Batch rename when shooting with 2 cameras

How do you guys handle the fact that when you shoot with 2 cameras, the file names are non-sequential? I have images starting at IMG_41xx and then images starting at IMG_95xx from my second body. I shot both throughout the whole wedding, so I don't want the couple to go through all the pictures from the first body only to discover the the wedding day has suddenly started over when the second body's photos come in!

I see there is a batch rename feature in Adobe Bridge but the other issue I face is that one of the camera bodies didn't have the time stamp set properly so I can't chronologically rename the files either. Is there any way to modify the last modified date so I could do it in bridge? I basically want it so both sets of images display the events of the wedding in the correct order without going through all of camera one before you see any of camera two.

I had the same issue last year when I went on a road trip and I had two cameras that times were set different, and then one was changed mid way through the trip, and it had to potential to get really really messy. I was able to find a program called Exifer that allows you to batch adjust the exif data of an image, such that you can add or subtract time to the time the shot was taken data. Just find two images that were taken at the same time with the two cameras and find out the time difference.

Here is a link to the software :

http://www.exifer.frie​demann.info/

Then In windows you can set it too details view, set it to show the "time shot taken" detail, and order it according to that

Brian

Outstanding! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much.

That's definitely the hard way to do things. My wedding FAQ covers this, or my wedding workflow. Basically sync your camera times, sort the images by date taken, then rename so the filenames are sequential. DIM (see links below) can help out too.

If you use the Canon software to download then it automatically puts a "_1" and "_2", etc. in the file to avoid confusion. For example if one file named "IMG_3400.CR2" has already been downloaded and you download another file with the exact same name to the same folder then the software will automatically rename the second file "IMG_3400_1.CR2".
Mike

tim wrote in post #3251990
That's definitely the hard way to do things. My wedding FAQ covers this, or my wedding workflow. Basically sync your camera times, sort the images by date taken, then rename so the filenames are sequential. DIM (see links below) can help out too.

Well, it has already happened so I can't sync them now. I will for next time but it can't help last week's wedding.

mmahoney wrote in post #3252248
If you use the Canon software to download then it automatically puts a "_1" and "_2", etc. in the file to avoid confusion. For example if one file named "IMG_3400.CR2" has already been downloaded and you download another file with the exact same name to the same folder then the software will automatically rename the second file "IMG_3400_1.CR2".
Mike

The files are different, as I said one starts at IMG_41xx and the other at IMG_95xx.

If you have lightroom you can chnage the times as well. Has a number of options to do it...
You can chnage a lot of them at once, especilly if out by a time zone setting...
(been there, done that a few times....)

Stu

Digitalwave wrote in post #3252667
Well, it has already happened so I can't sync them now. I will for next time but it can't help last week's wedding.

Breeze Browser Pro allows you to adjust image file timestamps after the fact ...and their Downloader Pro recognises camera serial numbers and will automatically change or add to filenames based on this during download (e.g. 20D1_imgXXXX, 20D2_imgXXXX, 20D3_imgXXXX, etc.) - once setup you don't need to even think about it.

Rob

just a thought, i not changed my summer times yet

I use breesebrowser to rename all files based on timestamp. And if the timestamp on one camera is out of whack, breesebrowser can batch adjust that as well.

I make sure the cameras times are the same & then sort them by time in Photoshop Bridge. There is a batch rename function in Bridge. The last wedding we did, one camera one an hour off from the other. So that made it a little difficult. I found an exif tool that will change the time. I had to do that first & then do the rename. Fun fun fun.

Anything you can do in CS3?

My hubby as written a small file that searches the dates (provided they're in synch time wise with each other) and then renames them to whatever you please.... it also orders the Raws (as I shoot raw and small jpg), and puts them in a different folder while retaining the same new name for each image...

Does Exifer let you modify the dates by batch instead of doing them one at a time? I haven't downloaded it yet, still at work...

I agree with Tim. It's what I do. Sync the time and sort by date image taken (Provided, that the image numbers don't overlap (Same IMG_xxxx file name))