5. Working with PhotoLine / 5.4 Browse
5.4.8 Batch Rename
This function renames all image files of the current browse window (see
chapter 5.4) according to given rules. You define the rules by entering a
small command line. The command line consists of commands, which are
enclosed in curled braces (i.e. "{EXIF Day}"), and fix parts of the new
filename. For example if you are entering "Test{#3}", all filenames will
start with "Test" and a continuous 3-digit number will be appended. There
are two types of commands: short and long ones. The short form of the
previously used "EXIF Day" is "ed".
Example shows how a resulting filename may look like. "PhotoLineTest"
will be used as source filename.
Because there are many different commands, that can be used, the
commands are separated in 3 parts and every part has its own command list
to enter a command at the current cursor position in the command line. The
3 parts are Variable Values, EXIF Values and IPTC Values (see chapter
7.4.93).
Variable Values offer the following commands:
- "*": Original Filename
- "*" transfers parts of the original filename to the new one. The "*" may
be followed by a number defining how many letters of the original
filename will be transferred. If the number is -1, the whole filename will
be used. Additionally you can lay down a start position inside the
original filename be appending a comma and a second number. If you
enter "{*-1,5}", the original filename will be transferred from the fifth
position to the end.
- "Day" or "d", "Month" or "m", "Year" or
"y"
- These commands insert the current date. "Year" may be followed by "2"
or "4" specifying whether the year should have 2 or 4 digits.
- "File Day" or "fd", "File Month" or "fm", "File Year"
or "fy", "File
Hour" or "fho", "File Minute" or "fmi", "File Second" or
"fse"
- These command insert the current file date in the new filename. All
values with the exception of the file year have 2 digits. The file year can
have 2 or 4 digits.
- "#": Continuous Number
- "#" inserts a continuous number in the new filename. A number behind
the "#" defines the number of digits. Additionally a starting index can be
entered behind a comma. If absent the starting index will be 1.
Therefore, "{#3,50}" inserts a 3-digit continuous number starting with
"050".
EXIF Values has the following commands:
- "EXIF Day" or "ed", "EXIF Month" or "em", "EXIF Year"
or "ey",
"EXIF Hour" or "eho", "EXIF Minute" or "emi", "EXIF Second"
or
"ese"
- These inserts the recording date saved in the EXIF data. If there are no
EXIF data, the file date will be used. All values with the exception of the
year have 2 digits. The year can have 2 or 4 digits.
- "Manufacturer" or "ema", "Model" or "eo", "Flash" or
"ef", "Exposure
Time" or "ee", "Focal Length" or "efl", "Aperture" or
"ea", "ISO
Speed" or "ei"
- The corresponding EXIF data will be inserted in the new filename.
"Flash" inserts "On" or "Off".
IPTC Values has the following commands:
- "Picture Name" or "idn", "Creator" or "ic", "Author"
or "ia", "Author
Title" or "iat", "Headline" or "ihl", "Source" or
"isrc", "Date" or "idt",
"City" or "ict", "State" or "ist", "Land" or
"ild", "Reference" or "irf"