Possible to export photos with the name of their collection as part of file name?
Is there any way to export anentire collection of photos in Lightroom Classic such that the collection name is appended to the file name on output? Way back when I used Aperature it was a feature I used often and I’m really missing it.
One of my ongoing projects is to document sea turtle necropsies. Included in each image is an ID number for the turtle. As part of my workflow after it import, I apply those numbers as keywords, along with other identifying terms. A tedious job because there can be thousands of photos at the end of a long day. This is the only way I’m able to retrieve them later without going nuts. I often then sort the turtles into separate collections with the ID number as the name. Makes things easier. When I export the photos for researchers, I like to include the turtle ID in the filename along with the original, but it’s drudge work to do that for what is sometimes hundreds of turtles, and thousands if I need to share from multiple years. Especially as I’ve already done the work during the initial workflow stages.
And the question is, is there an easy way to export a collection with the collection name added to the beginning of each filename? I know I can add any text to an exported file, and I can cchange filename later through Bridge or with a perl script or something. But I am really hoping for something much easier and less time consuming. All this is volunteer work, and I enjoy it, but not the tedium at the end.
Thanks for any advice, suggestions, hacks, fixes, or reality checks.
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