To create a File Naming Template, choose Library > Rename Photos. Rename Multiple Images After Import -To batch rename multiple images, first select the images in Grid view, then choose Library > Rename Photos and choose from one of Lightroom Classic’s default file naming templates or, create your own (see Creating a File Naming Template below to learn how).Ĭreating a File Naming Template - This Quick Tip “ Creating a Custom File Renaming Templates in Lightroom Classic” demonstrates how to create a template (or, you can read about it below). Rename a Single Image After Import -To rename a single image, select the photo in the Library module and, in the Metadata panel, enter in a new file name. Renaming Files on Import -When selecting Copy as DNG, Copy, or Move in the Import window, you can use the File Renaming panel to rename files using one of Lightroom Classic’s default file naming templates or, create your own (see Creating a File Naming Template below to learn how). Renaming Files -Renaming files in Lightroom Classic renames the files in the operating system. It also appears naming with subseconds (as you mentioned) is supported, and that would likely be more appropriate for your usecase.Here are several important tips for renaming files in Lightroom Classic. It does appear you can turn the “Representation of Exposure Time” metadata tag off. If you have this feature enabled, it could explain why the photos are named so seemingly randomly.

For exposures greater than or equal to one second, the value is formatted as an integer with a trailing s e.g.

for an exposure that was 1/125 of a second, the value is 125

For exposures less than one tenth of a second, the result is formatted as an integer e.g.

For exposures less than one second but more than or equal to one tenth of a second, the result is formatted as a one character length integer e.g.

To work around this problem, Rapid Photo Downloader formats exposure times without using the forward slash:

This format is not helpful when naming files, because the forward slash is an illegal filename character for some operating systems.

This is from the Rapid Photo Downloader documentation:įor photographers, exposure times of less than one second are normally expressed in fraction form, e.g.

Batch rename photos