Lightroom Export renames ALL files sequentially

This problem seemed to start after the last update. After editing a photo and exporting to the LR folder in the main file folder, it renames all pics in the main folder to the new edit name and adds a sequential number. For example: This morning I imported 134 raw images. I edited 1 photo, renamed it "Snookie Tube" and exported it to the main file 7-18-14 "LR Folder". I opened the folder and I saw Snookie Tube.jpg. Then another pic apeared as Snookie Tube.1.jpg, another Snookie Tube.2.jpg, etc. I've tried changing the export settings and can't get it to stop.

msirach wrote:
I am editing each picture and exporting each with a unique file name individually.
Your workflow isn't clear. First off, if you name them uniquely, that's what you should get but if you don't, even if you export one at a time, LR will not allow you to use the same name, it will automatically append the name as not to over-write other files. That's why you'd see Snookie Tube.1.jpg, Snookie Tube.2.jpg.
Show us a screen capture of the Export module file naming area.

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Easy way to rename all files and folders in a specific directory

hy all,
i want to rename all files&folders in a specified folder... i only want to replace all "_'_" with an"-" in all file names...
example:
TCHK1_B4194W01PF7_NMOSi_D_B__3_50ohm-500ohm_03-29-07_10'46'23_AM.tst
TCHK1_B4194W01PF7_NMOSi_D_B__3_50ohm-500ohm_03-29-07_10-46-23_AM.tst
i cant change the timeformat because this are automatically generated files from an external program...
this is my program(attached as JPG) but it doesnt work...i get allways "error 10-duplicate path" or "error1 - An input parameter is invalid"
could sombody please help me... i think its an easy VI but i cant get it working
THANKS in advance!!!!
greets
Andreas
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Well, the one problem you have is that for the "Move" function, the source file input should be wired to the output of the "Build Path" function, not to the duplicate path out of the "List" function. Also, you need to pass the error cluster around with a shift register. Otherwise you will not catch an error that may have occurred during one of the file rename operations.

Can you somehow use Lightroom to rename RAW files?

Okay let's say in one folder on my hard drive I have three RAW files: _DSC0001.NEF and _DSC0002.NEF and _DSC0003.NEF. Now let's say I have reformatted my memory card so my camera will once again start labeling new images with _DSC0001.NEF.
So let's say now I go out and shoot three more RAW files: _DSC0001.NEF and _DSC0002.NEF and _DSC0003.NEF.
If I try to transfer these brand new images into my original folder there will be some duplicate naming which you can't do.
What I have been doing is going into the new folder that holds the new three images and renaming them: so I change _DSC0001.NEF to _DSC0004.NEF and I change _DSC0002.NEF to _DSC0005.NEF and I change _DSC0003.NEF to _DSC_0006.NEF.
Instead of me having to manually rename each photo I was wondering if I could import these new photos into Lightroom and then tell Lightroom to export these RAW images but starting at the sequence _DSC0004.NEF...and so forth.
I mean I can't have a folder that has this: _DSC0001.NEF and then _DSC0001.NEF.
I hope I have made myself clear.
Or am I doing this all wrong?
And I would want Lightroom to export the original, unedited RAW file. It's just that I would be using Lightroom to rename them to keep proper sequencing.

This is the Help page you should read: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Lightroom/3.0/Using/WSCF140965-2440-4b65-9F88-AA0283034B11.htm l
It can take a little getting used to but once you have you will find it quite easy.
By the way I rename my files with the date first (GW20110514-12345.xxx) which may be useful to you.

Rename all files in a folder?

At the end of everyday on a recent month-long trip, I dumped photos from a card into a folder on my desktop, and cleared the card for the next day's use. Now that I'm back home, I have photos in several folders with the same name (i.e. in folder Monday, file DSC_001 and in Tuesday, file DSC_001).
How can I go in and rename/renumber the files so that if I ever drop them into a common folder, one won't overwrite another?
I have several thousand photos, so renaming each file one by one will take a lot of time.
Thanks for your help!

You've got a built-in file re-namer (if you want to add something before or after the existing name) in a sample Applescript. You don't have to know how to do scripting to use it.
First, turn on the script menu:
1. Double-click the AppleScript Utility program in /Applications/AppleScript to open it.
2. Check both +Show Script Menu In Menu Bar+ and +Show Computer Scripts+.
The little black AppleScript icon appears near the right of your menu bar, listing all the built-in scripts.
3. Close/Quit the utility.
Then, use the Add to File Name script on items in your folder:
1. In the Finder, select the files you want renamed - probably a Select All inside one of the folders you mentioned.
2. From the Script menu, choose Finder Scripts > Add to File Names.
3. In the dialog, type what you want appended to the font name and click the Prefix or Suffix button.
To reverse this at any time, use the Script > Finder Scripts > Trim File Names command.
s.

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I have a rather large scale LabVIEW project that I would like to use as the basis for another similar project, so I just made a copy of the entire project directory. In order to avoid conflicts when switching from one project to another, I would like to rename all the files in the new project directory. I know I can rename the files individually within the project, and LabVIEW will automatically update all dependencies--but is there any way to rename ALL (or at least multiple) files from within the project? Or is there any other way that I can rename a large number of files that will update the dependencies and avoid file conflicts. For simplicity, I would probably just append a prefix/suffix to each filename.
Thank you for your help and suggestions.
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Message Edited by TurboPhil on 07-23-2008 09:08 AM

I wrote a cloner VI just before NI release LV 8.5 where they adde the ability to add a prefix when you do a Source Distribution. Try that.
Ben
Message Edited by Ben on 07-23-2008 11:47 AM
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Importing does not properly rename all files

I am running into a problem where I do not get all my photos renamed as they are imported.
I start an import from a memory card that has 350 Canon raw files. I have set the option to automatically write changes to XMP. I have specified a rename mask so that they have my name, followed by YYMMDD date, then an incrementing sequence number. The first file comes in as "Dazey_071021_0001.cr2", for instance.
After the import is done, I have 350 files, but three of them are copied over with their original filenames, like IMG_0193.CR2. I look in Lightroom and it says that there are 3 missing files. In Lightroom the missing files have the proper "Dazey_" name that they should have, but the files by those names do not exist in the folder because they still have their IMG_ names. It looks like Lightroom copied them to the folder with their original names but didn't correctly rename them.
I have run this import several times with similar results. I also tried copying the files to disk from the card first then choosing the option to Move them during import and ran into the same problem.
Is this a known problem? This is my first attempt to use LR, and I've run into this problem right off the bat.

I forgot to mention, this is on Windows XP Pro, fully up to date with all service packs and updates, and I am using LR 1.2.
I did another test. I took the three IMG_nnnn.JPG files that Lightroom didn't handle correctly and copied them to the incoming folder and imported/renamed just the three of them into a test catalog. All three imported properly and were renamed as they were supposed to be. So Lightroom can handle these particular files ok, the problem is just when it has a larger number of files to import that it begins choking on some.
Is the forum here an appropriate place to ask for technical support or is there a more formal/tracked way? As it stands, I can't use LR if it won't properly import even a few hundred images from a shoot. :(

Renaming all files in a project

I need to change the names of all the files in a RoboHelp 9 project; actually add "en_" to indicate that they are written in english.
I don't suppose there is any easy way to accomplish this?
Thanks,
Dave

Hi Dave and welcome to the RH community.
Unfortunately there is no easy way to do this without manually renaming each topic via the Topic Properties. You could use a find and replace tool but be very careful to ensure that all instances of the file names are picked up (e.g. links, TOC references, Index references, etc.). It is so easy to make a mistake and end up with lots of broken links which is why I'd say the best method is to do this manually.
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Select the icon of your home folder in the sidebar of a Finder window, and open the Info dialog. After unlocking the dialog, eliminate all permissions except "Me: Read & Write" and "Everyone: No Access." From the action menu (with the gear icon at the bottom left corner of the dialog) select "Apply to enclosed items." Close the dialog and try again.

Lightroom 5.3 - Export not applying changes to all file formats

Using Lightroom 5.3 with Camera Raw 8.3 on Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2
Camera is a Canon EOS 70D, working with Raw files.
Just noticed that when applying a range of changes to an image - Tone / Presence / Noise / Crop / Sharpening (and others)
When exporting the image
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Chris.

A RAW file is a RAW file.
DNG is also a RAW format
Lightroom will not alter RAW fomat files on export, as in develop edits.
(it will record those edits in metadata if asked so another application capable of interpreting Lightroom edits can read and apply those edits - like ACR.)
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A colourspace can also be added as appropriate.
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I want to export collections of files from Lightoom.
I want to rename the newely exported files, but I want to use the same file number suffix as the original file.
I also want to embed the oringal file name in the metadata of the newly exported file.
The problem is that, when I go into the File->Export dialog i.e. the "Filename Template Editor" the orginal "file number suffix" is not showing up in what would be the newly created filename. The orginal file number suffix does not appear to be part of the metadata.
The current filename on disk does however have the file number suffix as part of the name.
However it does not seem possible to extract part of the current file name (i.e. the number suffix) on export.
If I rename the files using a number sequence then adding or removing a file will change the sequence on subsequent exports of the collection.
(Not something I want to do, since it would then be difficult to keep track of the images used originate the exported file, if I updated the collection.)
Renaming all my original files is not a viable option since there are too many of them and different exported files may be in more than one collection.
*Any suggestions as to how to get the file naming I want for the exported files, i.e. "placename-oringal file number suffix"?
(Given the file number suffix is missing from the metadata)
*Also I would like to include the existing file name in the metadata of any new file name.
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John said:
> Unless you check "minimize metadata", it should all be there.
No I have not checked this box.
> Second, if you rename your files just before you Export (and not in the Export dialog, but actually rename them by batch
> so the LR name is changed) you'll be able to link them up to the originals much more easily.
No this will not work. My naming method is quite useful for me, but not useful for potential buyers.
When I export collections I want to simplify the names.
> Third, the rename editor is pretty flexible.
Yes I know, usually it is sufficient, but in this case it does not do what I want.
> Finally, all the metadata is there, and searching is much easier via it rather than a complex naming convention
> (not that it's so complex, but getting there may be.
Not sure I completely agree here. My naming method works quite well for organising images and for processing and so on.
Now since I have collections spanning multiple directories and so that I want to export the files with a simplified filename.
I expected to be able to do this using the file name editing template.
The BreezeBrowser renamer is much more flexible than the Lightroom filename template editor, so I may end up using that.
However it will be messy and add a few extra steps. i.e. export to a new directory using the existing filename. Then use Breezebrowser to rename the files by extracting the "file number suffix" from the original filename and making sure there is sufficient information in the new filename to create a one-to-one mapping. Then upload the new files to the website.
I stil don't see how to get the original file name into the metadate of the new filename though?l
Really I should be able to do all this in Lightroom.

Export & Renaming - Newbie to Lightroom seeks answers.

I shoot stills for various networks and fortunately (or unfortunately) Aperture has been pretty good to me as an organizational tool where I can edit down images, maybe do some lighting adjustments if it's on a soundstage, then rename them and add metadata and then export them. It's very easy to batch edit metadata, and everything gets put into the JPEGS and TIFFS that I have to deliver. I shoot (RAW) on Nikon D3S/D4. Aperture renames the masters......and the masters names match the jpeg version names if for some reason I need to go back to it and re-export or tweak something for my portfolio.
Needless to say, on a side-project shoot recently, I decided to take the plunge, get Lightroom 4 and give it a try. I like some of the image editing tools....masks and what not are great. And in my heart I think Lightroom is probably a much better solution in the long run. Like I said, image editing --good results there....but this renaming/exporting business....holy crap. I've spent three days so far trying to do this. Need some of your expert help because my workflow that existed can no longer exist in the Lightroom world.
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I can't make new versions or (in LR wording) virtual copies (say one black and white, and one color) of the same image and export it as an individual. Or rename it in sequence. It always reverts to the master's name. This is very frustrating. I re-order my images (to group certain scenes together) in the library/folder view, then I go to rename, and it's great except for those virtual copies. If I've expanded a stack in a folder, it should rename all images in sequence....it's trying to out think me. And to that end, it's probably working.
But this is a big problem....because I now have two VideoShoot_32_10222012 images (one a color NEF and one a black and white NEF * Copy) and when exported, one is called VideoShoot_32_10222012.jpg and the other is VideoShoot_32_10222012-2.jpg. And of course is not where I want it numbered wise -- in my custom grouping. So it messes that up by one image number.....I've tried different ways to do this. Including just deciding to take one of the copies out and only have the master.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DECIDE TO TAKE IMAGES OUT OF MY LIBRARY TO EXPORT EFFICIENTLY.
So, any pearls of wisdom? Do I have to edit and change metadata (on the raw) in Capture NX2 and then pull into Lightroom? Do I then export images as JPEGS, TIFFS and keep an archived DNG file?
Thanks --
Jeremiah

When LR is told to use the filename in its export naming setup; or when you use the Renaming option for the image file itself; LR has no choice but to repeat the exact same naming for virtual copies, because the same single file is being referred to - both master and virtual copy share that.
But you can include "copy name" within the naming setup at export, as well as the filename. That way, these various versions will each produce consistent, unique-named output (by default, new VCs are created as "Copy 1", "Copy 2" etc but you can then alter that as you wish).
Another thing you could do, is to include a sequence # or image # as part of the export filename - 001, 002, 003... - image 08 of 36 - that kind of thing. But this numbering might easily then differ for future exports of the same image(s) from LR; which is not ideal IMO.

Good evening. When I try to rename a master file or export a master file, it only allows 9 spaces for my new name, even though Aperature 3 allows many more spaces than that for version names. This creates a lot of problems and headaches for me.

Good evening. When I try to rename a master file or export a master file, Aperature 3 only recognizes the first 9 spaces for raw .NEF files, even though it easily uses twice that many spaces for version names. I have a system in place that works really well for me, wherein by changing the file name I can recognize what's important to me just by glancing at the file name, no matter what system it is in, I do not have to open or mouse over anything to know what the file is. My files also arrange themselves in order no matter what file system they are in. Can someone please tell me if there is a setting, or something I am doing wrong, that prevents me from using a longer Master file name. I can't be the only person who would like to have his Master File names correspond to the name that appears in the Aperature library, and would like to use at least 16 spaces (numbers, letters, etc.)
Thanks,
Photo Al

Hi Frank,
As you suggested, I am attaching several screen shots. In the first one you can see how I set up my preset. I used "Custom Name" and "Counter" with a dot between the two drag ins, followed by "D90". I also have a dot to seperate the 8 digits in the Custom Name and make it easier to read.
I then click "OK" which takes us to the second screen shot. Here you can see that in the Example File Name everything looks perfect, and you can see I have clicked on "Apply to Master Files".
In the third screen shot you can see that the version in my library did in fact change correctly. With the "mouse over" pop up screen you can see, however, that the Master File name was changed to "1933.1017.NEF". It failed to carry the "12D90" and if I go to where my masters are stored that is exactly what the name was changed to.
In the fourth screen shot I attempt to export the master. You can see how my "Version Name" is set up.
And finally on the 5th screen shot you see in the File Name Example the name "1933.1017.NEF" once again, which when I export the master is exactly how the name will appear. Since I will export more than one file at a time , a (1) and a (2) etc., will appear at the end of the names because all the files are being given the same "1933.1017.NEF" name.
I hope this reply does a better job of clarifying my problem. I am anxious to see if this is something I simply misunderstood, or if I am simply doing something wrong.
Thanks,
Photo Al

Export Layers To Files - Renaming Script PS CC

On all previous versions of Photoshop, including CS6 (before the recent update to PS CC), I was able to use the ExtendScript Toolkit to edit the PS preset script that adds naming/numbering sequences to files when running the "Export Layers to Files" script. For PS CS 6, I edited the script to remove the automatic naming/numbering of exported layers by editing the following in ExtendScript Toolkit:
In ExtendScript Toolkit CS6 open the Export Layers to Files.jsx (applications/adobe photoshop cs6/presets/scripts/export layers to files.jsx)
on line 1030:
change:
fileNameBody += "_" + zeroSuppress(i, 4);
to:
//fileNameBody += "_" + zeroSuppress(i, 4);
on line 1031:
change:
fileNameBody += "_" + layerName;
to:
fileNameBody += "" + layerName;
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Welcome to the forum.
You would maybe be better served asking in the PhotoShop Scripting Forum
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_scripting
Or even here:
http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/index.php
In general, I think there were changes across the board with the scripting in CC that broke things in PS, IL, ID, etc. I have seen it in both the Illustrator and InDesign scripting forums, previous scripts no longer work as before or are broken, features removed, etc. Sad but true.

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