File Naming during Import now working

[pankajbhakta]

Hi Everyone,

I have recently installed Windows 10 on my computer and re-installed Lightroom CC.

I always use the following simple method to rename files during import.

Renaming Files During Lightroom Import | Maine Wedding Photographers

I have noticed that I am not being able to use the Filename Editor to create a filename template as shown below.

As you can see above that none of the settings that I have inserted is displayed in the example. When I Save current settings as new preset and apply the preset during import nothing changes as you see below. The sample should show My Filename

Could someone please help.

Thanks in advance.

Pankaj

[ManiacJoe]

What happens if you pick a different template?

[Bob Somrak]

I think this is a BUG.  It seems like any custom edit or preset with a date in is gets messed up.  Any DATE value does not show up.

Does not work in IMPORT Rename

But is does work in RENAME in Library

[Bob Somrak · Accepted solution]

By the way, you need to change the title of the post to "not working" instead of 'now working" because it is definitely NOT working.

[pankajbhakta]

Sorry Bob,

I must be feeling sleepy and tired after re-installing Windows 10 with all my applications and typed the title incorrectly as 'File Naming during Import now working'...instead of 'File Naming during Import NOT working'.

I checked to see if I can edit the title so that my post doesn't look stupid but did not find a way.

Please let me know how I can.

Regards,

Pankaj

[jh802711]

I have the same problem after upgrading from LR6 to CC 2015.8. Nothing seems to work in the rename section of import dialog. But I have tried importation and renaming seems to work during importation with my preset (nearly yours with AAAAMMJJ_HHMMSS_{name of my camera}).

Hope it will help,

Kind regards,

Jean

[Bob Somrak]

This is still NOT working in 2015.9.   Did they actually fix any bugs in this latest release?

On top of the original post #2 I made there is also an additional bug in the TEXT portion if a DATE field in involved.  As you can see I put "Than  date" in the template and then the DATE field and then tried to edit the TEXT portion the "this is edited" does not show up.

[matrixbud]

I have the same issue. I started a new thread because Pankaj was unable to change the misleading title and because the thread is marked "answered" I am hoping this issue may obtain better visibility with a new thread, or maybe a moderator will see fit to rename this one and also change it to "unasnwered".

[johnrellis]

Adobe has acknowledged that the Sample filename doesn't get updated when a file renaming template contains date tokens: Lightroom: Missing example : of how filename is to be named/created in filename template editor (how... . But thought the Sample filename field doesn't get properly updated, the template still works when used to rename files.  Please add your me-too vote and opinion to the bug report, making it a little more likely Adobe will prioritize a fix.

[Bob Somrak]

Another problem with the Fie Rename is you can not insert tokens at the cursor, they are only added at the end of the string.