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Often, if you're renaming within Lightroom, or renaming files on export, you want to add a sequence number. By default the numbers end up with single digits which can create sort order problems in some programs, giving you 1, 1', 11... 2, 2' and so forth. Instead, you want additional padding so you get ''1, ''2, ''3... '1'.
So here's how:
Select all of the images you want to rename.
Go to Library menu > Rename Photos… or go to the Naming section of the Export dialog if you're renaming exported images.
Go to the File Naming dropdown menu, and choose Edit…
Now you’re going to create your own preset. Using the little lozenges, you can put together any combination of filename that you like. In this case, choose Sequence #(''1) instead of Sequence #(1) from the dropdown menu to get your extra zero’s padding, and hit insert. You can delete lozenges which are already there, or rearrange them to make your new naming convention.
And finally, let’s save this to use again another time. Go to the Preset dropdown menu at the top of the dialog, and choose ‘Save Current Settings as New Preset’. Give it a logical name - I’ve called mind “Sequence only - 3 digit”.
Next time you open the Rename dialog, this new preset will be one of your presets.
So here's how:
Select all of the images you want to rename.
Go to Library menu > Rename Photos… or go to the Naming section of the Export dialog if you're renaming exported images.
Go to the File Naming dropdown menu, and choose Edit…
Now you’re going to create your own preset. Using the little lozenges, you can put together any combination of filename that you like. In this case, choose Sequence #(''1) instead of Sequence #(1) from the dropdown menu to get your extra zero’s padding, and hit insert. You can delete lozenges which are already there, or rearrange them to make your new naming convention.
And finally, let’s save this to use again another time. Go to the Preset dropdown menu at the top of the dialog, and choose ‘Save Current Settings as New Preset’. Give it a logical name - I’ve called mind “Sequence only - 3 digit”.
Next time you open the Rename dialog, this new preset will be one of your presets.