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IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - Emericlb - 2015-08-01
Hello,
So I have a Canon camera and every 10,000 pictures, the number comes back to 0000, so I have this timelapse with 200 frames from IMG_9800 to IMG_9999 and then the rest of the picture from IMG_0001 to IMG_500 something, but I need the IMG_9800 to be first on the list.
I tried to Google the issue and came accros this forum http://forum.lrtimelapse.com/Thread-import-problem-after-renaming-files
But I tried everything here and nothing work. Anything I do keeps sorting the file by name, even when I uncheck the box. When I uncheck it, nothing happen, when I check, then uncheck again, nothing happen ... so I tried to reload (F5) but nothing, so I tried to restart, but nothing (the box is checking itself automatically at some point) so I still have the issue.
Please help me, this is really frustrating.
Thanks
RE: IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - Wire14 - 2015-08-02
Hi,
this is very easy. There are a variety of free programms (e.g. joe or rename master) where you can rename the pictures. So just set the prefix IMG_ and the programm generates the number in ascending order.
After that you can edit the sequence as normally
Regards, Chris
RE: IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - klerhaugen - 2015-08-02
or just sort by date.
RE: IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - Emericlb - 2015-08-02
Thanks for the answer Wire14, but apparently the program you mentioned is only PC and I am on mac.
I know there is a easy way to do it without renaming the file, technically LRTimelapse is supposed to sort the images using date and time. I unchecked the box "sort by filename" and nothing happens.
@klerhaungen This is what I am trying to do, LRTimelapse keeps sorting the files by name and not date/time.
RE: IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - Emericlb - 2015-08-02
Ok so I found an easy way to do it, I can rename multiple files at once on Mac (must be new, or I just didn't know we could do that), so I just added the letter A before the images from IMG_9800 to IMG_9999 (AIMG_9800 etc..) so that they end up at the top of the list, now it works fine.
But if somebody knows what the real issue, I would love to know!
RE: IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - c_joerg - 2015-08-02
(2015-08-02, 12:50)Emericlb Wrote: Ok so I found an easy way to do it, I can rename multiple files at once on Mac (must be new, or I just didn't know we could do that), so I just added the letter A before the images from IMG_9800 to IMG_9999 (AIMG_9800 etc..) so that they end up at the top of the list, now it works fine.
But if somebody knows what the real issue, I would love to know!
Why You don't Reset the filecounter every time when You Start a New timelapse?
RE: IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - Gunther - 2015-08-02
If the exif data is being read correctly (it should) then LRT will automatically sort by Date/Time, no need to worry about it at all.
If you want, you can use the rename feature in LRTimelapse (F2) too, to rename your sequences with a prefixing Date/Time.
RE: IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - Emericlb - 2015-08-03
(2015-08-02, 14:29)gwegner Wrote: If the exif data is being read correctly (it should) then LRT will automatically sort by Date/Time, no need to worry about it at all.
If you want, you can use the rename feature in LRTimelapse (F2) too, to rename your sequences with a prefixing Date/Time.
So maybe the Exif Data weren't read correctly, cause I tried everything but the files were sorted by name only. Also when I tried to rename them using LRT like you suggest, I had an error message, saying to check the log file. So do you think that my images are corrupted or something? I never had this problem before. Hmm strange
Also, if you check the attached screen capture, you can see n/a on the Date/File Original column, is this normal?
RE: IMG_9999 to IMG_0001 - Gunther - 2015-08-03
I don't see a screenshot, and please attach the log file too. Info menu/Show log.