P: Ability to bulk - batch rename files

This is sort of ridiculous. I would love to use Lightroom Classic to bulk rename files, but I have been waiting (since the beginning of November) for Lightroom Classic to sync all of my photos (164,000+); currently, only 63,000 have been synced, so maybe by December of 2023 I can finally use Lightroom Classic!

Adobe needs to fix this before I work with my entire organization to move away from Adobe.

I have used Lightroom over the years (since Aperture was discontinued), then used Capture One for a few years, then just came back to Lightroom recently due to job requirements. I have been asking about this for years now, but it appears Adobe refuses to bring this small feature to the New Lightroom.

This feature has been the major reason why I haven't fully switched over to Lightroom from Lightroom Classic (amongst other, smaller, reasons too). I can't speak for others' workflows, but for my own. So, for the sake of transparency, the following is my typical workflow after an event: 1) Import images into Lightroom Classic, while also adding these images as part of a New Collection (which can be seen in the New Lightroom; I really like being able to see every picture I've taken over the years across all devices!!), then 2) start going through all the images, rating and rejecting, etc.. Then, once finished, 3) I delete the rejected images, THEN 4) perform the Batch Rename command to rename all images respectively, then 5) I export images to their respective folders.

It would be soooooooo much easier if 1) we were able to bring these images directly into the New Lightroom, 2) go through the management/processing of the images in there, 3) Delete the images that aren't useful/helpful, 4) Batch Rename at any time, and 5) export images. I am already aware that what I said above can be done in the New Lightroom, but it's missing the Batch Rename feature....

I am not a fan of using the Batch Rename feature when exporting images in the New Lightroom, as I frankly will not know the picture numbers when a client comes back to me, asking about a certain image.... I also am not a fan of Batch Renaming from Adobe Bridge before bringing them into Lightroom, as I am not sure if there are certain images can be salvaged before going into Lightroom. For instance, there may be an image or two that is a bit too bright, but I won't know if those images will "make the cut" until I actually perform edits on them in Lightroom first (make sense???)....

Instead, I'd like to Batch Rename the images within the New Lightroom, THEN export them at those new file names going forward (hope that made sense!!!)....

Will this feature ever come to the new Lightroom?? Hopefully Adobe will initiate this feature. I look forward to you all's thoughts!!

Ye please batch rename Lightroom mobile!!!

Please add batch rename to Lightroom mobile. 

I like using Lightroom on all devices but the one feature missing is batch rename for photos. 

This would make it my dream photoshop application!

Can you do it??

 Thanks 

Cathal 

Lightroom Cloud has some good things about it. There are a few things this app needs to make it a whole lot better. ADOBE please listen.......

1 Batch Naming and Renaming of files with a key shortcut. 

2 Bin symbol shortcut to easily get rid of bad photos

3 Take a high res photo from a video

4 Able to name videos

Please grant me my wishes....

Renaming files is the only way to "lock in" a particular order when files have manually been reordered.  Otherwise the reordering is at risk of being lost while doing other operations.  For example I reorder a series of 150 files, then I run "enhance" on all of them - the ordering gets lost in the enhanced versions.  Please give us this.

I know there probably has been a lot on this topic, but unable to rename file on lightroom is truly something that I scratch my head on. I do product photography and I go through a lot of file renaming in order to keep everything organized. I transitioned from classic to cloud-based and realized this simple function isn't available (actually a lot of stuff got simplified, not just renaming). I find it very odd and is hoping if there are anyone that can explain the complication on the developer end on not adding renaming function? 
Honestly I probably would have stayed using classic if i knew, but I already spent days importing everything over. 

This is essential.

It was in Elements. There is no reason why it couldn't be in Lightroom as well.

When you import photos directly from the camera to the Ipad, you basically skip the step of EOS Utility (or equivalent), which renames properly all the imported files, and also adds the copyright in the raw file.

For the direct import to iPad's Lightroom to work well, it needs to do this, otherwise, we have to go the long way: through the PC and the EOS Utility

Many thanks in advance !

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