Is there any way to find the original file name of a picture after it has been approved?

[Gentle.Cam]

I upload my files with the original file name into Adobe. If the picture is rejected, the website shows the original file name and I can easily find the file on my computer and work on fixing it. However, there are times that I need to know the original file name of my picture after it has been approved on Adobe. I could not find any way to find the original file name. If this option is not available what strategy do you use to find your approved pictures after a few years on your computer? 

Any feedback is appreciated

Thank you

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

I don't think so, which is why I always paste the original file name in as my last keyword. I use the Lightroom Classic built-in Publish Service to upload all my images to Adobe Stock. I attached keyword "Adobe Stock" to every image in that collection and I set the Color Label to Green to each of those images. In that manner, when I'm browing through folders of images in LRC I can easily spot those that have already been submitted to Adobe Stock. Similarly, I add a keyword "ASR" for Adobe Stock Reject to each rejected image so that I won't accidentally try to resubmit it.

[Gentle.Cam]

I always paste the original file name in as my last keyword.

By @Jill_C

This is brilliant. I didn't know we can embed file names in the keywords. 

Thank you.

[George_F]

I use a similar method @Jill_C!  I use a keyword that filters images into a smart collection.  I have 30 or so keywords that filter into various smart collections to keep track of where I post photos on the web.

[mccjeff]

We can't see the file names after content is accepted.

I keep my stock images in a stock folder and I am organizing them by subject matter. That makes it easy to track down the photos that I need to find later on.

[Nancy OShea]

Do you use Adobe Bridge to manage your files?  It's a very useful tool.

• Organize your assets with labels, ratings, metadata, and keywords.
• Use advanced filters, collections, and search to find the assets you’re looking for

https://www.adobe.com/products/bridge.html

[Gentle.Cam]

Thank you. I will give Adobe Bridge a try. 

[Smn Jlt]

I know this is an old topic, but I was facing a similar issue when trying to map an Adobe ID to a Filename so I could keep a clean record of my uploaded pictures in my own database. The original filename is no longer visible once the picture is approved, but somehow it still exist, buried in the JavaScript of your Dashboard.

I've made a simple Python script that can help finding the original filename, and link it to the Adobe ID. Basically you just need to download the Dashboard html page for the pictures you're interested in and run the script to recover the original filenames. Link to the script in my GitHub.

Hope that it could be helpful to other folks!

[Jill_C]

I copy my original file name to the last keyword field. 

[RALPH_L · Accepted solution]

Yes it is possible, but it is a little work. 
Look at the HTML source code of the dashboard page showing the thumbnail of the image. Search through the source code for "original_name".  You will find something like this "%22original_name%22%3A%222019_06_05_9184-Edit-Edit.jpg" for each thumbnail that is shown.
By the way, there is also a lot of other information such as: sales, downloads, keywords and so forth which are included.

[Smn Jlt]

Exactly, you can do it manually or run a RegEx to extract all File Names and IDs, it'll give you something like this: "%22%2C%22original_name%22%3A%22(.*?)%22%2C%22.*?F220_F_(.*?)_". That's the reason why I made the script (had to do this for thousands of pictures).  There's a ton of useful information that could be extracted from there as well, to your point.

[RALPH_L]

I also have a script that goes through and strips the information from each of my dashboard pages and save the data in a XML file. That way, I can sort through and search my images. Selecting an image places up to 10 Adobe Image ID's in my clipboard.  I then can paste the ID's  in the search textbox on my dashboard so that I can edit those images in Adobe.

[Smn Jlt]

Happy to share my strategy too! Basically I have a main database on Google Sheets with all my pictures, one tab for Adobe, one for Shutterstock, so I can cross reference my approved shots accross both platforms using the filename as primary key. This enables me to run cross-platforms analytics. as well Right now all my pictures are in the Cloud but I'm planning to add a cold backup as well.

[Jill_C]

In Lightroom Classic, I move stock-worthy images to the Adobe Stock Publish Service, then I add a green color label to all images in that collection as well as the keywords "Adobe Stock". Thus, I can tell in any folder in my catalog which images have already been submitted to Adobe Stock. If any are rejected aster review, I add a keyword "ASR" for Adobe Stock Reject.