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[CasperTheFriendlyGhost]

Hi all!

I use a WinXP machine and I love to take photos. The thing is, I like to watch them by date the picture was taken, but sorting that way takes a long ime. I'd like to make a script whereas I can name my pics descriptively and then sort by an attribute (say date picture taken on) and then re-name with a prefix to keep the order so that I can simply sort by name next time. Some kind of pipeline maybe.

Does that make sense?

Any tips welcome and appreciated.

[Demophobe]

Arranging files by "modified date" doesn't work? Right click in the folder and select that option.

How could you find a script that knows how you want to custom label your photos? Strange...

[CasperTheFriendlyGhost]

I can sort the pictures easily, but there is a long delay in doing so. Also, when photos are sorted in that maner, opening the file can take 1-2 minutes.

In linix, I could make a pipeline with a filter sorting by date and another filter adding an ascending number to each photo. I'd like to do something similar in WinXP, but I have no idea how. Perhaps in the "dos" it's possible.

[Demophobe]

As I know, photos come from a digital camera with a number and a file extension. Like 4567.jpg.

This makes the sort identical no matter how you do it, as pictures are numbered from the camera consecutively.

So, 4567, then 4568..this is the order they will appear in no matter is by name or date.

I may not fully understand what you want to do here or perhaps your camera functions differently that every dica I have ever used...

[dogshed]

[CasperTheFriendlyGhost]

Demophobe:
Yep, but my pictures are renamed to give meaning to the title. Also, they are from different cameras.

I'll look into the above suggestion. Thanks.

Anyone else have an idea?

[SuperHero]

ACDSEE does what you want.