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Using Batch Rename to change filenames to Title Case

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Hi there,

Can anyone help me with a script to change filenames from:

SURNAME Firstname.psd

to

Surname Firstname.psd

Thanks for any help.

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Stephen MarshCorrect answer

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Unless you need to incorporate the rename into another script, you don’t need scripting to do this, the standard Batch Rename tool is more than capable!

The following is just the first method that I came up with… I am hoping to come up with a more elegant solution.

I tried to make it robust so that it would work with any combination of uppercase/lowercase patterns.

Stephen Marsh

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I have just posted a simple Title Case script:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/bridge-discussions/script-to-batch-rename-as-title-case/td-p/14319096

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Stephen_LAuthor

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Thanks Stephen. This worked perfectly. I've since discovered I can use Automator to achieve the same result, but it's nice to be able to stay in Bridge. Although I still can't believe they don't include this as an option. Thanks again!

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Stephen Marsh

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Agreed, it should be a standard option along with original/upper/lowercase. Sadly when it comes to Bridge, there are many things that are hard to believe.

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Stephen Marsh

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Unless you need to incorporate the rename into another script, you don’t need scripting to do this, the standard Batch Rename tool is more than capable!

The following is just the first method that I came up with… I am hoping to come up with a more elegant solution.

I tried to make it robust so that it would work with any combination of uppercase/lowercase patterns.

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Stephen Marsh

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Extending the previous method, this one adds an extra step to swap the order around from Surname Firstname to Firstname Surname.

NOTE: I have not made this workable with names such as McDonald Ronald, which would end up as Ronald Mcdonald so take care. Same goes for 3 word names, hyphenated names etc. You need to know your own data.

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Stephen_LAuthor

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Ha. Yes. This is exactly an issue for me (and same for all the O'Names as well), but in my case it's simple enough for me to correct these ones by hand.

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