A question about how best to deal with the edited copies of photos on the device.
Background: for my DSLR photos, I rename them as I import them. When I edit one on my computer, I save the edited photo with the same filename in a separate folder, then add that into a version set and propagate the metadata from the original to the edited photo(s). Consequently, all files in the set end up with the same name and the same metadata.
At the moment I'm doing a fair amount of mobile-phone photography. In this case, the edited photos are produced on the device and stored in a separate folder with the same name as the original. I then import and rename the original just as with my DSLR photos, but I'm stuck on how to proceed with the edited photos on the phone. I want the copies renamed the same way as the originals, but it looks like I need to do that by hand because the renaming involves a serial number.
Perhaps my folly is in totally renaming the mobile photos when importing. Maybe I should forget the serial number and just stick a prefix on the front of the filename, which would give the same result for both original and on-phone edited copies. I was trying to maintain consistency with my DSLR photo naming convention, but maybe this is one of those "foolish consistencies" of which Emerson wrote.
Any thoughts?
Workflow on mobile photos edited on-device?
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Doug Pardee
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Re: Workflow on mobile photos edited on-device?
Hi Doug,
When you say the your renaming includes a "serial" number, do mean a sequence number? If so, there are parameters you can add to the %ImageNumber macro that might help you to accomplish what you want. There is an offset parameter that dictates the starting number of the sequence. You add the parameter inside curly braces after the macro, for example: %ImageNumber{offset=0}. I believe this will result in the number starting at 1. You can also add a length parameter if you want leading zeros. %ImageNumber{length=3;offset=0}. If you import the pictures from one folder at a time and use the offset parameter you should end up with the same file names unless your renaming rules use other information from the files that are different from the originals. You will need to take care that the images are sorted the same during the import.
Sorry if I'm telling you something you already know. It would be helpful to know what your renaming rule looks like. Somebody might be able to offer a better suggestion.
When you say the your renaming includes a "serial" number, do mean a sequence number? If so, there are parameters you can add to the %ImageNumber macro that might help you to accomplish what you want. There is an offset parameter that dictates the starting number of the sequence. You add the parameter inside curly braces after the macro, for example: %ImageNumber{offset=0}. I believe this will result in the number starting at 1. You can also add a length parameter if you want leading zeros. %ImageNumber{length=3;offset=0}. If you import the pictures from one folder at a time and use the offset parameter you should end up with the same file names unless your renaming rules use other information from the files that are different from the originals. You will need to take care that the images are sorted the same during the import.
Sorry if I'm telling you something you already know. It would be helpful to know what your renaming rule looks like. Somebody might be able to offer a better suggestion.
Tom Stoddard