.
E.g., Globus --> 200, Karstadt --> 300, Metro --> 400.
How will I configure so that I can have an output .csv file of,
If Globus sends the EDI message, the output .csv file is Globus_20080304.csv.
If Karstadt, Karstadt_20080304.csv.
If Metro, Metro_20080304.csv.
Kindly advise for a clear and complete solution.
Thank you very much for your usual support.
Fred

Hi Nisar,
My target message (XML) in the mapping is this,
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           <ILN> </ILN?
           <EAN> </EAN>
perio, iln, and ean was rooted on SLI field. and the CSV is the rootnode of the target message.
I have created a UDF on the message mapping to accomodate the output customer name, here is the codes:
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if(GLN.equals("23456"))
fname ="Globus" +dat;
else if(GLN.equals("5678"))
fname ="Karstadt"+dat;
else if(GLN.equals("6789"))
fname ="Metro"+dat;
DynamicConfiguration conf = (DynamicConfiguration) container
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    .get(StreamTransformationConstants.DYNAMIC_CONFIGURATION);
DynamicConfigurationKey key = DynamicConfigurationKey.create(
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    "FileName");
    conf.put(key,fname );
E.g.,
Globus --> 23456 (Sender GLN)
Karstadt --> 5678 (Sender GLN)
Metro --> 6789 (Sender GLN)
This UDF i've made in the Message Mapping was mapped in the root node CSV.
Is this UDF correct?
Then on the File Receiver Configurations, here are the configs,
Transport Protocol: File System (NFS)
Message Protocol: File Content Conversion
Adapter Engine: Integration Server
File Access Parameters
Target Directory: /var/opt/gsss/sample/csv
File Name Scheme: .csv
Processing Parameters
File Construction Mode: Create
- Overwrite Existing File
Write Mode: Directly
File Type: Text
Variable Substitution --> ???
Adapter Specific Message Attributes
- Use Adapter-Specific Message Attributes
- Fail if Adapter-Specific Message Attributes Missing
- File Name
Run Operating System Command After Message Processing
Command Line: chmod 664%F
Content Conversion Parameters
Recordset Structure: SLI
SLI.addHeaderLine: 3
SLI.headerLine: PERIO;ILN;EAN
SLI.fieldSeparator: ;
SLI.endSeparator: 'nl'
Adapter Status:
Status: Active
Kindly advise if my configs are correct.
Thank you very much!
Fred

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