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Step Three:
I'm going to show you the setup for a
popular file naming system for photogra-
phers, but this is only an example—you
can create a custom template later that
fits your studio's needs. We'll start by add-
ing the year first (this helps keep your file-
names together when sorted by name). To
keep your filenames from getting too long,
I recommend using just the last two digits
of the year. So go to the Additional section
of the dialog, click on the pop-up menu,
and choose Date (YY), as shown here (the
Y lets you know this is a year entry, the
YY lets you know it's only going to display
two digits). The Date (YY) token will ap-
pear in the naming field and if you look
above the top-left side of it, you'll see a
live example of the name template you're
creating. At this point, my new filename
is 12.jpg, as seen here.
Step Four:
After the two-digit year, we add the
two-digit month the photo was taken
by going to the same pop-up menu, but
this time choosing Date (MM), as shown
here. (Both of these dates are drawn
automatically from the metadata em-
bedded into your photo by your digital
camera at the moment the shot was
taken.) By the way, if you had chosen
Date (Month), it would display the entire
month name, so your filename would
have looked like this: 12February, rather
than what we want, which is 1202.
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