File naming issue/workflow help needed...

I shoot weddings and am continually frustrated with A2's file naming. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated as it's killing my workflow.
THE GOOD: I import the images with the file name I want and the metadata I want. I then edit out, deleting bad images and leaving borderline images (as outtakes) in the project while putting my selects together for the client in a smart album. I put the selects in a smart album based on their rating and keywords. The selects are not sequential, so I "select all" and make "batch change" putting them in sequence.
THE BAD: Here is where I always encounter my first problem. Any images I have have worked on (in Photoshop) for my website now have different names. So when I export all in the album, the worked-on versions don't fit in sequentially. And some stacks have the edited image on top, and others do not.
The other problem is when a bride places an order. I find the corresponding file and externally edit it. It now resides in the smart album with a different name than all the files around it. I put the print size in the exported version name and I have to open the dialog box for every single image and re-type the size in the custom name space. I have an order with 295 different images and it's killing me. The other problem is when the bride goes to re-order a print she has, the number on the back has no connection to the numbers on my site or the smart album.
I find I'm going back to Photomechanic more often just to organize and name images because it actually changes the name of the file instead of "masking" it as A2 seems to do.
Is there a way to keep A2 from doing this and how do I get the adjusted image to be the pick of the stack?
Thanks-Kevin

I happily paid the 20 bucks for 'A Better Finder Renamer' and was able to have it batch rename RAW files to my needs. It uses simple Boolean logic to cut or add to a file name and can read time stamps from the file.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/abetterfinderrename.htm l

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static String directoryName; // Directory name entered by the user.
static File directory;        // File object referring to the directory.
static String[] files;        // Array of file names in the directory.
    String[] arguments;
public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.print("Enter a directory name: ");
    directoryName = Keyboard.readString().trim();
    directory = new File(directoryName);
    if (directory.isDirectory() == false) {
        if (directory.exists() == false)
           System.out.print("There is no such directory!");
        else
           System.out.print("That file is not a directory.");
    else {
        files = directory.list();
        System.out.println("Files in directory \"" + directory + "\":");
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
            System.out.println("   " + files);
} // end main()
import java.io.*;
public class ReadID3
    static String artist;
    static int index = 0;
    public static void main(String[] arguments)
        DirectoryList.main(arguments);
        if (DirectoryList.directory.exists() == true)
        for(int index = 0; index < DirectoryList.files.length; index++)
            try
                File song = new File(DirectoryList.directoryName + File.separator + DirectoryList.files[index]);
                FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(song);
                int size = (int)song.length();
                file.skip(size - 128);
                byte[] last128 = new byte[128];
                file.read(last128);
                String id3 = new String(last128);
                String tag = id3.substring(0, 3);
                    if (tag.equals("TAG"))
                        System.out.println("\nTitle: " + id3.substring(3, 32));
                        System.out.println("Artist: " + id3.substring(33, 62));
                        System.out.println("Album: " + id3.substring(63, 91));
                        System.out.println("Year: " + id3.substring(93, 97));
                        artist = id3.substring(33, 62);
                        createFiles();
                            File newLocation = new File( DirectoryList.directoryName + File.separator + artist);
                            System.out.println("'song' exists? "+song.exists());
                            System.out.println("'newLocation' already exists? "+newLocation.exists());
                            System.out.println("Renaming succeeded? "+song.renameTo(newLocation));
                    else
                        System.out.println(arguments[0] + " does not contain"
                        + " ID3 info.");
                        file.close();
            catch (Exception e)
                System.out.println("Error � " + e.toString());
    public static void createFiles()
            File f = new File(DirectoryList.directoryName + File.separator + artist);
            f.mkdir();

File naming issue/workflow help needed...

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