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USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2
Importing photos
Custom Name - Sequence
Names the auto-imported photos using a custom name, followed by sequential numbers
starting with the number you specify.
Custom Name
Names the auto-imported photos using a name you specify.
Date - Filename
Names the auto-imported photos using the creation (capture) date, followed by the photos’ complete
original filenames.
Filename - Sequence
Names the auto-imported photos using the photos’ original filenames, followed by sequential
numbers starting with the number you specify.
Filename
Names the auto-imported photos using the photos’ original filenames.
Edit
Names the auto-imported photos using the options you set in the Filename Template Editor. See “
The Filename
Template Editor and Text Template Editor
” on page 35.
The Filename Template Editor and Text Template Editor
The Filename Template Editor and the Text Template Editor let you specify text strings for different uses. Using the
Filename Template Editor, you can use the text strings to name files as they’re being imported or exported. Using the
Text Template Editor, you can use text strings to add captions to photos in a slide show, add text overlays to photos
being printed, and add titles and other text to web gallery pages.
A
token
is a text string that is replaced by the corresponding option you set. In the Filename Template Editor and the
Text Template Editor, tokens specify the content data that replaces the text string. Tokens save you the effort of
manually typing content data and lets you leverage the data already in the photo files.
The Filename Template Editor and the Text Template Editor include the following elements:
Preset
Chooses, saves, deletes, or renames presets.
Image Name
Specifies a text string option using the filename or folder name.
Numbering
Specifies three types of numbering: Import, which is a sequential number for each import operation;
Image, which numbers each photo, in sequence starting from 1, based on how many photos have been imported into
the catalog; and Sequence, which numbers each photo in sequence, letting you choose the Start Number of the series.
(This element is not available in the Filename Template Editor when exporting photos.)
Additional
Specifies a text string option using the creation (capture) date and time, or Exchangeable Image Format
(EXIF) data. (This element is only available in the Filename Template Editor when importing or auto-importing
photos.)
Sequence And Date
Specifies a text string option using sequential numbers and creation (capture) date and time.
(This element is only available in the Filename Template Editor when exporting photos.)
Metadata
Specifies a text string option using IPTC or EXIF metadata. (This element is only available in the Filename
Template Editor when exporting photos.)
EXIF Data
Specifies a text string option using EXIF data. (This element is only available in the Text Template Editor,
when creating slide shows, printing photos, or creating web photo galleries.)
IPTC Data
Specifies a text string option using IPTC metadata. (This element is only available in the Text Template
Editor, when creating slide shows, printing photos, or creating web photo galleries.)
Custom
Uses the options you specify for the text string.
Updated 03 September 2009
