Import Camera Rename

I would like to rename photos through Import Camera with the Exif Date in
the following format YYYYMMDD without the time. Is there a way to do that?

Currently you can not, but it is on our list of enhancements.
Sorry
Bob
Adobe Workflow Scripting

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Hiya,
Just finished my work on a Automator workflow in order to import and rename photos from a portable hard disk.
I had the problem that my portable hard disk (with integrated card-reader) was not recognised by Image Capture or Aperture. Therefore I couldn't import my photos straight away into Aperture.
Another problem I had was that Aperture doesn't rename photos while importing. Whereas other Automator actions offer this feature, they all didn't fulfill my requirements - yeah, I can be very fussy
That's why I started initially to write a Perl script based on ExifTool in order to copy and rename photos to my liking. Once this was done and very much in use, I started to put it into an Automator action with a little AppleScript around it.
Eventually, I initiated the entire Automator workflow with the Check For Disk action.
More information and the files needed can be found on my website http://photography.stephanjaeger.eu/2007/03/improve-your-digital-photography-wor kflow.html.
The only drawback of this script is that only one camera is supported. At the moment, I work on a solution to support several cameras.
The Perl script can used by itself, if you feel comfortable in using the Terminal.
I hope you find the information and the Automator action helpful.
Any feedback appreciated.
Best regards,
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Brian,
Thanks for giving it a try. Let me know how you get on!
If you have any problems, please don't hesitate to contact me.
By the way, you don't have to use an external hard disk. You could replace easily the first step in that workflow with an other action, such as defining a folder that should be monitored, or selecting manually a folder that contains photos.
I hope that I find some time over the week-end to make some changes to the script. I will set up as well a page on my web site with more details.
All the best,
Stephan

How do I get PSE10 to import and rename files in order?

When I place my CF card into the reader PSE opens and displays all the photos on the card the problem is they are out of order. I take volleyball photos and use the burst often The files are numbered properly by the camera but PSE seems to get them mixed up. When I import and renamer them PSE thakes them in the order they are shown and they are then renumbered out of order causind many shots to be out of order. I have never had this problem before. I have been using PSE 6 up thru 10 now and this is the first time I have had this happen. Last season I wasusing PSE9 and all my bursts sequences are in purfect order.
Am I missing something in the settings?

Hi,
The problem I have is with the PSE Organizer "Photo Downloader". When I
plug the CF card from my camera into the card reader on the computer the
"downloader" opens up and shows thumbnails of the files on the card. At
this point the files are out of order based on the file numbers applied
by the camera. I.e.: one sequence looks like this-
11,12,16,15,14,13,17,18; where 12 thru 16 were a burst. Another
sequence- 121,120,125,124,122,123; all one burst. As you can see they
are out of order. I tried leaving the card in the camera and the same
thing happens. If I view the photos in /on the camera they are in the
right order. What has been happening is that I rename and number the
files as I import them. When that happens the files get numbered in
sequence as to how they are seen in the "downloader"....this means in
the examples shown 16 would become 13; 15 becomes 14 ect. This ends up
mixing up any sequence of shots.
Once I have the RAW files imported I import them to Lightroom 4 to do
most of my processing. Here if I choose to arrange by time created I can
get them in the right order but because the files are rearranged into
the correct order and since I renamed them on importing the file numbers
are now out of order. After figuring out what the problem was I can now
import the files to lightroom without renaming > arrange by time or file
name> rename> and all seems to be OK. My question is I never had this
problem before and it was very nice to be able to rename the files at
import and be done with it.
I haven't had time to check into it but one thing I'm wondering is is
there a way to rename the files at import without changing the file
number? Is there a way to insert the date and text while keeping the
IMG_Number....i.e IMG001 becomes 2012 09 15_Volleyball_0001 keeping the
original file number and only inserting a date/name? This would solve
the whole problem as I could then arrange by file name and all would be
well.
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Import and rename using Automator

Hello,
I am very new to Automator but I am trying to use it to build an import workflow for importing pictures from a camera. Here is the basic workflow (set up as a folder action on a folder called Pictures/Import/Camera):
1. Rename files sequentially 01.jpg, 02.jpg etc
2. Rename files with date so they become 01_2012-07-08.jpg, 02_2012-07-08.jpg, etc
3. Copy files to a network share
4. Copy files to another network share
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In general the workflow functions as expected. I use Image Capture to pull photos from the camera and add them to the Camera folder. If I only have one photo it works perfectly. But when I tried with 10 photos, the first 6 worked as expected but 4 photos kept their original names from the camera, were not copied to the network shares, and did not get imported to iPhoto. When I tried again, same result. When I tried a third time, 8 photos made it and 2 remained untouched.
I have a theory that Image Capture batches the files over in chunks, say 6 at a time. So the first six go in sequential order. Then when the next batch starts, it starts at 01_ again and a filename conflict occurs. Could this be right? Any ideas how to get past this? The file rename action does not seem to allow for using minutes and seconds in the file name, which would help.
Feeling rather stuck......
Thanks!

Lion is supposed to wait a bit to avoid this kind of thing, but folder actions don't really work that well for this kind of workflow - the folder action has already been triggered by the time the workflow gets a shot at using whatever items have been passed to it. Depending on what you are doing with the original imported items (e.g. the folder is normally empty and imported items are removed after processing), you can add a Pause action and then get the current contents of the Camera folder and use that for the input - a script that looks at the size of the folder (to see when it stops changing) can also be used to minimize waiting around too long.

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I have googled and searched the forums and found no leads on this. I was hoping with the latest 8.3 release it would be addressed. Does anyone know how to get this to work or is it an apple bug?

One article that might be helpful is here (suggesting you need HUB if it's drawing too much power):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4106
@ rotorcraft:
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I cannot get iPhoto 08 to import camera raw data . It shows a thumbnail when I select the file to import but fails to import it. On all atempts with good photo files, this is the same. The files were made in the camera raw setting on a Nikon coolpix 5700.

I have the same problem with my Nikon 5700 and have had since iPhoto version 5. Discussions on dpreview forums confirm other users have the same problem. If you want a laugh, you can read about my experiences below and save yourself a frustrating call to Apple technical support. But the short answer is that you need software other than iPhoto. Any product of this type from other companies will handle your files no problem.
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(iPhoto Version 4 supported RAW from the 5700 but, on upgrade, I lost the ability to import RAW. My existing imported RAW files lost the ability to preview too. Hundreds of users on web user forums reported the same problem. Attempts to revert to iPhoto 4 corrupted my library. I eventually had to reformat my drive to allow me to reinstall iPhoto 4. In the end, my confidence was shaken enough that I reluctantly switched to iView Media Pro.)
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All my AVCHD archives were in a standard folder under Movies->iMovie Camera Archives. Within that folder there is folder after folder of archives. I can see them just fine in Finder.
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Hello
I know there is an issue with importing photos directly from a device, that's not what's happening here.
I import photos from my camera's SD card and I rename them as they import. Photos and video are both renamed correctly, but only the photos are sorted correctly. The videos seem to sort based on the additional time zone adjustment, so mostly they end up in the folder for the next day (corresponding to an additional +12 hr, as though lightroom was adding the time zone correction to the local time rather than to the GMT time). In gallery view I need to sort by name in order to sort by capture time because the renaming is the only feature that reads the correct capture time. Sorting by capture time uses the capture time displayed in the metadata (in the right panel in the library module), which seems unrelated to the capture time. I think it might have somethign to do with the import time, but it doesn't match any of the properties in windows explorer.
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I'd like for the metadata to show the correct capture time and for the videos to be sorted by that correct capture time. Lightroo obviosuly has the ability to read the capture time correctly, because it does so for the naming. I have no idea what's going on here and would be heaps grateful for help from the wonderful adobe forums community (you guys haven't let me down yet, you beat any customer support line I've ever tried).
PS: This is the first of a few issues I'm having with lightroom and capture time and videos, so if you like a challenge stay tuned as I post them all up. I'm still going through them but briefly:
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I just ran a test with a small number of files and Lightroom was able to import the files complete with the copyright data stored in the IPTC section, which I had previously edited as a metadata preset, but it didn't rename them apart from adding the .dng suffix and they were all dumped in a subfolder within my user's picture folder on the Mac. In ACR I used to import the original .CR2 files, make any adjustments and then do a batch rename before copying to the final folder, which all worked. Obviously the hope is to make this all very automated and efficient so I'd be grateful for any pointers and good advice.
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