Skywriter
September 15th, 2006, 04:21 PM
I learned of this site several weeks ago and have greatly enjoyed browsing the forums here and all the wonderful help everyone provides. To this point, I have only dabbled with PSE, doing some basic stuff and tweaking a few photos here and there. The next few months are a busy time of year for me, but I plan to become a subscriber after that so I can spend the winter taking some of the online training and tutorials to improve my skills.
I have been using PSE 2, but decided I might as well go ahead and get PSE 4, which I did, just two days before the announcement of PSE 5. Oh, do I feel dumb. Not really, though, because I'm really still a beginner anyway.
I was able to spend a few hours last evening getting familiar with PSE 4, and I ran into a situation that I hope someone can give me some advice with.
In PSE 2, there is Batch Rename feature on the file browser window. With that, it is easy to rename any or all of a batch of files in a given folder. I really like it because the two drop-down menus gives me a lot of flexibility to name and number the files the way I want them. The Organizer in PSE 4 has a rename feature, but as far as I can tell, you just type a base name in the box and it assigns numbers to the files starting at 1, 2, 3, etc.
On the Editor side of PSE 4, the batch process mode includes a rename feature like I am used to, but using it makes a set of copies of the files, which I don't want to do, rather than simply rename them. Am I right in assuming that PES 4 won't let me rename files as PSE 2 does?
If so, would it cause any problems if I reinstalled PSE 2 on my computer along with PSE 4? I uninstalled 2 before installing 4, but it would be worthwhile to me (I think) to have it back, even just to do a batch rename now and then.
I hope that makes sense, and I'll appreciate any help or advice on it.
I have been using PSE 2, but decided I might as well go ahead and get PSE 4, which I did, just two days before the announcement of PSE 5. Oh, do I feel dumb. Not really, though, because I'm really still a beginner anyway.
I was able to spend a few hours last evening getting familiar with PSE 4, and I ran into a situation that I hope someone can give me some advice with.
In PSE 2, there is Batch Rename feature on the file browser window. With that, it is easy to rename any or all of a batch of files in a given folder. I really like it because the two drop-down menus gives me a lot of flexibility to name and number the files the way I want them. The Organizer in PSE 4 has a rename feature, but as far as I can tell, you just type a base name in the box and it assigns numbers to the files starting at 1, 2, 3, etc.
On the Editor side of PSE 4, the batch process mode includes a rename feature like I am used to, but using it makes a set of copies of the files, which I don't want to do, rather than simply rename them. Am I right in assuming that PES 4 won't let me rename files as PSE 2 does?
If so, would it cause any problems if I reinstalled PSE 2 on my computer along with PSE 4? I uninstalled 2 before installing 4, but it would be worthwhile to me (I think) to have it back, even just to do a batch rename now and then.
I hope that makes sense, and I'll appreciate any help or advice on it.