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<title>Rename many images at once</title>
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<list type="numbered">
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<note style="sidebar">
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<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>A</key></keyseq> to select all the images
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from the folder.</p></note>
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<p>Select all the images you would like to rename in the <link xref="view#image-gallery">image gallery</link> by pressing
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<key>Ctrl</key> and clicking on the images.</p>
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>Image</gui><gui>Save as</gui></guiseq>. The
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following dialog box appears.</p>
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<note style="sidebar">
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The same dialog is used to <link xref="format-change#multiple">convert multiple images</link> to a different file type.
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<title>Rename many pictures at once</title>
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<p>If you have lots of pictures that you want to rename, perhaps so that they have a standard, numbered name format:</p>
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<p>Open the <link xref="view#image-gallery">image gallery</link> by pressing
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<p>Select all of the pictures that you would like to rename from the image
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gallery by holding down <key>Ctrl</key> and clicking them one by one.</p>
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<p>Alternatively, press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>A</key></keyseq> to select
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all of the pictures.</p>
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>Image</gui><gui>Save as</gui></guiseq>. A window with
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some filename options will appear (the picture, below, shows what this window
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<p>The renamed pictures will be saved in the current folder by default. To
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save them elsewhere, change the <gui>Destination folder</gui>.</p>
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<p>Use the <gui>Filename format</gui> box to choose a naming format for the
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pictures. The <gui>File Name Preview</gui> shows you what the new filenames
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will look like. See the <link xref="#filename-format"/> section, below, for advice on choosing how to rename the files.</p>
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<p>Ensure that the <gui>Filename Format</gui> drop-down list says
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<gui>as is</gui>, unless you want to <link xref="format-change#multiple">convert the pictures to a different file format</link>.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Save As</gui> and the pictures will be renamed.</p>
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<media type="image" src="figures/multiple-rename-count.png" width="300"/>
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<item><p>The images will be saved in the current folder by default. To
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save them elsewhere, select the location from the <gui>Destination
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folder</gui> dropdown menu.</p>
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Ensure the <gui>Filename Format</gui> dropdown box says <gui>as is</gui>, unless you are <link xref="format-change#multiple">converting formats</link>.
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<note style="sidebar"><p>You can also give
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the files a specific name in the <gui>Filename format</gui> input box.
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For example:</p><p><input>Vacation_%n</input> will name all your images,
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Vacation_01, Vacation_02, Vacation_03, etc.</p></note>
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<p>You can keep the original filename by leaving the
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<input>%f</input> in the <gui>Filename format</gui> field.</p><p>Adding
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a <input>%n</input> will number your images consecutively, starting at
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the number you choose under <gui>Options</gui>.</p>
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<item><p>When you are done, click <gui>Save As</gui>.</p></item>
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<section id="filename-format">
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<title>Choose a filename format</title>
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<p>The filenames of the renamed files are determined by what you put in the
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<gui>Filename format</gui> box.</p>
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<p>You can keep the original filename as part of the new filename by leaving
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the <input>%f</input> in the box.</p>
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<p>For example, if you type <input>paris_%f</input> into the <gui>Filename format</gui> box, pictures called <file>flower.jpg</file>, <file>house.jpg</file>, and <file>cat.jpg</file> would be renamed to <file>paris_flower.jpg</file>, <file>paris_house.jpg</file>, and <file>paris_cat.jpg</file>.</p>
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<p>Adding a <input>%n</input> will number the pictures consecutively,
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starting at the counter number you choose under <gui>Options</gui>.</p>
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<p>For example, if you type <input>sunshine_%n</input> into the <gui>Filename format</gui> box, pictures called <file>flower.jpg</file>, <file>house.jpg</file>, and <file>cat.jpg</file> would be renamed to <file>sunshine_2.jpg</file>, <file>sunshine_3.jpg</file>, and <file>sunshine_1.jpg</file>. (They will be numbered by alphabetical order of the original filenames.)</p>