![]() The contents of this list matches the one you saw in Import from the Template dropdown. At the top we see the current Template, or in a typically Lightroom fashion, it’s called a Preset here, versus being called a Template in Import. This opens the Filename Template Editor (below). As well as the type of File Naming, you can choose Custom Text/Shoot Name, a Start Number, and whether the file extension is upper or lower case.įile naming in Lightroom depends on Templates, so click on the Template list and choose Edit from the bottom of the list (shown above). It’s on the right hand side in the appropriately named File Renaming panel. The first place you see it is in the Import Dialog box when using one of the following settings: Move, Copy or Copy as DNG. The Dialog for creating File Naming Templates can be called up from a variety of places in Lightroom. ![]() Renaming in Lightroom uses a mix of tokens and direct text in the box. It also gives me additional search terms I can use when looking for a file. That way even outside Lightroom I can tell the contents of the file just from the name. In Custom Text field I put a little description of the shoot. For this reason, I use a custom text field that I change with each shoot that I import. A string of numbers doesn’t tell you what’s in the file though, even with some initials. It’s enough to create that unique pattern. Some photographers use those number sets and their initials to get the filename. You could just use this method and nothing else, but a series of numbers, while great for sorting, is generally meaningless to most people. You’d need to shoot 10,000 images in a day to get two identical names with this structure. Mixed together these give each file a unique name. ![]() The first is the date the photo was taken, and the second is the sequence number the camera creates (assuming you do use a continuous camera naming system). There are two number sets that can pretty much ensure this. First and foremost, each photo should have a unique name. If you’re using Lightroom, renaming is really straightforward and accessible from quite a few places in the application.īefore we talk about how to rename your files, let’s talk about what you should name them. Don’t laugh, I was there once upon a time after reading some terrible advice on camera settings. If you’re not using continuous naming you might even end up with hundreds of IMG_0001 files. IMG this or DSC that, or even P0235425653. Your standard camera names are generally pretty boring. This article is about how to build a useable file renaming strategy, and how to implement it in Lightroom. ![]()
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