Action: Insert

This action allows you to insert data (e.g., a numbering) at a previously defined position of the name.

Where to insert?

Determines the position at which the new text is to be inserted. The following position informations are available:

• at position
• in front of/behind a text
• in front of/behind a character type
• in front of/behind every of the characters

What to insert?

Defines the text to be inserted at the specified position. The following types can be inserted:

• a text
• a numbering (consecutive or random order, for duplicate names only)

  The numbering type "for duplicate names only" is used to avoid naming conflicts and is inserted only in the case of duplicate names.

  Leading zeros are designated by the length of the initial value (i.e., 1, 01, 001). With the Step you specify by how much the value increases with each name.

  In the section "Number separately" can be determined if and when the numbering should be done separately.

  • Folders - the numbering is done separately for each folder
  • File types - the numbering is done separately for each file extension
  • Names - the numbering is done separately for all new names (e.g., if multiple names contain the same date in the new name)

• metadata
  • Picture taken date
  • Exif data (camera maker, camera model, photographer, description, comment, image width/height, horizontal/vertical resolution, flash used)
  • Image data (width/height, horizontal/vertical resolution, bit depth)
  • Audio data (artist, album, title, year, comment, track, genre, bitrate, album artist, composer, disc number)
  • IPTC data (country name, country code, province/state, city, location, title, photographer, name, provider, source)
  • PDF data (version, author, title, subject, keywords, creator, producer, page count)
  • Video data if the plugin is installed (width, height, frame rate, standard, aspect ratio, audio codec, video codec, overall bitrate, video bitrate, audio bitrate, audio compression, duration, title)
• properties of files/folders
  • Creation date
  • Last modified date
  • Parent folder name

    Inserts the name of a super-ordinated folder.

  • File size

    Inserts the file size into the name. You can select diverse units and decimal separator, and you can also designate the number of decimal places.

  • Hash value

    Inserts the hash value of the file's contents. Choose from the following hash functions: MD5, SHA1, SHA256, CRC32

• other data
  • Names list

    Enables insertion of a line from a text file.

  • Today's date
  • Random characters

    Inserts random characters. You can select the number and type of characters (uppercase letters, lowercase letters and/or numbers) to be generated.

  • File content (text files)

    Inserts an area or a line of the file's content. For example, you can use the title of HTML files or a value from XML files for naming. In the options, the file type and file size can be restricted.

  • Created definition

    Inserts a previously created definition into the name.

    • own name
    • name of a contained file (only to be used for folder names)
    • name of a contained folder (only to be used for folder names)
    • parent folder name
  • Part of own name
    • a character type
    • an area (defined by position, search term, character type or regular expression)