Need help with alternate file renaming...

[atthershabbir]

Hi guys..

M new to Bulk Rename Utility i did rnd but wouldnt get the way rename as i want.
I have placed an example what i really want to do.
For example I have a folder with 9 files as under :
1) DSN001.jpg want to rename as MW001-01.jpg
2) DSN002.jpg want to rename as MW001-02.jpg
3) DSN003.jpg want to rename as MW001-03.jpg

4) DSN004.jpg want to rename as MW002-01.jpg
5) DSN005.jpg want to rename as MW002-02.jpg
6) DSN006.jpg want to rename as MW002-03.jpg

7) DSN007.jpg want to rename as MW003-01.jpg
DSN008.jpg want to rename as MW003-02.jpg
9) DSN009.jpg want to rename as MW003-03.jpg

As you see i want to rename in sets of 3 files.
Please help me in this as i need this to badly as i have folders with more then 1000 pics regularly as i m into product photography and i need to rename them on regular basis.

[atthershabbir]

no reply yet can no1 reply this?

[Stefan]

Sorry, this is out of the scope of BRU.
You may want to try den4b ReNamer >>> http://www.den4b.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5011#p5011

Hi guys..

M new to Bulk Rename Utility i did rnd but wouldnt get the way rename as i want.
I have placed an example what i really want to do.
For example I have a folder with 9 files as under :
1) DSN001.jpg want to rename as MW001-01.jpg
2) DSN002.jpg want to rename as MW001-02.jpg
3) DSN003.jpg want to rename as MW001-03.jpg

4) DSN004.jpg want to rename as MW002-01.jpg
5) DSN005.jpg want to rename as MW002-02.jpg
6) DSN006.jpg want to rename as MW002-03.jpg

7) DSN007.jpg want to rename as MW003-01.jpg
DSN008.jpg want to rename as MW003-02.jpg
9) DSN009.jpg want to rename as MW003-03.jpg

As you see i want to rename in sets of 3 files.
Please help me in this as i need this to badly as i have folders with more then 1000 pics regularly as i m into product photography and i need to rename them on regular basis.

[Damon]

This should work for you.

BRU does offer a solution in four steps:

In general: split the files into three sets (three folders), rename each set, and then recombine the files in a single folder.

Here is the basic: how to do it:

Place a set of test files in a folder. Your set of test files should be a multiple of three and in sequential order by original file name.

Rename all the files in that folder as follows:

In File (2): select remove
In Numbering (10): mode prefix, start 0, pad 12, type Base 3
(This is the trick using base 3 to mark the files for separation)
Take a moment to note how the last digit of the new name cycles 0, 1, 2 over and over.
Rename the files.

Separate the files into three groups:

Search the folder for 0.jpg and move those files into folder A; repeat for 1.jpg move to folder B; and for 2.jpg move to folder C.

Now rename the files in each folder as per your naming scheme:

In File (2): select remove; enter MW-01 in the box
In Numbering (10): select mode Insert, start 1, pad 3, type Base 10, at 2
View, verify, and rename.

Repeat for folder B except enter MW-02 in the box in File 2
Repeat for folder C except enter MW-03 in the box in File 2

Last move all the files back into a common folder.

One last comment if you do this task regularly as you say you may want to look at the renaming from a text file function in BRU. It would seem a simple matter to set up a master text file and use it over and over, depending on your exact requirement. The file you need would be easy to create in Excel.