Batch Renaming
The mysterious number that comes out of your digital
camera is not the most meaningful of filenames. All these
exercises, and we have yet to name a single image. Well,
that’s about to change. In the next steps, you’ll not only
name a single image, you’ll name lots of images, and all
at the same time:- Restore the saved workspace. We’re still inside the
Bridge for this exercise. Assuming that you saved
the custom workspace and shifted it to the second
position (see Step 20 on page 20), then added another
workspace in Step 5 on page 26, you can choose Big
Thumbs w/ Panels in the applications bar or press
Ctrl+F3 (�-F3) to revive that workspace now. - Navigate to the Max Mural folder. Lo-
cate the Lesson 01 folder inside the Lesson
Files-PsCS5 1on1 folder, and open the Max
Mural folder (see Figure 1-33). Inside are a dozen
photographs shot over the course of several weeks.
They show the progress of a mural I painted in my
eldest son’s bedroom, inspired by what was for a
brief moment his favorite book, Maurice Sendak’s
Where the Wild Things Are. (I keep thinking this will
be his favorite book, but that hasn’t happened yet.) - Rename the first image. Click the first image to
select it, and then click its filename, located below
its thumbnail, which is P3226430.jpg. (Or press
the F2 key for a handy shortcut.) The Bridge high-
lights P3226430 so you can rename it without
changing the .jpg extension. (I assume you can
see the extension, which is a system-level prefer-
ence setting. If you can’t, don’t worry about it.)
Type a more descriptive filename, such as “Max-
BedroomPencil-1” (see Figure 1-34). Then press
the Tab key to record the name and advance to the
second image. - Rename the second image. By pressing Tab, you
advance to the second image and highlight its name.
Enter the by-now-approved, improved filename
“MaxBedroomPencil-2.” Press Tab to accept the
change and move to the third thumbnail.
Figure 1-33.Figure 1-34.
32 Lesson 1: Open and Organize