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kenf51
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December 22, 2018
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Batch rename files in PSE 15

  • December 22, 2018
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Hello,

I am quite new to Photoshop but not to computers. I am running PSE15 on a windows 10 computer.  I am switching from Picasa to PSE 15, so far so good. 

My question: I have thousands of photos already within an existing file structure.  I would like to totally replace the original filename for each file in a folder with a base name that represents the folder it resides in followed by a sequential number and I would like to do it as a batch process, one folder at a time, from within PSE 15.  Is this possible?  A google search turned up many references to a Photoshop menu item called "Process multiple files" in PSE 12 and earlier, and it sounded like just what I needed but I can not find that menu in PSE 15.  Was it removed?  Replaced with something else?  Am I just missing it? 

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

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解決に役立った回答 Peru Bob

File > Process multiple files from the Editor in Expert Mode.

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kenf51
kenf51作成者
Inspiring
December 22, 2018

Thank you very much for your quick answer, Peru Bob.  I was attempting to do this in the Elements Organizer, but apparently it can't be done there.  I will experiment with it in the Editor and see if it will do what I want.

Greg_S.
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Greg_S.Community Expert
Community Expert
December 22, 2018

What is your reason for changing the file name structure?  If you intend to use the Organizer as it is designed, it really doesn't matter where you store your files or what you call them.  The Organizer maintains a database of your files, and if you use its tools, you can find any photo on your computer almost instantaneously.

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Neb1
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May 24, 2020

How did you manage to reconnect the renamed files?

As a matter of fact, I just tested to rename a folder outside of the catalog, and I did not succeed. That folder contained both the originals and the version sets. I tried again with the same folder (313 files) after removing the files from version sets. All the files were reconnected in a few seconds.

So, I'll need more tests to see the conditions for reconnecting renamed files successfully.

 

I recommended  before to to a backup before trying the rename/reconnect. It's quicker to simply keep:

- a simple copy of the original folder

- a simple copy of the whole catalog folder.

 

If anything fails, replace the faulty folder and start again with the catalog copy.

 


MichelBParis said:

I have succeeded to rename all files in a folder tree like this and to get them reconnected [...] As a matter of fact, I just tested to rename a folder outside of the catalog, and I did not succeed.

 

Hmm, I didn't really get it...

 

For anyone coming along this renaming-and-reconneting-thing: I did some time-consuming tests on reconnecting renamed files, it works reliably (for me), as long as only the filename (!) is changed, nothing else, especially not any metadata or the case (!) of the file extension.

 

Interestingly, there is a tag in the Exif specification called DocumentName which is meant for situations like this where you derive a photo from a source with a different name. If you use ExifToolGUI for renaming of files, the original filename is written into this tag by default making reconnecting not work, so you have to switch that off. I find this very strange, as such a thing would be of great help for reconnecting, so I am really wondering why this inhibits reconnecting rather than helping it a lot. Only Adobe knows...

 

Second, if the filename changes and the case (!) of the extension changes at the same time, reconnecting also fails. At the same time, if you change only the case for photos already connected with the filename remaining as is, Elements doesn't even notice, that you changed the case of the extension. So the workflow is, in case you want to change filename and case of extension: Change filename first, reconnect, change case of extension. Only Adobe know, why...

 

As you can see, the reconnecting algorithm is very powerful, robust, well-designed, intuitive, transparent, simply a masterpiece of excellent software engineering so that it brings pure pleasure working with it. Pleasure is by the way the only reason to work with it, there is no real need, as the file and folder processing capabilities of Elements are so powerful that there will never be a need to do anything like this outside of Elements. Only very, very exotic options such as batch file renaming based on Date Time Original can't be found that really no one has ever asked for anywhere.

 

Seriously, I can't believe this...

Peru Bob
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December 22, 2018

File > Process multiple files from the Editor in Expert Mode.

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