Need help with naming convention workflow
Project is a 3,000 high end watch shoot.
Client initially wanted me to name so he could sku them for the web off of the file name. He cannot do that now so each day we are to name the session/files by date and then for each watch of the day the date would be followed by A, B, C, D, etc. So today would be easy enough as 08182019_XXX. So its the next part that I am stuck on and I hope its something fairly easy I'm just overlooking.
Each watch has five shots associated with it. Full, face, side, back, and tight macro. So let's assume for a minute that I'm 5 for 5 on the shots. Could I setup a sequential run by letter like he wants it that would follow the date? 08182019_A
This would of course then need to move to AA, BB, CC. I think I'm going to suggest against this and let them know numbers gives us more option. 08182019_1
How would C1 know if there were 5 or 8 images of a certain watch? It couldn't so I feel like the best way be to name them would be on export as a batch rename and only after I cull the picks first so then I would have only five for each watch. So now I'd just have to get the system to know that the naming is date_sequence number_sub number. 08182019_1_1 (date, watch number, shot number) 2nd shoot of watch one would be 08182019_1_2 and so on until watch two came up 008182019_2_1.
I may be totally overthinking this and talked myself into a wormhole!
Anyone have any suggestions I'm all ears. I want to make sure my workflow is bulletproof before this thing starts.
Thanks everyone! Other suggestions are welcome as well.
Client initially wanted me to name so he could sku them for the web off of the file name. He cannot do that now so each day we are to name the session/files by date and then for each watch of the day the date would be followed by A, B, C, D, etc. So today would be easy enough as 08182019_XXX. So its the next part that I am stuck on and I hope its something fairly easy I'm just overlooking.
Each watch has five shots associated with it. Full, face, side, back, and tight macro. So let's assume for a minute that I'm 5 for 5 on the shots. Could I setup a sequential run by letter like he wants it that would follow the date? 08182019_A
This would of course then need to move to AA, BB, CC. I think I'm going to suggest against this and let them know numbers gives us more option. 08182019_1
How would C1 know if there were 5 or 8 images of a certain watch? It couldn't so I feel like the best way be to name them would be on export as a batch rename and only after I cull the picks first so then I would have only five for each watch. So now I'd just have to get the system to know that the naming is date_sequence number_sub number. 08182019_1_1 (date, watch number, shot number) 2nd shoot of watch one would be 08182019_1_2 and so on until watch two came up 008182019_2_1.
I may be totally overthinking this and talked myself into a wormhole!
Anyone have any suggestions I'm all ears. I want to make sure my workflow is bulletproof before this thing starts.
Thanks everyone! Other suggestions are welcome as well.
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Tricky. The only suggestion I have is to use Collections to group images from each watch, i.e., create a collection for each watch and put the relevant images in that collection. Then on export you can use the Collection name and a counter to create names that more or less match your sample - you could use Collections named 'A' 'B" or '1' '2' etc. of of course use the actual watch name. 0 -
Hey, how about annotating each using a keyword for shot-type and a headline for watch name?
And select the ones that you want by a star rating or color?
When you export you can select the desired photos and name them based upon
watch-name_shot-type
Is that what you are looking for?
Delwood0
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