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Is it possible to set a single action that will rename JPG files as follows:

%datetime%_%random%%ext%

?

I'd like to use the random 8-digit string to allow renaming large collections of jpgs where some will have the same %datetime% and therefore won't otherwise be renamed.

The only way I've found ...

I've used Regex from time to time and whenever I do I realize how amazing it is, but it's still pretty foreign so I didn't use it here. I'll put that on *my* todo list. ;-)

The only downside to the many steps is that if I remember/understand correctly the undo usually only applies to the last step ...

Thanks for the explanation, makes total sense.

Fortunately I have so much faith in your software that I'm using it this way even sans preview.

This has been on *my* todo list for awhile and I think I finally have my be all end all photo and video renaming sequence. The arb looks like this ...

I often want to rename folders that contain both photos and videos. I prefer to use EXIF data for the photos, but the videos don't contain EXIF and so remain unnamed. Videos can be renamed using the "Use Date and Time".

I created an ARB whose first action is to rename all files using date and time ...

It might be an obscure need, but my use case is this:
Because of the way Dropbox handles certain videos and screenshots, some files end up with a name that's based on year-month-day but of UTC rather than the local time zone. I use Ant Renamer to rename those using file modified date. I run the ARB ...

I'm using the latest version 2.12.0 but for me the preview column is populated even if the preview is the same as the current name. Am I doing something wrong?

For example, the list below has only one action -- delete the 16th character. Only one of the files has a 16th character but all of the ...

In the preview window, I wonder if others would find it useful to differentiate between rows where the files names will change and those where it won't. I often find myself renaming photos based on their EXIF data and in some cases there are photos mixed in the same folder where some have been ...

I wanted to share that while I'm still looking forward to this feature, I did find a useful workaround for burst photos. The EXIF tag subsec allows me to differentiate down to the hundredths or thousandths of a second.

I changed the EXIF template to "%datetime%_%subsectimeoriginal% and then added ...

I know it's been discussed before, but I can't determine whether it's been implemented. I LOVE Ant Renamer and use it (among many other things) to rename my photos via EXIF tags. I use a series of actions to create a file name like this:

2015_1229_153012.jpg

for a photo taken at 3:30 and 12 ...