Known Participant

Pregunta

renaming files if not based on shooting date anymore

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
September 18, 2023
2 respuestas
1520 visualizaciones

Hi all,

is it only me or with the latest versions of LrC ( > v. 12.2 if I remember correctly) if I rename files inside LrC doing the following:

Date_shootname_sequence

now the date is not the shooting's date anymore but the day when I actually rename the file. Is it a bug or what? This way of renaming is totaly useless to me! I have to use Bridge to do the job! 😞 😞

macOS

Este tema ha sido cerrado para respuestas.

C.Cella

Inspiring

Unfortunately the LrC sequence doesn't reset with each new day.

E.g

10 Photos taken 2023/09/22 and 10 photos 2023/09/23

Select them all and rename with YYYY/MM/DD + sequence (can be done on import).

The sequence would not reset with each new day and you will end with a sequence that goes form 1 to 20 but it's two different days.

So is best to never rename on import with sequence but select each day after import and rename.

Another long standing bug/limitation that has never been fixed.

.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Please do not highjack this thread. The problem the OP claims to have is not with the (known issue with) the sequence number, but with the date that is used.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

Suzanne Mathia

Community Expert

If Lightroom does not see a valid capture date in the image's metadata, it will use the file modification date (which would often be the import date). So you need to verify that the images that you tried to rename do indeed have a valid capture date .

.....Suzanne Mathia

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

I agree with @Suzanne Mathia . Lightroom Classic 12.5 still renames my images correctly, nothing has changed. What must have changed for you is your images...

-- Johan W. Elzenga

johnrellis

Legend

1) I import direct from the internal hard disk where I've previously copied the SD cards.

2) sample photo

3) System Info

Now you have everything! Thanks

[This post contains formatting and embedded images that don't appear in email. View the post in your Web browser.]

When I import that sample photo (or any photo) with Copy As DNG, Copy, or Move, the Sample file name displayed in Import's File Renaming panel shows today's date:

But when the photo is actually imported, LR correctly uses the photo's capture date for renaming:

I tested LR 12.0, 11.0, and 10.4, and the Sample file name always used today's date.

After you let the Import finish, does the photo end up being renamed with the correct date?

Regístrese

Social Login

Bienvenido

Social Login

Escaneando el archivo en busca de virus

Este archivo no se puede descargar