Changing multiple file extensions

Hi,
My friend has a problem because he has rendered some images from Maya with the extension like this: scene.tiff.1 .... ect all the way to 2500.
Now when trying to read the files it doesn't work as the extension is in the wrong place. Does anyone know of a way to change all the files so that the new extension is .tiff?
Thank You
Message was edited by: Mango + Apple

If Name Mangler doesn't do the job (it's "set extension" function might do the job) another option might be the freeware NameChanger. There might be several ways to accomplish this, but one way would be to use the "remove characters" function and select the appropriate number of characters for each block, e.g. "remove" "from end" "1" for those files with number 1 to 9 at the end, "remove" "from end" "2" for 10 to 99, "remove" "from end" "3" for 100 to 999, and "remove" "from end" "4" for 1000 to 2500.
Not as straightforward as just changing the extension, but if Name Mangler won't correctly recognize the extension with the numbers appended, NameChanger as above might do the trick.
Hope this helps.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

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