Original File Name Truncation On Export

[jjgervasi]

Subject: Lightroom Classic 14.4 – Export Bug Dropping File Name Text

Product: Lightroom Classic
Version: 14.4
Operating System: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

Issue Description:

I've encountered a bug in Lightroom Classic version 14.4 concerning filename behavior during export.

As part of my workflow, I round-trip headshots and portraits through external editors—primarily Evoto and Photoshop—launched directly from Lightroom. To keep files organized, I append “Edit” to the filename during the editing sequence. After passing through both programs, the returned file typically has a name format of "subject name-##-Edit-Edit.tif"

Lightroom serves as my base for initial edits, file management, and exporting client-ready files. I use export presets that apply a custom name followed by the original filename. However, I've noticed that Lightroom is now dropping the second “Edit” from the filename during export. This issue is consistent across all my export presets and only began recently.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open a RAW file in Lightroom Classic 14.4.
2. Launch the file to Evoto for editing.
3. Return the edited file to Lightroom with “Edit” appended to the filename.
4. Repeat the process using Photoshop, resulting in a filename like “subject name-##-Edit-Edit.tif”
5. Export the file using a preset that combines a custom name with the original filename and convert typically to JPEG. Example of “Custom” plus “Original” file name combined to be exported “jgphotoarts- subject name-##-Edit-Edit.tif”
6. Observe the exported filename: second “Edit” is missing. Example “jgphotoarts- subject name-##-Edit.jpg”

Expected Behavior: Export should retain the entire original filename, including both instances of “Edit.”

Actual Behavior: The second “Edit” is dropped during export, causing file name inconsistency.

Impact: This affects workflow organization, injects confusion regarding which file was actually exported and increases the chance of mislabeling or overwriting files in client delivery.

[richardplondon · Accepted solution]

Two of the file naming 'tokens' that can be used when exporting: Filename, and Original Filename.

Depending on the specifics of what metadata has been preserved through a particular image's editing "career", which is what it is looking for, Original Filename may report the starting camera filename. Or will report later naming info, if that is what it now finds in the relevant metadata field. 

But AFAIK, in my experience, Filename (without the "original") refers directly to the current file info for the image being exported.

[jjgervasi]

Thank you for your help. The problem is solved.  I had to edit the preset to use the "file name" token instead of "original file name". 

[jjgervasi]

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[johnrellis]

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The Evo app may be the culprit here -- it might not be retaining a particular metadata field added by LR, XMP:PreservedFileName, in which LR remembers the original file name.

After step 3 in your recipe above:

1. Go to Library and select the TIFF returned by Evo.

2. In the Metadata panel, select the Default tagset.

3. Click the Customize button at the bottom of the panel and check Basic Info > Preserved File Name and > Original File Name.

4. Post a full-resolution screenshot (not a phone pic) of the Metadata panel, e.g.