Re: Naming multiple same-type picture files at once

From: re (re_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:25:05 -0700

Is there a way I can keep the names of the photos different and still number
them? I want to put them on cd but I do not want them to come out of the
order that I took them. I named them according to photo, for future
reference.

"Yves Alarie" wrote:

> If you need to batch rename and number, you can do this easily with XP.
>
>
>
> Copy the photos to a new folder.
>
> Open the new folder. Hold the Ctrl key down and press the letter A. This
> will select (highlight in blue) all the files in the folder.
>
> Right click on the first file (important to right click on the first file
> because renaming will start from there).
>
> Click on Rename on the opening menu.
>
> Type in the name you want, to replace the current name. Any system will
> work, such as year, month, event. For example type in:
>
> 2003_09_Virginia Beach Vacation (1).jpg
>
> and press Enter.
>
> XP will automatically rename all the files (1), (2), (3), etc. and they will
> open in the order (1), (2), (3), etc. If you copy them to a CD, this order
> will be maintained.
>
>
>
> Two important things when renaming using the above method.
>
> 1. Look at the name of the above file, you must include a space between the
> last character of the file name and (1)
>
> 2. When you rename, don't forget to add .jpg after (1). If you forget, XP
> will warn you, so enter .jpg after this warning. If you don't, you will not
> be able to open the file. If you still do not enter .jpg after the warning,
> don't worry. Rename again and enter .jpg
>
>
>
> You can rename any time and as many times as you want. You are not dependent
> on the camera wizard to rename.
>
> You can rename portions of files in a folder, just select the group you want
> and right click on the first one and rename from there.
>
>
>
> You can do even better than this. Suppose you want a slide show and you want
> the last three pictures taken to be the first three or in between some other
> photos. Easy to do. Open the folder in thumbnail view, use your mouse to
> place them in the order you want. Select all the photos and rename. The (1),
> (2), (3), etc will be added in the order you placed the thumbnails. They
> will stay in this order if you copy to a CD.
>
> Convenient if you want to make a slide show of pictures from different
> folders. Just make a new folder, copy the photos you want in the new folder,
> place the thumbnails in the order you want and rename.
>
> You are not restricted to only one name and you can control the order in
> which each group will open, by placing a number up front of the file name
> for each group. You may have photos of Christmas, Easter, New Year etc. and
> of different years. Once you have the thumbnails in the order you want,
> select the first group, right click on the first thumbnail in the group and
> rename:
>
> 1_2002 Easter (1).jpg
>
> Then select the second group and rename
>
> 2_2002 Christmas (1).jpg
>
> Placing 1_, 2_, etc in front will control the order of each group and (1)
> controls the order within each group.
>
> If you want to add another group later and you want these photos to be, say
> between 1_ and 2_, use 1a_ in front of the file name.
>
> You may also want to add some more photos in a particular group, say your
> Christmas group. No problem. Copy the files in the folder, move the
> thumbnails in the group you want to add them to. Select all the thumbnails
> in the group, right click on the first one and rename. When you rename, you
> must change the name in order for rename to take place. Add something like
> XYZ after Christmas. Once renaming is done, select the same files again and
> rename again. Remove the XYZ and you will be back to the original name.
>
>
>
> Note: There is a disadvantage to changing the original name of files. This
> is why I recommend at the start to make a new folder and copy your original
> files in the new folder before renaming. The disadvantage is this. Many have
> the option of video out from the camera to display the pictures from the
> memory card to a TV for a slide show. If you change the file names and copy
> the files back to your memory card to display on your TV (or even to just
> look at them on the LCD of the camera) your camera will not be able to read
> the files. You can always rename, using the same format (8 characters) that
> your camera uses, but now you have to rename each file. So, be careful what
> you do with your original files.
>
>
>
> Note: Although I recommend making a new folder and copying your files there
> before renaming, there is also another way to do this and you may prefer
> this once you are comfortable with renaming. Here is how to do it.
>
> Open the folder to see your files. Hold the Ctrl key down and press the
> letter A to select (highlight in blue) all the files. Hold the Ctrl key down
> and press the letter C. This makes a copy of all the files to your
> clipboard. Hold the Ctrl key down and press the letter V. This copies
> (pastes) all the files back in your folder. The file names will be the same,
> but the words "Copy of" will be in front of the file names. You then rename
> Copy of files.
>
> This way your original files and renamed files are in the same folder.
>
> This is also very useful when you want to edit a photo with software. You
> always edit "Copy of", never edit your original file.
>
>
>
> You can also use the free Irfanview software to batch rename, available
> here: http://www.irfanview.com/
>
> Another for free is Visere available here:
>
> http://www.dmmd.net/products/products.htm
>
>
>
> Or many others if you search via google. They all have their quirks.
>
>
>
> A final note, if your head is not spinning by now.
>
> When you use the above batch renaming system on XP, everything will work as
> long as you are on XP. This means your XP hard drive, copy to CD etc.
> However if you go out of XP you will encounter some problem. For example,
> you made a photo CD on XP using the above system and you now play this CD in
> your DVD. Your DVD player will not play the files in the same order. You
> made the files:
>
> Image (1).jpg
>
> Image (2).jpg
>
> Image (10).jpg
>
> Image (20).jpg
>
> They will be displayed in this order on XP but your DVD player will display
> them this way:
>
> Image (1).jpg
>
> Image (10).jpg
>
> Image (2).jpg
>
> Image (20).jpg
>
> If you want to upload these files to a Web site, some server will refuse
> files with ( ) in the file name while others will accept them but will
> display them the same way as your DVD player will as shown above.
>
>
>
> So, what are you supposed to do with this conflict between XP and everything
> else.
>
> This is what I do.
>
> 1. Rename with XP with the system given above.
>
> 2. If I want to copy to a CD to play to a DVD or upload to a Web site, I
> then use Irfanview. With Irfanview I rename my XP files using the default in
> Irfanview:
>
> 001.image
>
> 002.image
>
> etc.
>
> Since Irfanview does not actually rename your original XP file names, it
> only adds new file names in the same folder, I now have two sets of names
> for the same files. I simply copy the Irfanview set of file names to a CD to
> play on a DVD or to upload to a Web site and once done just delete them.
>
>
>
> I know your head may be spinning about all this renaming but you can really
> manipulate things very well by just sitting down and understanding the
> system. With a little practice you can get what you want.
>
> However, before renaming, make sure you make a new folder and copy some
> photo files there so you can practice with no danger to your original files.
>
>
>
> "Lukeus" <Lukeus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E9ACEFB-F917-4A74-B663-81D52392806E@microsoft.com...
> > How do I name similar pictures simultaneously (ie my dog 1, my dog 2)
> >
> > I have seen and stumbled across this feature in action on my own PC but
> have not yet figured out the key sequence or combo to get it to work (Seems
> to be shift + "")
> >
> > Much gratitude to the answer holder
>
>
>

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