Sorting and renaming

300 pics need to be sorted chronologically the batch renamed 01-300. What's the best way? Photoshop? Bridge (spent 4 hours in bridge and it qite during batch rename, thus lost the whole new order) or lightroom?

If you're on a PC, I use Bulk Rename Utility Very powerfull, and free!

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    I am new to the area of XMP data so bare with this inquiry..
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    Or is there a way I can access the data through xml. Perhaps through XML I can load the images in order to the resulting file ( in this case a flash movie.)
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    Greetings,
                 I have produced such a command line tool a long time ago that should do this, I have recently re-released the tools. Even though, the tools are still in BETA stage, you can get them here:
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  • Automate a sorting and renaming process.

    Hi everyone. I am working on automating a Finder sorting/renaming/moving to folders process with applescript (or through filemaker) and was wondering if anyone on here could point me in the right direction.
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  • Do you know of a simple way of sorting and deleting duplicate photos on  aperture

    Hi , Do you know of a simple way of sorting and then deleting duplicate photos on Apeture.
    Thanks Phil

    There is no simple way. The best strategy really is to take care not to import duplicates.
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    If you imported exactly the same file multiple times, sorting your images in the Finder by filename or creation date will display them side by side.
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  • Download multiple files and rename

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  • How to do this kind of Move and Rename? Please help.

    I save pictures a lot, and usually they clutter up on my Desktop until I organize them later into category folders. My folders are like this:
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    I'd like to be able to click on the cluttered pictures on my Desktop, select my Automator action (Move and Rename), and then have the Automator pop-up ASK me where I want to put the pictures (because I have a lot of folders, such as "Vacation Pictures," "Pet Pictures"), then ASK me what to rename them. Or, better yet, I want Automator (or maybe another program) to automatically know what to rename the files based on what folder I select to move them to. For example, if I first direct the pictures to be moved to the "Vacation Pictures" folder, in which all the files are Vacation_1, Vacation_2, Vacation_3, etc., I want the program to automatically rename the newly-moved pictures and continue the existing sequence by going Vacation_54, Vacation_55, etc.
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  • Is it possible to do this kind of Move and Rename?

    I save pictures a lot, and usually they clutter up on my Desktop until I organize them later into category folders. My folders are like this:
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    Is this at all possible to do? If so, could someone explain how? Thank you so much!

    Hello
    You may try something like the code below.
    Save it as application, drag-drop the files onto it. It will ask you the destination folder and then do its tasks, hopefully.
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    on open aa
    main(aa)
    end open
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