Script to batch rename, have first file as a number, the rest sequential alphabetical

thumbs .name = newNameU + variant[(counter)] + '.jpg';

counter++;

catch(e){

app.synchronousMode = false;

app.document.refresh();

Title = selectedFile.name;

Community Expert

Moving this thread to the Bridge Scripting forum.

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LumigraphicsCorrect answer

Legend

You really need a script for this. Is there a list of what files use what filenames? I have a rename script that I use in production, this is a modified version that will accept an input and rename selected files based on that. You could enumerate as many variants as you needed.

#target bridge

if(BridgeTalk.appName == 'bridge'){

FT = MenuElement.create('command', 'Rename', 'at the end of Tools');

FC = MenuElement.create('command', 'Rename', 'after Thumbnail/Open', this.menuID);

}

FT.onSelect = function(){

Renamer1();

}

FC.onSelect = function(){

Renamer1();

}

function Renamer1(){

app.synchronousMode = true;

var thumbs = app.document.selections;

var newName = '';

var newNameU = '';

var Title = [];

var counter = 0;

var variant = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'];

try{

newName = prompt('Enter part number');

if(newName != null){

newNameU = newName.toUpperCase();

for (var a in thumbs){

var selectedFile = thumbs.spec;

Title = (Title .split( '.' ))[0];

thumbs .name = newNameU + variant[(counter)] + '.jpg';

counter++;

catch(e){

app.synchronousMode = false;

app.document.refresh();

andrewn63997035Author

Participating Frequently

I will give this a try!

So how it works is the client gives me a spreadsheet that has three columns. One is the UPC, Title Description (not important on my end) and the image span. For Example:

UPC Description Image Number

982371818 Fleece Blanket 2013-2017

All 2400 images are in the same folder. To answer a few other individuals questions the image sequences are under 27 images. They are usually 8-15 images per UPC.

So for this section of the script, I would just keep adding letters to it, perhaps the max images I believe would correlate up to Z if needed yet?

var variant = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z];

I appreciate everyone's input on this so far. I've been a designer for over a decade and have recently been getting into larger scale production levels.

Community Expert

Also, how many images do you have within a set of UPC codes? 27 or less?

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

Further to Chuck’s second suggestio, I’d just select one file then batch rename without the sequential alpha character/s.

Then invert the selection and batch rename again, adding the sequential alpha.

Should be pretty fast to do with keyboard shortcuts and presets.

andrewn63997035Author

Participating Frequently

I have over 2400 images and there are over 800 image sets. How can I invert the selection? I understand the batch rename for the singular image but don't know what you mean by inverting the selection to name the rest. Thanks for any additional input!

Community Expert

How do you get the UPC number? Is it a folder name?