How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

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How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby GayeNT » Sun May 30, 2021 10:34 am

When my photos are uploaded from my Samsung through Dropbox Camera Uploads they are named like this:
2017-12-15 11.50.06.jpg

I used to plug my phone into the computer and copy them over and they are named like this:
20171215_115006.jpg

so the problem I have is that I doubled up (A LOT) because I didn't realise the names changed depending on the upload method.

I would like to be able to change the second name to be the same as the first and then I can sort through all the double ups.

therefore
I need to INSERT a hyphen - at position 5 and 8
I need to REPLACE the underscore _ with a space
and I need to INSERT a period at 14 and 17
sometimes I may also need to REMOVE (##) at the end if there have been two with the same name uploaded.

At the moment I do each of these steps individually.
Is there a way to make it one action and then save it as a favourite?

thank you so much for your help.
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Re: How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby Luuk » Mon May 31, 2021 1:02 am

First to verify there is checkmark inside the menu... "Renaming Options, Prevent Duplicates".
So then, if having duplicates, they can be named like... SameName_1.jpg, SameName_2.jpg, etc

Inside Filters(12) to put a checkmark in 'RegEx', then using a 'Mask' like...
^\d{8}_\d{6}(\(\d+\))*\.jpg$

Inside RegEx(1) to use a Match and Replace like...
^(\d{4})(\d\d)(\d\d)_(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)(\(\d+\))*$
\1.\2.\3. \4.\5.\6

Then to click "File, Save As", choosing a good name, so then later you can choose "File, Open" to conduct the Favourite.
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Re: How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby GayeNT » Mon May 31, 2021 9:41 am

Thank you Luuk. I got part of that working. that will save a lot of time.

I dont understand what the Filter part is meant to do. When I enter your data into the Filter section all of my photos in the screen above disappear
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Re: How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby GayeNT » Mon May 31, 2021 10:00 am

May I also ask if there is a way to change the name of a photo to the Taken (original) date

example currently named
New Name Taken (original)
IMG_2009 8/11/2021 20:39:15

Rename to
2021-11-08 20.39.15


thanks Gaye
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Re: How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby Luuk » Mon May 31, 2021 12:10 pm

The 'Mask' will only present formats like your description, so names like... 20171215_115006.jpg -or- 20171215_115006(1).jpg
If those formats do not present, its either from a typo, or maybe theres not a checkmark inside the "RegEx" box?

To change a filename into the format "yyyy-dd-mm hh.mm.ss" from Taken(original)...
Inside Name(2), Name==Remove
Inside AutoDate(8), Mode==Prefix, Type==Taken(Original), Custom==%Y-%d-%m %H.%M.%S
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Re: How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby GayeNT » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:53 am

:D :D :D :D
Thank you Luuk - I am sorry for the slow reply but for some reason I did not see this reply until searching again and finding my original post.
this is EXACTLY what I am looking for thank you SO much
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Re: How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby GayeNT » Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:41 am

Hi Luuk,

I have tried both ways listed in this post and with each of them some of the files don't change

It isn't to do with double up naming because I have that checked in Renaming Options to add a _1 after if it is already there.
so I was wondering if you may know why it doesn't change them all?
thank you so much
Gaye
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Re: How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby GayeNT » Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:45 am

All good I just worked it out - there is one extra number at the end that I didnt realise was there


GayeNT wrote:Hi Luuk,

I have tried both ways listed in this post and with each of them some of the files don't change

It isn't to do with double up naming because I have that checked in Renaming Options to add a _1 after if it is already there.
so I was wondering if you may know why it doesn't change them all?
thank you so much
Gaye
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Re: How to make multiple changes and save as favourite

Postby GayeNT » Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:14 am

Greetings everyone
I was wondering if I could have some more assistance.
Using the filters etc that Luuk provided in answers already I see that it only lets me change photos and not videos.
example
if I select a .jpg it will change the name as required
if I select a .mp4 it just deletes the name (as in the first part) and thats it
I notice that the setup is
RegEx (1) not selected

only Name and Auto Date as set below

Name (2) is blank
Auto Date (8) is set to
Prefix
Taken (Original)
Custom
%Y-%m-%d %H.%M.%S
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