naming scanned photos

[Odd-no-more]

Hi does anyone know if it's possible to scan photos with a name attached. The problem I'm having is I have started to scan all the photos we have before digital took over, I'm doing them in batches, but my scanning program assigns a number based on how many scans this session, so I end up with the next batch of pix with the same name as the first, and I have to rename each one individually. Is there a way to rename the whole batch? I'm not concerned about what the name is as I plan to rename them all later with as much info as I can (date, place etc.)

 

[Guigsy]

You want some sort of batch renaming utility:

How to Batch Rename Multiple Files in Windows

Got a bunch of files you want to rename, but don't want to go through them each one by one? Windows provides more ways to do this than you may realize.

www.howtogeek.com

 

[Otter Spotter]

Have you tried right clicking on mouse as you hover over the scanned photo and right clicking ? Then there should be a ‘rename’ listed in drop down menu.
only other way I can think is for you to rename in your photo processing software ‘Lightroom’ etc.

 

[Odd-no-more]

You want some sort of batch renaming utility:

How to Batch Rename Multiple Files in Windows

Got a bunch of files you want to rename, but don't want to go through them each one by one? Windows provides more ways to do this than you may realize.

www.howtogeek.com

I'll give this a try it looks just what I need thanks

 

[Odd-no-more]

I have used this method today and it is working well, I will have to go back and sort the pictures and then give them proper names but at least I can store them easily now. I have done the first box but there is still a larger box to go.

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[Gromett]

I had a similar issue years ago. What I did as a temporary but quick solution to get me going was to create subfolders.
I had a main folder called scans. Then each sessions I created a new subfolder using the date.
/scans/2021-11-08
/scans/2021-11-09

If I did multiple sessions in a day I would append an additional number
/scans/2021-11-09-2

Later I started doing by location as well
/scans/waddington-air-show-1997
/scans/waddington-air-show-1997-2

 

[Odd-no-more]

All this scanning is just like when we had to scan instruction manuals before they went digital, I have a lot of scanned boiler manuals that are now of no use at all. Does anybody know of someone with a Trisave boiler?

 

[GoldenVision]

Two very comprehensive file renaming apps for Windows : LupasRename and BulkRenameUtility. Both free.

 

[Riverbankannie]

I use XNView in windows both to do the scan and to batch process whether it be renaming or resizing, but if you have found a way of doing it that suits, stick to it.

 

[Gellyneck]

As GoldenVision says there are a number of third-party renaming utilities out there.
I use Bulk Rename Utility https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/ regularly and it's very effective with multiple functionality options and it's free. It's also portable so you don't have to install it.

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