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This has to do with file naming. I always just went with the camera sequence, but discovered that I could name my images with an address & the number sequence would fall into place 1, 2, 3, etc...This was really handy because I do real estate photography & could have the address for each image. Example: 270 West Seaview Drive-1 for the 1st image then when I went to the 2nd image & exported it would be assigned the same address except it would auto populate -2, i.e. 270 West Seaview Drive-2 & so on for as many images I saved to a folder. It worked great for 2 sets of photos (2 separate addresses) then stopped working, now I get a message saying, Do you wish to overwrite the existing files, skip the existing files, or rename the exported files to avoid collision? Now I have to click Use Unique Names if I want to save the image, have to do this with time Anyone have any ideas what happened? It was a real time saver for identifying images.
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Seems to me that your setup should work. Maybe it's time to reset your preferences and see if that resolves the issue.
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Ok Thx...I loved using it for the short time I had it available. Would that be under Preferences / Presets / Restore File Name Templates?
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If you're using Windows then hold down Ctrl+Alt + Shift while starting Lightroom. If you're on a Mac use the corresponding keystrokes.
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Didn't work, still does it. File Name-1,1-2, 1-3, 1-4 etc...
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Just tried another selection, File Name (x of y), exported 3 images, starts off like this, File Name (1 of 1), File Name (1 of 1)-1, File Name (1 of 1)-2, File Name (1 of 1)-3 etc...this is frustrating.
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Did you have all three images highlighted so that they would be exported in one operation?
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I feel so stupid sometimes, I wasn't thinking, no I did not. Sorry about that, probably will work just fine if I highlighted them. I usually don't do that I save as I go. Do you think by resetting Restore File Name Templates in Preferences / Presets would work then restart? It is a File Name under exporting an image, & those are templates to for Lr to follow once you make a selection. I just don't want to mess something up or I'd try it.
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Well I got that Custom Name Sequence to work properly by highlighting all the images, once you do that it will save as
File Name-1, -2, -3, etc...The first time I did it I didn't have to highlight all the images, it counted in sequence everytime I saved an image.