Exporting files with original import sequence number

Joshua Taff

• June 14, 2016 20:12

I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to export images from a job using their original sequence numbers as they were imported. Basically, I send proofs out to clients and I need them to be able to reference the photo sequence number so that I can easily find the file and edit in order to deliver completed files.

From the options I see available, the closest thing that I can do is export with a 2-6 digit counter. This is not really helpful because When I am working with 100+ images, and select a handful to send to a client for proofing, they are all over the number scale. It's not advantageous to have to count through the files to figure out which ones are chosen.

Hopefully that makes sense. Any help would be appreciated.

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  Sara Bradley

  • January 07, 2022 20:40

  I have this same question. When I import from the card, I like to keep the original file number associated with the files. That way, it is always easy to refer back to the exact original. Manually restarting the counter as a 4 digit counter when naming on export is not practical. This is simple to do in Lightroom: you simply rename by selecting "Original File Number" as an option in the naming menu. Capture One has every single imaginable delineation from the camera (altitude? really?) but not the one item that would be unique to every single image from the camera. This is the only issue I have where I prefer LR to CapOne. Wish they would fix this. I was hoping it would be fixed with 22..

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  BeO

  • January 08, 2022 02:59

  

  Capture One has every single imaginable delineation from the camera (altitude? really?) but not the one item that would be unique to every single image from the camera.

  As long as your image file name from your camera is unique why don't you use it as a token together with the counter token when importing or do a separate batch renaming similar to this:

  

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