Library module Caption Sequence Number

[Sandyjas]

Operating System: Mountain Lion 10.8.4
Exact Lightroom Version (Help menu > System Info): LR 5

When working in Lightroom I caption pictures and I often have many pictures in a run, over the same subject matter. It is just as easy for me to select the whole run and give it the same caption…but I like a number at the end of each individual caption denoting which picture it is in the run. Example: ’17 June 19 Garden Shots I, ’17 June 19 Garden Shots II, ’17 June 19 Garden Shots III, ’17 June 19 Garden Shots IV…ect. I use Roman numerals, but don’t need to. Is there any way around this in Lightroom? I mean having to go back and insert the numbers to each picture’s caption by hand. Is there a way to do it automatically? I have LR 5, I don’t know how I could do it. And also wondered if a newer version of Lightroom does this or lastly is there a plug-in? Thank You for any information. I’ve gotten going importing and keywording, but I spend so much time with these numbers when doing captions. Would love to shorten the process.



Thank You Very Much for any information,

Thank You,



Sandy

 

[Philippe Coudé du Foresto]

Yes, this is possible by using a renaming rule.
- While in Library, select all the photo you want to rename.
- Press F2 to invoke the rename function.
- Is the drop-down list, select "Filename - Sequence"
- Verify that the "Starting number" is the one you want
- Clic "OK" to rename all the selected photos

 

[Roelof Moorlag]

The OP is asking for a sequence in the ' caption' field, not for renaming his files.

 

[Philippe Coudé du Foresto]

Oups ! Sorry, I misread the OP message. Thanks Roelof for correcting me. My appologize.
I'm not aware of any way to do this in LR. May be a LR plugin exists that can do this ?

 

[Roelof Moorlag]

I think the ' Search and replace' plugin from John Beardsworth might do the job: Search Replace Transfer – John Beardsworth
Give it a try!

 

[Sandyjas]

Thank You everybody for the information.
Thank You,
Sandy

And Thank You for keeping the board open! Thank You