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When left to the default setting, with the Image Name token in the Format field of the Naming tool, Capture One keeps the original file names unchanged. However, you can rename the images using text or tokens, or any combination of the two. There is a wide range of naming tokens available, organized by type for easy reference. There is a number of built-in presets for commonly used naming conventions. You can easily create your own presets as well. When importing images already stored on your computer or external drive and referencing them in their original location (i.e., not moving them), the Naming dialog is disabled. For more information on naming and renaming, see File Naming.
- Go to the Naming tool in the Import Images dialog.
- In the Format field, verify previous image naming entries (Capture One adopts the last used, and this may not be relevant this time). To maintain the original image file names only, verify that the Image Name token is in place.
- To rename images, add text or a combination of text and tokens in the Format field (if you know the token names already, start typing in the Format field to reveal a list and select the relevant name). Alternatively, click on the adjacent Action menu (...) button to choose from the range of tokens. The Naming Format dialog window opens.
- Select the desired naming choice by dragging or double-clicking on the tokens in the flat list or select from the organized Group list, or a built-in combination from the Presets fly-out menu. Any combination of text and tokens can be saved as a user preset.
- When the Job Name token is selected, the Job Name field in the Naming tool becomes active. Use this option to add a relevant name, such as the job's name, your name, or the company name, for example.
- Click OK to accept the changes. The Naming Format dialog closes and adds the chosen combination to the Format field in the Naming tool.
- Add text in the Job Name field, see Step 5.
- In the Sample field, verify that the name is in the desired format.
- After pressing Import or Import All, any changes will be applied to the images as those are imported.
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There is an old issue I never understood how to fix.
When you save your preset it often and randomly (but persistently) happen that they are greyed out and you can't change the preset. manually compose is the only way. Any idea how to solve it?
Mac OS (10.15 and older version same issue. CO 11, 12, 20 - same issue)
Hi Andrea,
Thank you for the comment.
Some tokens available in the Next Capture Naming tool might be unavailable in the Naming tool of the Import dialog box. Thus, if you have the presets with the tokens only available in the Next Capture Naming tool, it could not be applied properly to the imported images.
If that is not the case, then the greyed-out presets could be an OS-specific bug. If so, please submit the request to the Support Team with as many details as possible.
Thanks,
Lily
Hi,
I recently moved to CaptureOne 21 and actually managed to use the tokens, however can I customize those?
The given token only (amongst other formats) allows for "YYYY-MM-DD hh.mm.ss"
I used to use an import format of image taken, but "YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss"
Underscore between date of day and time, dashes between hour, minute, second. CaptureOne uses blank and dots there. In the Nikon importer I could freely write down the format like above in the text and it was used like that.
Yes I know. It's close, but I have tens of thousands of files in that format and really would like to stick exactly to it. Any idea please?
Best Regards,
Oliver
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