Topic: File names/Batch rename for images ?

Is there a way to batch rename image files in a specific order?
Via Automate in PS 8 I 'm trying to put together a 'Web Photo Gallery' . The problem is the 'order' I want the images to appear in the gallery.

I have a boatload of images that start with DSCF*** that were shot on different days but of the same subject and some of the images I want at the beginning of the gallery were shot on day 5 or 6 and I want to rename them appropriately so that when the automated Web Photo gallery goes to work the resulting gallery reflects the order I want.

Does this at all make sense to anyone?

I can rename them individually I guess but that seems needlessly labourious.

Thanx nj

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I use a program called File Renamer Basic whenever I want to do some batch file renaming. It has some great options, plus a preview feature that lets you see how the file names will change before you do something stupid.

FYI, for renaming things based on date/time or other IPTC data in an image, I use the batch renamer in IMatch. But it doesn't sound like that's what you want to do, since the order the images were taken in is what's causing the problem in the first place.

Most of my batch work (renaming and otherwise) is done with Thumbs Plus. Not free, but an extremely handy program.

I have never like Photoshop's batch processing - it seems to lag far behind its other features, and quite behind the available technology.

It's great to be able to define custom actions and then batch them, but you'd think they could throw in a handful of easy preset batch functions

I've been using RenameWiz for a seven or eight years. I always enjoy using it and it has a number of features that might allow you to do what you want to do. I think there is a free version available. I paid for a license five or six years ago and don't remember the details of the free version.

Another tool you might look at is Max's HTML Beauty. It has an image browser as part of the download that is very good for looking through image files. It has a rename capability.

You could also use the thumbnail view to select the images you want to be first in your list. Move these to another directory and then use one of the rename programs to rename all the files in that directory. That might be faster than renaming each one by hand.

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Thanks people.

All suggestions look pretty good and I will take a look at each but not as soon as I'd like. Real world 'get it done before the rains come' yard work type stuff has been ruling my life the past few months. I have too many shovels. =)

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The goal in Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy moly what a ride!"