Changing the File Extension

MikeNaylor · Post by **MikeNaylor** » 14 Dec 17 14:12

When renaming files, is there a way to change the file extension to lowercase? For example changing Filename.DNG to Filename.dng. I can see an option to extract the Original File Extension and change that to lowercase, but I can't see a way to remove or change to file extension.

DirkS · Post by **DirkS** » 14 Dec 17 16:39

This works for me:
Switch to 'edit as text and enter

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%FileName.%FileExtension{lowercase=y}

You can also achieve this in the GUI editor, but above method is quicker

MikeNaylor · Post by **MikeNaylor** » 15 Dec 17 11:33

Thanks DirkS. You've encouraged me to learn a little about scripting.

MikeNaylor · Post by **MikeNaylor** » 15 Dec 17 12:30

DirkS - Just tried your code, but it doesn't work as expected.

Example: L1000621.DNG changes to L1000621.dng.DNG

As I said, I cannot find a way to extract just the filename without the extension. I've tried all the Left, Mid and Right variants, but these can't be used when selecting multiple files with varying name lengths.

Anymore suggestions?

sanphotgn · Post by **sanphotgn** » 15 Dec 17 14:28

DirkS' script works here on Windows. I selected multiple files for the test.

MikeNaylor - after you enter the script as text in the Macro Text window and click on OK to return to the Rename window, where you see a kind of graphical representation of the script / macro, do you see the original file name and the new file name near the top of Rename window? Note - you haven't applied the script / macro yet. Is the new file name L1000621.DNG or L1000621.dng.DNG?

MikeNaylor · Post by **MikeNaylor** » 15 Dec 17 14:41

The new (suggested) file name is L1000621.dng.DNG. I'm beginning to think this yet another issue that is Mac specific. Its often the case with multi platform software. Windows always seems to get priority support.

sanphotgn · Post by **sanphotgn** » 15 Dec 17 15:00

The graphical representations of the the script / macro in the Rename window on Windows:

: Rename.PNG (26.28 KiB) Viewed 1896 times

Do you see the same, except for the double file extension in the new (suggested) file name?

MikeNaylor · Post by **MikeNaylor** » 15 Dec 17 15:05

Thanks sanphotogn, but that's exactly what doesn't work on a Mac. Your example would appear as N2016F3107.nef.NEF.

Hert · Post by **Hert** » 15 Dec 17 20:08

MikeNaylor wrote: ↑
15 Dec 17 14:41
The new (suggested) file name is L1000621.dng.DNG. I'm beginning to think this yet another issue that is Mac specific. Its often the case with multi platform software. Windows always seems to get priority support.

That's not true. PSU was built from the ground up for both platforms. And PSU uses an identical code base for both platforms...meaning they are exactly the same, feature-wise.

DirkS · Post by **DirkS** » 15 Dec 17 20:40

I experimented some more and there may be a bug. (NB this is on Windows)

If I start in the GUI and select Filename it shows up as a single block in the GUI with the text %Filename.
Renaming preview shows name + extension.

If I then select 'edit as text it shows up as

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%FileName.%FileExtension

If I add '{lowercase=y}' to it and confirm the GUI shows 3 blocks: Filename, the dot and FileExtension.

My conclusion is that there's something wrong with the preset (or its handling)

EDIT: the preset is fine. Somehow PSu has a problem whe it processes the preset.
AFAICT 'edit as text' works fine

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