Workflow to rename original photos

Retrobatch
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Hello,
I am looking for a workflow solution to rename all images with suffix “_original” and keep the original image number.
Is it possible to get an alert if the file name already exist ?
Can we also add the date after file name ?
Will Retrobatch 1.5.1 be able to do this workflow ?
Thanks

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I’m not sure what you mean by “original image number”, but if your image is named foo123.png, and you want it written out as foo123_original_(current date).png, you can do this in Retrobatch.

Here’s what the File name: token looks like in Retrobatch 2.2:

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This isn’t possible.

Retrobatch 1.5 should be able to do this, but I’ve only tested it with the latest release (2.2).

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Hello,
Thanks for your quick answer.
Let me explain, some of my media files have names like “foo123_original.JPG”, “foo123_original.PNG”, “foo123_original.DNG” or “foo123_original.MOV”
I want to change all files names (including in sub-folders) with “_original.ext” to just “foo123.ext”
Is it possible ?
Thanks

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Yes, this is super simple.

In Retrobatch 2.2 there’s a node named “File Rename”* . You would use it like so:

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Leave the replace with field empty and it’ll erase the _original bit from the file name.

*The “File Rename” node is being being renamed in the next release. From the release notes:

  • New “File Rename” node, which works like the File name: field in the Write node, but without actually writing anything. The previous “File Rename” node has been renamed to “File Name Search & Replace”.

You can download a preview of this version here: https://flyingmeat.com/download/latest/#retrobatch

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Unfortunately version 2.2 it´s not compatible with Catalina anymore, does the version 1.5.1 do the same ?

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You could quickly write a JavaScript plugin to do this. There are samples available here: https://flyingmeat.com/retrobatch/jsplugin/

Specifically the “Web Safe Names” plugin could probably be altered to do a search and replace.