I was wondering if anyone out there has a workflow where you get rid of your junk photos/videos through bridge, batch rename your files for organization (also in bridge) and then import them into Lightroom? I use Lightroom and not camera raw because I have vsco film pack presets that I like to use on my photos. Does anyone have a similar workflow like this that is better than how I'm doing it?
will LR remember and link
An emphatic- No.! Lightroom will have lost its links with all files that have a name change using Adobe Bridge.
When files have been imported to the Lightroom Catalog, do NOT use any other program to rename files.(Rule 1)
You can though rename with Bridge BEFORE you import NEW files to Lightroom.
If you re-import any renamed files they do not have any editing changes or history.
This is a major problem for many when they rename 'outside' of Lightroom. To correct the Lr-Catalog can be difficult and can often only be done by restoring photos from a backup that have not been renamed, or you have to change all the names back to 'original' (Can you remember what they were???)
It's like this- If Bill Brown changes his name to Fred Smith, you will never find him in an old telephone book.
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