Tutorial - Renaming Files with Adobe Bridge

Camera file names are basically worthless. Good media management requires you do something to those names so they are of use to you in post. Here is my technique for changing file names so that they are more friendly and ‘play well with others’.

Comments

[Ron Dawson]

Hey Chris, couple of questions:
1. Why did you go to bridge instead of Apple's built-in Automator program?
2. Is there a reason you don't include the client or project name (or abbreviation) as part of the filename?

Thanks for all you do.

[Chris Fenwick]

Ron... I find Automator to be a pain in the ass... maybe i'm not smart enough to figure it out... it always seems like I'm programming. There are those that swear by it... I tend to find myself swearing AT it more often than not.

I don't put the client name in the file name normally but recently we had two shoots for two clients going on at the same time and I actually thought... that may not be a bad idea.

For now, the client name is NOT in the file name because it all lives in a job folder that does in deed have the client name and project name.

What exactly do YOU do... I'm always looking for input on these matters.