This works because even though Adobe Bridge can’t make sense of new RAW file formats the camera obviously can, and will number them accordingly. Usefully, Adobe Bridge shows a preview (4) of the old and new file names.
The trick is to find the static text/numbers at the start of the filename and replace this with the folder or ‘roll number’ from my own indexing system (3) (see part 1 of this mini-series), but still preserving the unique file numbers towards the end of the filename.
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP BRIDGE BATCH IMAGE SERIAL
‘DSC’, or ‘_912 in this case’ (2), followed by unique serial numbers. Now all digital camera filenames start with a fixed prefix, e.g. You can use Adobe Bridge’s Batch Rename dialog to assemble new filenames from different components, but until now, I’ve been using a static text string followed by an automatic index number.īut the solution to both of my problems lies in one of the less obvious options in Adobe Bridge’s Batch Rename dialog, in fact it’s right down at the bottom of the menu – String Substitution.īasically, String Substitution (1) is like Find/Replace in a word processor. The problem with that is that I end up with edited TIFFs and JPEGs based on the old camera filename, and if I batch renumber these in with the rest, they’ll get a different number to the original image, even though the image is the same.