How to batch rename

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Batch renaming

You can rename a whole set of images at once thanks to the batch renaming feature. Proceed as described below:

Select images you want to rename (Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click)
Click on the button in the details panel

Note

This feature is only available with the [Pro] edition.

Presets

You’ve got four presets at your disposal which you can configure placeholders. Selecting one of those presets will define how the images will be renamed.

Info

Presets configuration is automatically saved in the settings so that next time you open this window they will all be reloaded.

Placeholders

A placeholder let you insert dynamically a piece of information into the file name. This information will be evaluated for each file to rename. For example the Date placeholder lets you insert shot date in the file name.

File name

This placeholder lets you insert the following information in the new file name:

Original file name
Author (from Exifs)
Brand and/or camera body
Image width and/or height
Any string that is valid in a file name

Examples

holidays-{author}
{Filename}-{Width}x{Height}

Counter

This placeholder add a number in the file name. For each renamed image, this number will be incremented by 1. Indeed you can choose the initial value.

Info

The application automatically pads the number with zeros so that files can be properly sorted. For example, if you are renaming 300 images and that the initial value is zero, then first images will be numbered this way: “000”, 001”, “002”, “003”.

Date

This placeholder lets you insert in the file name one of the four dates available:

Shot date
Modification date
Creation date
Date added the database

You can also customize the date formatting (for example you can choose to insert only the year)

Examples

yyyy-MM-dd 2020-09-02
yyyy-MMM 2020-sep.

Camera

This placeholder lets you insert the camera brand and / or the camera body (extracted from Exif) in the file name.

New name preview

Each change made to the renaming configuration will trigger an update in the preview so that you always see an accurate overview of the expected result and can compare previous and new filenames.

Thumbnails

Mouse over a file to see a thumbnail

Reordering

If you’d like to give a specific numbering to your images you can simply change the order with drag and drop.