What Browser Programs will Renumber From Last Number?

[ebkw]

I am finding this period between updates for the 7D very frustrating! I use Breezebrowser Pro to renumber all my images, card by card, before sending them to folders. I do not like having to use one programs to do just the renumbering and 2 or 3 others to convert and work on the files. Up to now I have used Breezebrowser to renumber successively and then moved to Photoshop (whichever version is current). I am using XP. I keep the number and add a title to it when only when saving after converting. eg, SNGOPortrait207155.tiff.

At this point I am renumbering in Breezebrowser, converting in either DPP or Capture One, as they are the only programs capable of converting 7D files, and then sending the images I am processing to Photoshop. I want to eliminate one of those programs.

I haven't found a way in either DPP or Capture One to renumber all files from card to card successively without putting in the next number manually each time. Does anyone know if there is a way to do that?

[E.J. Peiker]

Adobe Camera RAW is capable of converting 7D RAW files and Bridge can rename them either during ingest or as a batch after you ahve copied them.

As for numbering consecutively, simply set the camera for consecutive numbering. It sounds like you have it set to reset every time you change cards. that's an option on every digital camera ever made - it will be in one of the menus.

[ebkw]

Hi E.J.,

I don't use the file numbers from the camera but renumber all cards continuously from all camera bodies I use. That gives me a kind of time frame for when the images were captured across 6 different digital camera bodies since 2003. That way, when I look in my Loons RAW folder I can tell which are the earliest files and which are the latest ones no matter what camera body I used. This may not make sense to others but it has worked for me since I first got into digital.

I'll try using Bridge. Thanks!

[Royce Howland]

Eleanor, you just need to hang in there and wait for the software to catch up to the camera. This is the identical issue that occurs every time a new camera is released... it's just that we don't upgrade to every new camera so we forget how much of a pain it is not to have the choice of our favorite tools during those few weeks of lag time while the RAW support is being revved up.

I could potentially recommend my favorite image browser, for example, which has good renumbering support and a whole bunch of other stuff. It's ThumbsPlus Pro. But in fact I can't actually recommend it for your purposes right now because it doesn't support the 7D yet. I am batch converting my 7D files in DPP and waiting for the rest of the tools to come along...

[E.J. Peiker]

Eleanor, there might be a better way to number your files if date order is what you are after regardless of body. It's exactly waht I strive for too. I use Bridge's batch rename to rename all files to this format:

YYYY_MMDD_HHMMSS.XXX

Where XXX is whatever the RAW file format is be it CR2 for Canon, NEF for Nikon, RW2 for Panasonic.

[ebkw]

E.J.,

What is the HHMMSS?

[E.J. Peiker]

Hours Minutes Seconds

[ebkw]

Thanks, E.J.!

I AM loosing my mind!

[Jharvey]

Look at Photomechanic and also Image Ingester Pro, Photo Mechanic while not an editor is a great tool for ingesting, renaming, browsing, culling, rating. Very customizable.
Image Ingester Pro is just that, a program to get your images from card to computer that will let you customize just about anything.

Just my .02 worth.

John

[john j. henderson]

I also renumber as mentioned by Eleanor. My file scheme is a seven alphabet letter followed by the next number in line. For example: Moose would be mhemoam_xxxxxx
M for mammal, he for hoofed even toed, mo for moose, am for American (moose); xxxxxx is the next number (bald eagle would be bdreabl_xxxxxx for bird, diuranal raptor, eagle, bald). With this system, I know how many files I have saved (I only renumber my saved files) and with the alphabet letters, I know the classification. I also use breezebrowser and wish they would add the new cameras faster. Every species (bird, mammal, etc), scenics, etc have their unique six alphabet letter combo