Filenames - Saving, or exporting file names list?

Adam Goodwin

• March 05, 2021 12:08

Hello,

I know how to selected images by file names (under the select tab).

...But how do I export, or save a list of selected filenames?

Say I have a one session with my jpegs and I rank them. Then had another session from the same day with my Raws and I want to take the file names from them Jpeg session and quick find them in the Raw session. 'Selected by Filenames'??

 

Many thanks.

 

Adam

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  Conrad von Schubert

  • March 26, 2021 22:19

  Yes, please! I would need this function a LOT! I often have to sync back and forth with clients or online repositories. Basically the reverse function of the excellent list filtering, i.e. you make a selection of files, right-click on the selection and choose sth like 'export as list'. Thank you!

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  Rob

  • April 02, 2021 13:33
  • Edited

  AMAZING that you can't export a file list in this incredibly clunky program. Great image editor, terrible asset manager. At the very least they would allow you to make a contact sheet that includes metadata such as filename and rating, not just one or the other as a caption.

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  Tom Knoflook

  • March 11, 2023 20:29

  I had the same problem and this is my workaround in Windows:

  Open the command prompt and go to the directory with the jpg files.
  Type the following:
  dir /b *.jpg | clip
  The clipboard now contains a list with the filenames.
  Go to folder or album with the raw files.
  Open the menu Select>Select By>Filename List... and paste the list from the clipboard (Ctrl+V).
  Make sure the option "Ignore file extension" is checked.

  Cheers, Tom

  P.S.: This only works if the jpg- and the raw-files have the same name

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  BeO

  • March 12, 2023 07:18

  

  Hi Tom, 

  I'm afraid the ask is for the opposite, the start point is that there are images selected in C1 and then they want a list of filenames in the clipboard. 

  Adam, the only way I see is to move the selected images to a different directory, then all files in that directory are the ones you want to have as a filename list, then Tom's proposal can be used. Then move the images back.
  This only works if you are working off a folder in the library tool (not from an album or search, if images are not stored in the same directory)

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  Tom Knoflook

  • March 12, 2023 12:14

  Hi BeO,

  Since I assumed that Adam's jpg files were already in a directory, I omitted my first step:
  I export all the files I want to select into a directory (small jpg files) and then select those files with the method described.

  
  The reason for this workaround is that I somehow lost multiple keywords after deleting one.
  I made a smart album for every keyword in a backup catalog and per keyword used the method I described to select the raw files in my working catalog so I was able to add the keyword again.
  Kind regards,

  Tom

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  BeO

  • March 12, 2023 12:57
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  I export all the files I want to select into a directory (small jpg files) and then select those files with the method described.

  This is indeed a good method and works even if the selected files are stored across different folders. Probably the fastest if you use the quick proof recipe.

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