File renumbering in CS2 Bridge

[Titus213]

I seem to be having a bit of an issue with Adobe Bridge and renumber/naming my files (an issue being defined as I can't make it do what I want:lol:).

We just completed a shoot in which we used 2 cameras, a 300D and a 20D, two shooters. I generally sort the images in Bridge by date created which puts them in time shot sequence. This works fine for review but I also would like to renumber them using batch in Bridge and add a 3 digit sequential number to the front of each image replacing the CRW or IMG prefix but retaining the camera number. The problem - it appears that Bridge renumbers the images AFTER putting them back in alpha order so I lose my time line presentation. Does anyone know how to do this retaining the time line sequence? I want my client to review them in the sequence they were shot.

Thanks in advance.

[drparker]

DIM 4.0 (http://www.alanlight.com/dim/Dim.htm)This utility will do just you want plus more. It's part of my work flow.

[tim]

When I use it bridge, sorted by date, it renumbers them in the order that I can see. No idea why it'd be doing the alpha thing for you.

[tim]

DIM 4.0 (http://www.alanlight.com/dim/Dim.htm)This utility will do just you want plus more. It's part of my work flow.

DIM is Digital Image Mover, for downloading cards and renaming on the fly, it's not made for renaming files once they're on your PC.

[Titus213]

Thanks for the help. At least I know now that it should work! It made sense it would work that way so I'll keep trying to figure out why it doesn't.

[drparker]

DIM is Digital Image Mover, for downloading cards and renaming on the fly, it's not made for renaming files once they're on your PC.

It can work with files already on the PC. It makes a copy of the file with the new name. You control input location, output location. It can also create a directory structure and even make backups to another drive. It can automatically delete the originals after the copy, however I like to control all deletes manually.

From a given outing I copy files from all my cards to c:\NewPics\. Then I have it rename them and copy them into a date directory structure c:\images\2006\08\31AUG2006\raw\08312006-104532.cr2 It also put a copy in k:\archive\images\\2006\08\31AUG2006\08312006-104532.cr2. After I verify the copies the cards are formatted and c:\newpics is deleted.

IT has lots of flexibility and plenty of variables to choose from I just use the date variables.

[Titus213]

Well, DUH! If I use rename function in Bridge>Tools>Photoshop>Batch the items are sorted before the functions are applied. If I use the Bridge>Tools>Batch Rename the items are dealt with in the order they appear.

Thanks for the help...

[tim]

Well, DUH! If I use rename function in Bridge>Tools>Photoshop>Batch the items are sorted before the functions are applied. If I use the Bridge>Tools>Batch Rename the items are dealt with in the order they appear.

Thanks for the help...

Why do you do that? Just order them how you want them, hit select all, right click, choose batch rename.

drparker thanks for the info, looks like there's a new version out I didn't know about.

[Titus213]

Why do you do that? Just order them how you want them, hit select all, right click, choose batch rename.

drparker thanks for the info, looks like there's a new version out I didn't know about.

Bad habits? Thanks for the help.

[Reefbone]

When I use it bridge, sorted by date, it renumbers them in the order that I can see. No idea why it'd be doing the alpha thing for you.

Thanks.. glad I searched for this topic before I posted. Your method works without question.:D