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Renaming Multiple Files

The Batch Rename tool allows you to quickly rename multiple files at once. You can specify a template with a numerical or alphabetical sequence, save your template for future use, replace specific characters or phrases, and insert file-specific information into each new file name.

Batch Workflow: Renaming Multiple Files

To Rename a Batch of Files:

  1. In Manage mode, select one or more images.
  2. Click the Batch button and select Rename.
  3. In the Batch Workflow dialog box, choose the Basic tab for quick adjustments, or the Advanced tab for detailed adjustments.
  4. Customize a renaming format by dragging tokens into the Value field.
  5. As you drag or edit elements in the Value field, a preview of how the files will be renamed is displayed below the form.

    Note the option in the Advanced tab to select a template from a Template pop-up menu (see table below).

  6. Use available token arrows to further customize name elements.
  7. Do one of the following:
  8. To delete a token, select the token and press the delete key.

Template Options

Template

Settings

Master Filename

Contains the original name and file extension of the file. Example: Image.jpg

Name with Index

Renames files with the original name, counter and file extension. Example: Mountains 01.jpg

 

In the Value field, click the Index of 1 digits token arrow to set the counter.

Name with Sequence

Renames the files with its original name, sequence and extension. Example: Image (1 of 54).jpg

Name with Counter

Renames the files with its original name, counter and extension. Example: Image 01.jpg, Image 02.jpg, Image 03.jpg, etc. Click the Counter Starting from 1 of 1 token arrow and set numbers in the Starting from and of digits fields.

 

If you selected Starting from:1 and of digits: 1, your files will be renamed as: Image 1.jpg, Image 2.jpg, etc.

 

If you selected Starting from: 1 and of digits: 2, your images will be renamed as: Image 01.jpg, Image 02.jpg, etc.

Name with Date/Time

Renames the files with the original name, date, time and the file extension. Example: Image 2012-01-08_13-09-03. jpg

Custom Name with Index

Renames files with a custom name, index and file extension. Example: Mountains 01.jpg

 

In the Value field, delete Image and enter a customized name. Select Index of 1 digits token arrow to set the counter.

Custom Name with Sequence

Renames files with a custom name, sequence and file extension. Example: Mountains (1 of 3).jpg

 

In the Value field, delete Image and enter a customized name.

Custom Name with Counter

Renames the files with a custom name, counter and extension. Example: Image 01.jpg, Image 02.jpg, Image 03.jpg, etc.

 

In the Value field, delete Image and enter a customized name. Click the Counter Starting from 1 of 1 token arrow and set numbers in the Starting from and of digits fields.

To apply multiple actions at once, click the Show Actions button in the Batch Workflow dialog box, or select Batch | Custom from Manage mode. Select actions from the left pane and drag and drop them into the right pane.

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