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1. Re: Files Renamed when importing to LR4 and now can't find them in LR3
Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață Jan 11, 2012 4:57 AM (in response to Matthew A Kraus)Go back to LR4 and restore the filenames.
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2. Re: Files Renamed when importing to LR4 and now can't find them in LR3
Matthew A Kraus Jan 11, 2012 5:12 AM (in response to Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață)Thanks for the prompt reply. How do I do this in LR4? Do I have to try and match the LR3 images with the LR4 ones and rename each one in LR4 individually?
The file numbers of the original files in LR3 are not perfectly sequential as some have an "edit" or "edit-edit" and others have an "edit-2" etc. Some of the names are pretty long and complicated.
Thanks,
Mathew Kraus
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3. Re: Files Renamed when importing to LR4 and now can't find them in LR3
Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață Jan 11, 2012 5:18 AM (in response to Matthew A Kraus)Ok, can you give a little more details about how you renamed the files?
Did you add or copy during import into LR4? DId you rename on import or in Library module?
What is the filename template you use in LR3 and LR4?
Do you have a backup of your image archive?
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4. Re: Files Renamed when importing to LR4 and now can't find them in LR3
Matthew A Kraus Jan 11, 2012 5:53 AM (in response to Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață)Thanks so much for helping me with this.
I must admit, I didn't pay too much attention when importing this "test"
group of photos to LR4, therein lies my problem. Now that I look at the
import settings that were used:
1. Files were not added or copied, they were "moved" to a new location and
also renamed.
2. Files were renamed starting with "264" using my regular import template.
Listed below are the first 10 photos with their original LR3 and he
changed LR4 names.
1201_001 changed to 1201_264-2
1201_002 changed to 1201_265-2
1201_003 changed to 1201_266-2
1201_004 changed to 1201_267-2
1201_005-Edit-Edit changed to 1201_268-2
1201_005-Edit changed to 1201_269-2
1201_005-Edit changed to 1201_270-2
1201_005-Edit-Edit-2 changed to 1201_271-2
I have a back up of my images on an EHD from several days ago which has the
original file names, but this backup only has 203 of the 268 images I
imported yesterday and are renamed.
Thanks again,
Matthew Kraus
2012/1/11 Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață <forums@adobe.com>
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5. Re: Files Renamed when importing to LR4 and now can't find them in LR3
Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață Jan 11, 2012 6:03 AM (in response to Matthew A Kraus)Can't think of an easy way to rename all ina batch, so you're better off with restoring those 203 iomages from backup and dealing with the rest manually.
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6. Re: Files Renamed when importing to LR4 and now can't find them in LR3
CSS Simon Jan 11, 2012 6:17 AM (in response to Matthew A Kraus)Um, LR4 is a beta, and Adobe recommend not using it for production work. This would naturally imply not working on live images, but on copies. And if in doubt, tabke a backup first. I'm not trying to make a snide point, because I've been bitten too often by this.
My rule is simple - don't ever let pre-production software anywhere near live data.
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7. Re: Files Renamed when importing to LR4 and now can't find them in LR3
Matthew A Kraus Jan 11, 2012 7:01 AM (in response to CSS Simon)You're absolutely right!


