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Naming options

Lightroom uses the same naming options for importing, renaming, and exporting photos.

Custom Name (x of y)
Names the auto-imported photos using a custom name, followed by sequential numbers in relation to the total number of photos being imported. For example, 1 of 10, 2 of 10, 3 of 10, and so forth.

Custom Name - Original File Number
Names the auto-imported photos using a custom name, followed by the photos’ original filenames.

Custom Name - Sequence
Names the auto-imported photos using a custom name, followed by sequential numbers starting with the number you specify.

Custom Name
Names the auto-imported photos using a name you specify.

Date - Filename
Names the auto-imported photos using the creation date, followed by the photos’ original filenames.

Filename - Sequence
Names the auto-imported photos using the photos’ original filenames, followed by sequential numbers starting with the number you specify.

Filename
Names the auto-imported photos using the photos’ original filenames.

Edit
Names the auto-imported photos using the options you set in the Filename Template Editor. See The Filename Template Editor and Text Template Editor.


Comments


DatacomSystems said on Jun 27, 2007 at 2:53 PM :
It would be good to see details of the differences between Import, Image and Sequence numbers in the file naming functionality within the image import process.

Stephen
No screen name said on Jul 9, 2007 at 2:49 PM :
When renaming files with name involving a number sequence, is there any way of choosing the number of digits involved in the sequence? Starting with the number 1 - as opposed to 0001 - causes sequence problems with other programmes which sequence file names differently. Photoshop offers that choice.
No screen name said on Jul 10, 2007 at 6:21 AM :
1. Select the photos and choose Library > Rename Photos.
2. Choose Edit from the File Naming pulldown menu.
3. Specify an option from the Sequence and Date section.
No screen name said on Dec 26, 2007 at 8:21 PM :
Can MetaData presets be used as part of a custom filename during autoimport?

i.e can I specifiy the job identifier in the metadata presets, and then add a sequence number to the job identifier to make it the name of the auto imported file?

Mike
Anita Dennis said on Jan 2, 2008 at 1:11 PM :
No, metadata presets can't be used as you describe. However, you could simply type in the job identifer in the Filename Template Editor, then insert a sequence number token, to import photos with the naming scheme you're trying to achieve.
richardlawler said on May 3, 2008 at 1:28 PM :
Please help define the difference between "Image number", "Sequence number" and "Total number".

"Sequence number" is fairly obvious in that the rename dialog then presents a "Start number" field.

"Image number" and "Total number" are a bit more ambiguous.

Some cameras will embed a unique image number in each photo's metadata. Is that "image number"?

And is "Total number" the number of photos that have been imported into the catalog?
buttermybagel said on Jul 12, 2008 at 11:28 AM :
I'd like to second richardlawler's question.

In the Filename Template Editor

What is the difference between:

Import#
Image#
Sequece#
Total#

When I'm shooting and importing images into Lightroom, I'd like to give them
a name like this:

paris_20080712_001

with the 001 representing the total number of shots taken that day. I don't
mind if I have to reset the total number every day, but I don't want to set it
every time I put a card in the card reader (the Bridge importer remembers the
number of the last image imported). I could use the camera generated
number instead of the "001" but then shots done with different cameras
would be separated.

Does that make sense?

 

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