You can search but not replace. I lets say I misnamed part of a filename across many files, but I wat to leave the rest of the name intact.
I don't want to totally rename the file because that would mess up my file naming practices. (like numbering systems, dates and descriptive words that may vary in this group of files) I just want to change the misnamed part.
So I want lightroom to search in the filename for the exact term I add and then replace it with another term or variable that I specify. (pretty much what search and replace has always done, just apply it to file names inside lightroom)
There are many tools that do this on the files system on os level. But lightroom's inability to check to see if a file name has change and intelligently recognize that file with the name change has been a huge road block keeping my photography workflow smooth. So lightroom restricts me from using these tools.
So you could add the filename search and replace, expand your api so that someone else can do it or make the catalogue "smart" so that it can track a file even if the name changes.
This is a request I hear quite regularly, so it gets my vote too.
I would suggest it needs find/replace (i.e. replace misspelled120.jpg with correct120.jpg) as well as replace/remove the first/last X characters (i.e. remove first 3 characters would change misspelled120.jpg to spelled120.jpg).
I'd also like to see an option for search/replace to use regular expressions (Lua and/or others), although if SDK is enhanced to support move/rename/etc then it could be done using a plugin instead (as could the search/replace in general, and then some...).
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Native support for search/replace is probably a good idea (for plugin-phobes). And, if primitives added to SDK, you'll see rename/restructuring plugins spring up "overnight"...
I would love to see Dopus (Directory Opus) combined with Lightroom. Dopus has amazing abilities to rename files, plus create multiple new folders.
Additionally, i would like to see some way to include a keyword in a filename. obviously many times there are multiple keywords, but something like use first keyword (alphabetically) or last keyword would often be useful even if not perfect. There are times when i want to export a set of files with a keyword name and the file only has one keyword. so if the file has the keyword "camel" then the exported file would be camel.jpg
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benjamin_warde
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9 years ago
Lightroom can already search for file names, and can already edit file names. Can you expand a bit on the specific workflow that you're envisioning?
Thanks,
Ben
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justin_thornton
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9 years ago
I don't want to totally rename the file because that would mess up my file naming practices. (like numbering systems, dates and descriptive words that may vary in this group of files) I just want to change the misnamed part.
So I want lightroom to search in the filename for the exact term I add and then replace it with another term or variable that I specify. (pretty much what search and replace has always done, just apply it to file names inside lightroom)
There are many tools that do this on the files system on os level. But lightroom's inability to check to see if a file name has change and intelligently recognize that file with the name change has been a huge road block keeping my photography workflow smooth. So lightroom restricts me from using these tools.
So you could add the filename search and replace, expand your api so that someone else can do it or make the catalogue "smart" so that it can track a file even if the name changes.
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clarkimaging
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566 Points
9 years ago
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Victoria_Bampton_Lightroom_Queen
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9 years ago
I would suggest it needs find/replace (i.e. replace misspelled120.jpg with correct120.jpg) as well as replace/remove the first/last X characters (i.e. remove first 3 characters would change misspelled120.jpg to spelled120.jpg).
Victoria Bampton a.k.a. The Lightroom Queen
www.lightroomqueen.com
Author of Adobe Lightroom Classic - The Missing FAQ and Adobe Lightroom - Edit Like a Pro books.
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rob_cole_2221866
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9 years ago
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Native support for search/replace is probably a good idea (for plugin-phobes). And, if primitives added to SDK, you'll see rename/restructuring plugins spring up "overnight"...
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rachel_channon
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7 years ago
Additionally, i would like to see some way to include a keyword in a filename. obviously many times there are multiple keywords, but something like use first keyword (alphabetically) or last keyword would often be useful even if not perfect. There are times when i want to export a set of files with a keyword name and the file only has one keyword. so if the file has the keyword "camel" then the exported file would be camel.jpg
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