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P: Ability to bulk - batch rename files

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
October 19, 2017
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Lightroom CC - Renaming in bulk. This is another important feature from Lightroom which appears not to have made it (yet) to Lightroom CC.
Everyone has there own renaming strategy (don't they?). Once I have applied keywords and corrected location details, I bulk rename to include date, location and primary keyword in the file title. OK - that may be overkill, but does help people I am selling images to.
Bulk renaming - for whatever reason and using whatever system - is an important tool for DAM and support for it in Lightroom CC would be appreciated.

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J B N

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Really?!! Has Christmas come early?! I was literally just today sitting down to give Capture One a try because this is such a blocker in my workflow and have been feeing really down about the direction Adobe is taking their software.

Eveything you all can do to champion real photographers making real photographs and using professional workflows the better.

This AI nonsense has got to have run its course by now and doesn't need any more resources given to it. Generative AI by design makes up fake details and we already live in a world where our leaders are telling us not to believe our eyes and ears. We don't need photographers faking eveything to create a non-existent reality. *steps down from soapbox*

Rikk Flohr_Photography

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@jacobr33949256 It shouldn't be too much longer.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

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jacobr33949256

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Why is this STILL not an option? Sometimes I can't rename them before I bring them into Lightroom CC...

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RSquared

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Ability to Rename files in LR in addition to LR Classic is needed

brianrolfephoto

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More and more I'm using (non Classic) Lightroom on my Mac desktop but still have to import my edits to Classic to remame the files, can we please add this option to Lightroom? Currently having this extra step slows down my workflow when everything else I can do in the cloud based version. I much prefer this version over 'Classic' so would much rather use just the one.

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G Peterson

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We definitely need both automation and bulk renaming feature, like in Classic and Bridge

It's amazing that it doesn't exist in the workflow.

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bman111111

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It is very stupid that this feature is not existed in the first place. It is even more stupid that it has taken years for Adobe to take any action.

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x3DGime

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It is now 2024-09-13 and rename file(s) in Lightroom CC (the cloud based) still not available!

The post and my comment are NOT about naming when exporting, but about the ability to rename photo(s) in Lightroom itself!
ADOBE, WILL YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS NEEDS?!

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TJM JHWY

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Another reason bulk renaming is important is that I often sort folders by name, not capture time. Currently I have to rename everything in Bridge prior to importing to the Cloud. Would be much easier to rename in Lightroom. Also, if I take photos with the Lightroom Camera, I now have to export those images, rename them, then reimport them. Again, this would be much easier with a batch rename.

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TJM JHWY

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When Lightroom Cloud was announced, I was really excited for it. Unfortunately, there were just too many omissions of features so I remained a Lightroom Classic user. With Lightroom 7.3, that finally changed to where the benefits of the Cloud outnumbered the benefits of remaining with Lightroom Classic. I took the plunge an switched my entire catalog to Lightroom.

Having done that, there are still a few things that I miss from Classic that I hope to see Adobe address. Below is my wish list for new features in the order that I would find them useful:

1. Batch file rename. My file naming provides me important information about my images. Since my change, I now have to use Bridge to rename my files prior to moving them to the cloud. I would be much easier to simply do this in Lightroom. Also, would be helpful if using the Lightroom Camera or other camera that is importing directly to Lightroom (would save exporting - renaming - importing).

2. The ability to reorder the Edit panels like in Classic. This would really help with my workflow as I have a particular order that I like to do things. It would also be nice if the Preset panel could be part of the Edit module instead of sticking out and shrinking my image.

3. I miss having the Color Labels and having them displayed in the little box next to stars and flags. I can live without them, but it sure would be nice to have them.

4. Smart Collections are another feature that I found useful that I miss.

5. I have two monitors and do miss having the second screen support.

6. When in Grid View with the right panel open, I get a message about edit controls only being available in detail view. Why not simply make Info view the default (or selectable as the default) to display information on whatever picture I have selected in Grid view.

7. Please make the text in the camera/lens information block brighter and easier to read. The dim gray is just too hard to see. All of the other fields (File Name, City, etc. are. bright white and easy to read).

8. When importing files from the Archive File, provide an option to delete those imported files from the Archive.

And finally, one thing that will not benefit me but would benefit others, the ability to send a Lightroom Classic Catalog and Master Image Files to Adobe on a hard drive for initial upload to the cloud. My Library was 2.1 TB, I have the best internet available in my somewhat rural area, and it still took a week to upload to the cloud.

That’s all. Just a few suggestions from one Classic user that had moved to the Cloud. I hope there is some way to implement as many of these as possible in the not too distant future.

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