File naming - 4* and 5* issue with tiff and nef
Hi Folks,
I've got a workflow issue/problem/question.
I cull my images up to 5*. Those will go to the clients.
4* images are the NEF's (Nikon RAW) of the 5* Tiffs when edited. So I keep the original raw files.
For the image names I need the same name on export as my clients receive them, because they choose foto's for album printing. So all me 5* images are renamed to Myname_Clientname_Date_imagecount. The problem I encounter is that the original 4* images are getting out of sync and that becomes a problem when I am reediting a picture. Is there a way that I can give the 4* images the same name as the 5* but with something in addition like: Myname_Clientname_Date_imagecount_B or _Original without doing this by hand.
Any other suggestions how to do this going forward? I use the color labels for other stuff (send to photoshop, must be merged, HDR, client pick, etc.). So in all honesty I'd not use those and it still will give me the issue that the client does not receive images with correct imagecount. I hope I've explained this in a way it kind of has sense.
have a good day and thank you in advance.
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Name the raws before creating your TIFFs.
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I can add that there is a "batch rename" option in browser, which allows using about the same set of tags, as naming tool in export tab.
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Thank you both for replying.
Walter Rowe: In the ideal situation that is what I should have done, but still it is not fool proof.
Sometimes another photo comes in because I missed in during culling and than the whole naming is out of sync. So I think, in Ideal situation, I'd love to rename them to finale name just before exporting so the export recipe can use that naming.Marcin Mrzygłocki: perhaps I don't follow quite what you mean. But I've been thinking about this whole afternoon and I think there is no simple method to do what I need, because it will need soms smart thinking of C1. If this, than that.. If not.. I'm not sure still what the best method is.
Walter's idea is nice, but I do not cull spot on the first time. My head can't do that.0 -
If you batch rename files with a counter, you can set the counter increment. So you could have a counter going
0010
0020
0030
... and so on.
If you later decide to include another image that wasn't included at first, you could give it (manually) a number to fit it in to the sequence in the right place so for instance 0023.
Ian
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Thank you for the idea Ian Wilson. This would be a rather workable solution with some tweakes perhaps.
It would be really amazing if pairs (RAW & Tiff) someway somehow would stay together and share a similar file name of some sorts.I appreciate all your input, thanks so much.
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