Hi Ir fans,
my impression is that anyone who has ever used proprietary image management software finally will return to the naming principle "timestamp numbering", ie "Y|ymd-[H[M[S]]]-#[#[#]].Ext". As long as the Exif header is present, this can easily be done with the I.V. Batch tool. The thing has only one catch: Timestamp and consecutive numbering overlap. An optimal solution would be to first read in the complete timestamps ymdHMS of all images (of the directory) and then determine how many digits a sequential numbering has to be appended to the time stamp to serve an uniqe file name. This method would have tremendous advantages over the current:
- The file directory always provides a quick overview on how many pictures are taken at a given timestamp
- Complemented images can be integrated in without changing the running numbering of images with a timestamp other than the import image.
and if a renaming generation mark (&) is introduced this way "Y|ymd-[H[M[S]]]-#[#[#]]-[&].ext this will provide a
- history administration handle
... or have I been overlooking something?
Thanks for engaging
keltas
my impression is that anyone who has ever used proprietary image management software finally will return to the naming principle "timestamp numbering", ie "Y|ymd-[H[M[S]]]-#[#[#]].Ext". As long as the Exif header is present, this can easily be done with the I.V. Batch tool. The thing has only one catch: Timestamp and consecutive numbering overlap. An optimal solution would be to first read in the complete timestamps ymdHMS of all images (of the directory) and then determine how many digits a sequential numbering has to be appended to the time stamp to serve an uniqe file name. This method would have tremendous advantages over the current:
- The file directory always provides a quick overview on how many pictures are taken at a given timestamp
- Complemented images can be integrated in without changing the running numbering of images with a timestamp other than the import image.
and if a renaming generation mark (&) is introduced this way "Y|ymd-[H[M[S]]]-#[#[#]]-[&].ext this will provide a
- history administration handle
... or have I been overlooking something?
Thanks for engaging
keltas
