Number then rename those Digi Files?
by: Dean Lawrence
So I recommend using a file numbering index system in the prefix part of the file name first, then use a meaningful name for the remainder of the file name to help describe the photo file.
Prefix the file number ahead of the file name description for best practices.
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I highlighted the above 1st eight characters to show you what would typically be see on the back side of a photo print or under a photo thumbnail image on an index page or photo catalog page.
by: Dean Lawrence
This month we are introducing our new photo catalog books. I thought this would be a good time to mention a very common practice that I would recommend to our VIP Customers. Many of you my know already that our Photo Lab printers have the ability to print the file names on the back side of the photo paper. What you may not realized is, we only have the ability to print 8 - 10 characters. Often our customers tend to rename their digital camera files with long descriptive names of a vacation or special event. But at the end of the file name, this is a number sequence to indivualize each file. These long file don't work well at all for creating photo INDEX Prints, Locating files on a CD or DVD, and most importantly, located on the bottom of thumbnail images on our new Photo Catalog Books.
So I recommend using a file numbering index system in the prefix part of the file name first, then use a meaningful name for the remainder of the file name to help describe the photo file.
Prefix the file number ahead of the file name description for best practices.
0001Hawaii_July2010.jpg is better than Smith family vacation in Hawaii July 2010img001.jpg
0002Hawaii_July2010.jpg is better than Smith family vacation in Hawaii July 2010img002.jpg
0003Hawaii_July2010.jpg is better than Smith family vacation in Hawaii July 2010img003.jpg
0004Hawaii_July2010.jpg is better than Smith family vacation in Hawaii July 2010img004.jpg
0005Hawaii_July2010.jpg is better than Smith family vacation in Hawaii July 2010img005.jpg
0006Hawaii_July2010.jpg is better than Smith family vacation in Hawaii July 2010img006.jpg
I highlighted the above 1st eight characters to show you what would typically be see on the back side of a photo print or under a photo thumbnail image on an index page or photo catalog page.
Within our industry there is a widely known " irfanView " while our photo lab department has expert photoshop associates around, We use irfanView often for "Batch File Renaming"
I found some interesting links to YouTube videos that explain this procedure.
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