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Well, more information than replace text in file names...suppose there is a word like "fish" in each of the file names and one wants to not to have it being part of the file names and replace it with another one, e.g. with "horse", how do you do it?You have to give more information.
Actually it does not look like that.Lightroom has good rename options
I want to replace text / signs in file names with other text / signs.Maybe a plugin can help, but without knowing what you want I can’t say that.
Will that cause to lose the editing / history?So you would have to save metadata back to the files in LR, rename in Bridge, then reimport the renamed files and remove the initial "missing" ones.
Yes, more information is needed, because it all depends on the rest of the file name. Suppose your files were named ‘Fish-20190312-01’, ‘Fish-20190312-02’, and you want to change that to ‘Horse-20190312-01’, etc. Lightroom can do that without any problem. I don’t understand why you make this such a guessing game. Just give an example of what you want to achieve.Well, more information than replace text in file names...suppose there is a word like "fish" in each of the file names and one wants to not to have it being part of the file names and replace it with another one, e.g. with "horse", how do you do it?
Is this the plug in I would need: Search and Replace metadata in Lightroom One has to buy it?Yes, the Bridge method loses the History steps (and the rest), which is why one should first save metadata back to the files, which safeguards adjustments and other XMP metadata. The plugin workaround method preserves all metadata.
Yes, that is what I want. May be you could tell me how this can be done, that would be great.Yes, more information is needed, because it all depends on the rest of the file name. Suppose your files were named ‘Fish-20190312-01’, ‘Fish-20190312-02’, and you want to change that to ‘Horse-20190312-01’, etc. Lightroom can do that without any problem.
Very sorry, I didn't know it would be necessary.I don’t understand why you make this such a guessing game. Just give an example of what you want to achieve.
One more time: give me an example with the exact file name. The example that I gave you works because it rebuilds the entire file name based on custom text, followed by a date (read from the metadata) and a sequence number. That is what Lightroom can do. It can’t ‘search and replace’ part of a file name however, so if the original name is different, then Lightroom may not be able to change it the way you want.Yes, that is what I want. May be you could tell me how this can be done, that would be great.
If I ask you for it, then apparently I need that information. And you still haven’t given it.Very sorry, I didn't know it would be necessary.
Oops, sorry, I thought you just did it...One more time: give me an example with the exact file name.
Yes, I see.The example that I gave you works because it rebuilds the entire file name based on custom text, followed by a date (read from the metadata) and a sequence number. That is what Lightroom can do. It can’t ‘search and replace’ part of a file name however, so if the original name is different, then Lightroom may not be able to change it the way you want.
Yes, very sorry again, you are right.If I ask you for it, then apparently I need that information. And you still haven’t given it.
unless you shot bursts at several frames per second.
Yes. Use ‘Add’ in the import dialog, do you don’t make copies. After renaming them, remove them from the catalog again."Temporarily" means adding them the usual way (via import) and removing them from the catalog after, there is no special option, I assume.