Photo enquiry

[John]

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to leave
the
photo,s in the order they were created but change their name to suit the
physical location
where they were taken. Its probably bleedingly obvious but not to me at the
moment. Would appreciate
any help here.
John

 

[John Williamson]

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to
leave the
photo,s in the order they were created but change their name to suit the
physical location
where they were taken. Its probably bleedingly obvious but not to me at
the moment. Would appreciate
any help here.
John

Start the new file name with the date.

e.g. 2013-04-02-London

This will, if you use 2 digits for month and day, automaticall sort into
the right order.

Or sort them into directories by location. Each directory will then be
sorted by filename order, and with most cameras, that corresponds to
shooting order.

If your camera clock is set correctly, the file name isn't too
important, as Windows will let you sort the files by creation date.

 

[Auric__]

Start the new file name with the date.

e.g. 2013-04-02-London

This will, if you use 2 digits for month and day, automaticall sort into
the right order.

I vote this, but the OP should probably include the time as well. To the
second, if necessary (and it's available).

 

[Bob Hatch]

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to
leave the
photo,s in the order they were created but change their name to suit the
physical location
where they were taken. Its probably bleedingly obvious but not to me at
the moment. Would appreciate
any help here.
John

My Canon cameras name the images IMG_1234.jpg, and add an incremental
number to each image. Most cameras, as far as I know, do similar.

Keep the original name and add the descriptor before the .,
IMG_1234_Waterfall_1.jpg, IMG_1235_Waterfall_2.jpg.

My images get sorted into directories numbered by year, then order taken
with a location.

2013
001_Tucson Trip
001_Old Tucson
002_Mount Lemmon

Etc.

--
I do not carry a gun hoping that
I'll be able to shoot someone, anymore than
I carry a jack hoping I'll have a flat
tire.
Me.

 

[mick]

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to leave

the
photo,s in the order they were created but change their name to suit the
physical location
where they were taken. Its probably bleedingly obvious but not to me at the
moment. Would appreciate
any help here.
John

If you are using windows explorer this will help:
http://www.howtogeek.com/111859/how...s-in-windows-4-ways-to-rename-multiple-files/

If you have photo editing software then there is usually at Batch
Rename option somewhere in the menu's.

If you really want the ultimate file renaming program then this is the
one you want:
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

 

[Dave]

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to
leave the photo,s in the order they were created but change their name
to suit the physical location where they were taken. Its probably
bleedingly obvious but not to me at the moment. Would appreciate any
help here.
John

You can display the files in explorer in list view sorted by any column by
clicking on the column title. However, they may not stay that way when you
view them all. The default windows viewer seems to honour the explorer
display, Irfanview uses filename order. To add a sequence number to files
in a directory, you can use the freeware renamemaster. The latest version
takes a few minutes to figure out, but it's very good, you can sort by any
field then add the sequence number (or any of the other many option of
renaming).

 

[ray carter]

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to
leave the photo,s in the order they were created but change their name
to suit the physical location where they were taken. Its probably
bleedingly obvious but not to me at the moment. Would appreciate any
help here.
John

So, rename them and then sort by creation date.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

I vote this, but the OP should probably include the time as well. To the
second, if necessary (and it's available).

If you want them to sort in taking order when sorted by name (which is
the default order in many places), then the above is the way to do it.

If your camera's clock and calendar were correctly set when you took the
pictures, that information will be embedded in the file. There are
probably plenty of utilities that will extract it, including the
ordinary Windows explorer itself, which has taken date as one of its
columns, as others have said. You can rename the files using that
information - probably lots of ways, but in IrfanView:

o open one of the images from a folder containing several of them
o press B (for batch)
o ensure "Batch rename" is selected at top left
o add the files you want to rename, from window at top right to window
at bottom right, using the Add button; if you just want to do all of
them, use the Add all button
o Select "Use current" button (half way down on left) for output folder
o ensure the Name Pattern box on the left contains
$E36857 $N
(it looks like - and is - a drop-down box, but you can just type into
it)
(Leave off the "$N" unless you've already put meaningful names in place
of the usual "IMAGE001.jpg" or whatever; the $N keeps the original name
after the date/time)
o click Start Batch (or "Run test rename" if you're nervous)
(o quit [Esc] IrfanView after the rename, then go back into it)

IrfanView will remember the name pattern.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

(If you are unlucky you may choose one of the old-fashioned ones [language
schools] and be taught English as it should be, and not as it is, spoken.)
George Mikes, "How to be Decadent" (1977).

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, "J. P. Gilliver

columns, as others have said. You can rename the files using that
information - probably lots of ways, but in IrfanView:

Something seems to have screwed up my formatting first time round, so
here's another go:

o open one of the images from a folder containing several of them

o press B (for batch)

o ensure "Batch rename" is selected at top left

o add the files you want to rename, from window at top right to window
at bottom right, using the Add button; if you just want to do all of
them, use the Add all button

o Select "Use current" button (half way down on left) for output folder

o ensure the Name Pattern box on the left contains
$E36857 $N
(it looks like - and is - a drop-down box, but you can just type into
it)
(Leave off the "$N" unless you've already put meaningful names in place
of the usual "IMAGE001.jpg" or whatever; the $N keeps the original name
after the date/time)

o click Start Batch (or "Run test rename" if you're nervous)

(o quit [Esc] IrfanView after the rename, then go back into it)

IrfanView will remember the name pattern.

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

(If you are unlucky you may choose one of the old-fashioned ones [language
schools] and be taught English as it should be, and not as it is, spoken.)
George Mikes, "How to be Decadent" (1977).

 

[Paul]

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to
leave the
photo,s in the order they were created but change their name to suit the
physical location
where they were taken. Its probably bleedingly obvious but not to me at
the moment. Would appreciate
any help here.
John

Found a utility here. Assuming your camera includes EXIF data in the
photo header, a utility like this can do automated name conversion.
I don't know anything about this utility, haven't AV scanned it etc.
Caveat Emptor. Notice that this strips the original 5301 serial number,
and just uses the EXIF date stamp.

http://www.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html

IMG_5301.JPG --> 2010-01-05.11.06.05.jpg

It does that, by extracting the date from the EXIF header, not
by extracting the date from the NTFS file system of your computer.
The clock of the camera must be accurate. The clock in my
camera right now, is off by quite a bit. If you're not careful,
such a scheme can screw up. Make sure that when correcting the
drift on your camera clock, you don't create overlapping timestamps.

Once that is done, then manually, you would type in the description...
This step would be done manually, in File Explorer. I use this
technique, for annotating files in my download directory. I use
two underscore characters, as a hint that the remaining letters
are an annotation.

2010-01-05.11.06.05.jpg --> 2010-01-05.11.06.05__Waterfall_1.jpg

Also, the above assumes the camera is not capable of burst shooting.
A good camera could blast off ten shots within the same second.
In which case, that utility would need a milliseconds field added to it
A cheap camera, like mine, this would not be a problem. The
repetition rate on my camera, is just too low for the timestamp
to be a problem.

You can probably also find a utility somewhere, to display the
EXIF data, just to see what data is available. An expensive camera
might even have GPS and be able to stamp pictures with their
latitude and longitude. The header could be full of info.

Example of an EXIF utility, probably one of the first.

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

Exiftool could be using PERL scripting language, and an
up-to-date PERL can be obtained here, if you want one.
It looks like the last one I got was
ActivePerl-5.12.2.1202-MSWin32-x86-293621.msi

http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads

HTH,
Paul

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, Paul <[email protected]>
writes:
[]

You can probably also find a utility somewhere, to display the
EXIF data, just to see what data is available. An expensive camera
might even have GPS and be able to stamp pictures with their
latitude and longitude. The header could be full of info.

[]
In IrfanView, once you're looking at an image in it, just type I for
information; if the picture has EXIF info, there'll be an EXIF button.
So you just type I E. (The "date taken" is fairly obvious.)

(I'm sure some other viewers can look at EXIF data too.)

 

[John]

Many thanks All. I,m glad at least it isn,t something that some 10 year old
finds simple!
I,ll try solutions today.
John
"Paul" wrote in message

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to
leave the
photo,s in the order they were created but change their name to suit the
physical location
where they were taken. Its probably bleedingly obvious but not to me at
the moment. Would appreciate
any help here.
John

Found a utility here. Assuming your camera includes EXIF data in the
photo header, a utility like this can do automated name conversion.
I don't know anything about this utility, haven't AV scanned it etc.
Caveat Emptor. Notice that this strips the original 5301 serial number,
and just uses the EXIF date stamp.

http://www.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html

IMG_5301.JPG --> 2010-01-05.11.06.05.jpg

It does that, by extracting the date from the EXIF header, not
by extracting the date from the NTFS file system of your computer.
The clock of the camera must be accurate. The clock in my
camera right now, is off by quite a bit. If you're not careful,
such a scheme can screw up. Make sure that when correcting the
drift on your camera clock, you don't create overlapping timestamps.

Once that is done, then manually, you would type in the description...
This step would be done manually, in File Explorer. I use this
technique, for annotating files in my download directory. I use
two underscore characters, as a hint that the remaining letters
are an annotation.

2010-01-05.11.06.05.jpg --> 2010-01-05.11.06.05__Waterfall_1.jpg

Also, the above assumes the camera is not capable of burst shooting.
A good camera could blast off ten shots within the same second.
In which case, that utility would need a milliseconds field added to it
A cheap camera, like mine, this would not be a problem. The
repetition rate on my camera, is just too low for the timestamp
to be a problem.

You can probably also find a utility somewhere, to display the
EXIF data, just to see what data is available. An expensive camera
might even have GPS and be able to stamp pictures with their
latitude and longitude. The header could be full of info.

Example of an EXIF utility, probably one of the first.

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

Exiftool could be using PERL scripting language, and an
up-to-date PERL can be obtained here, if you want one.
It looks like the last one I got was
ActivePerl-5.12.2.1202-MSWin32-x86-293621.msi

http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads

HTH,
Paul

 

[Zaidy036]

<snip>

Here is a batch that will take a folder of photos and copies them into
folders by date taken. It akes the new folders inside the original and
copies the photos.
================================
:: Photos to Dir.bat
:: 02/03/10 Rev 02/05/10

:: Drop a folder containing photos into this batch or copy photos from
camera into "1" or copy containing folder and rename "1"
:: Run this Batch if not using "drop"
:: Result is New folders "YYYY-MM-DD" inside folder dropped or named "1"
with originals unchanged

@Echo off

Setlocal

If "%~1" EQU "" (Goto Skip) ELSE (Set Base=%~1)

Set Tool="C:\Program Files\exiftool-8.09\exiftool(-k).exe"

Start "" /wait %Tool% -o dummy/ -d "%Base%\%%Y-%%m-%%d"
"-Directory<DateTimeOriginal" "%Base%"

Exit

:Skip
Echo.
Echo *** No Data Supplied - Drop a Photo Folder on the Batch ***
Echo.
pause

Exit

:: following is expanded command for reference
:: Start "" /wait "C:\Program Files\exiftool-8.09\exiftool(-k).exe" -o
dummy/ -d "C:/Users/Eric/Desktop/1/%%Y-%%m-%%d"
"-Directory<DateTimeOriginal" C:\Users\Eric\Desktop\1

:: following URLs are for reference
:: http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
:: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/filename.html
:: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/filename.html#codes

 

[Bill Bradshaw]

I,ve downloaded a list of jpg photo,s from a camera . I simply want to
leave the
photo,s in the order they were created but change their name to suit
the physical location
where they were taken. Its probably bleedingly obvious but not to me
at the moment. Would appreciate
any help here.
John

Do a search for Bulk Rename Utility. It does everything you want and it
is free.