Renaming multiple files using automator.

hello. i am renaming multiple files using automator. now when i import the images they are in sequential order like dscn001, dscn002 etc... i want to rename it to 001 my pic, 002 my pic, etc...
i am choosing the sequential renaming option. after importing the pics to automator i see to it that i sort them by name so that the new names i provide are in the order of the actual file names ie. 001mypic = dscn001, 002mypic = dscn002, etc..
however, it seems that inspite of sorting then my name they are being renamed randomly. what should i do. this is distrubing the cronological order of the pics.
thanks in advance
Neerav

Well, whenever I rename in sequential order (presorted or otherwise), that is exactly what happens, so I am not sure what is causing your particular problem. If you look at the results of sorting before the rename, you should see that the items are renamed in that order - although the way that they are sorted after the rename may be different. You can easily see this sorting by just adding a prefix/suffix and looking at the differences in how the lists are sorted (sorting by name (numerically) may give you different results). Check out this Apple document to see if this is what is happening.

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