Nill Toulme Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On
|
I use the "job code" feature. My rename string is %T1-%J%r and it's set to "Prompt for Job Code every time Downloader is run." My "job code" is just the fifth digit. For my S400 I enter 0, because it hasn't rolled over yet (and probably never will), for my D60 I enter 1, because it's rolled over once, and for the 1D I enter 5 because it's rolled over five times. DL remembers the last job code you used, so it's usually still 5 and I don't have to change it -- I only have to remember to change it if I'm dl'ing from a different camera than last time. With only one camera that wouldn't be a concern.
So, my S400 shots get renamed as S400-0xxxx.jpg, my D60 shots as D60-1xxxx.crw, and the 1D shots as 1D-5xxxx.tif. Completely unique filenames, never a duplicate. If I had two of the same body I would do it a little differently, but this system works well for me.
The job code is a really useful feature. You could obviously use it instead for what it's really intended for -- literal job codes like a customer or order number, or "Smith Wedding," or something like that.
FWIW, the rest of my system is that I have DL put the images in automatically created directories named for the image date. Then I move those directories into subject folders, like \My Pictures\Soccer 2003b (Fall)\This or that team\2003-11-15.
This has worked well to keep me sane over 60,000+ images, almost 15,000 of which are on my website.
Nill
~~
www.toulme.net
|