Exporting Filenames
The key feature of Capturebot Lite is exporting filenames. In order to provide flexibility there are a number of options for transforming and cleaning up the imported data.
Export Settings
Each export setting is applied in the order it appears in the interface. For instance text case is changed before removing whitespaces, which allows an imported filename like RED SHIRT 1701 to be made into camel case: RedShirt1701.
Filename Header
If you data includes a header row you can select one of the columns to use as the source of filenames. Capturebot will attempt to detect automatically the correct column by looking for headers that contain words like "filename" or "file".
Trimming Characters
A fixed number of characters can be trimmed from the beginning and end of each filename. For example if your producer provided a shotlist where each name ended in a hyphen that can be easily removed.
Text Case
The filename's case can be changed, if needed.
- Capitalizing will apply a localized capitalization to each word in the filename
- Lowercasing will make all characters lowercase
- Uppercasing will make all characters UPPERCASE
Replacing Whitespace & Illegal Characters
Often times it's undesirable to have spaces within a filename, and illegal characters can't be in a filename. These two options allow you to choose how to handle these characters. You can replace them with an underscore, hyphen, or remove them altogether.
Padding Digits
If your filenames contain numbers the digits can be padded with zeroes so each is the same length. Only integer (whole) numbers are supported. Each number in the filename must be separated by a non-number character.
| Filename | Padding | Other | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
1 red shirt |
2 | 01 red shirt |
|
1.2 red shirt |
2 | 01.02 red shirt |
|
1 2 red shirt |
3 | 001 002 red shirt |
|
1 2 red shirt |
3 | Remove Spaces | 012 red shirt |
Exporting Filenames
At the bottom of the window are the filenames that will be exported. Each filename has to its left an index, which can be important in troubleshooting any import issues. For instance a filename that has an invisible newline A File\rBFile will be rendered
1 | A File
| B File
alerting you to the fact that the name might not have been parsed correctly.
Once you're satisfied with the filenames you can export the folders by clicking the Export button, from File -> Export Folders…, or copy the names from Edit -> Copy.
The export commands will prompt you where to save the new folders.
- Note: Any folders which already exist won't be overwritten.
