Re: creating new folders, moving files and renaming files all in one action?
Re: creating new folders, moving files and renaming files all in one action?
- Subject: Re: creating new folders, moving files and renaming files all in one action?
- From: Philip Giles <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 19:21:08 +0100
I'm new to this list and automator, so hello to all.
I was wondering if anyone could help me with making an 'action'. I'm
looking to get an Automator application created that I could place on
my desktop to do the following when I drop a folder of image files on
it.
As part of my work flow as a photographer, I create folders that
contain either 36 or 60 images. What I want the automator application
to do, when I drop a folder on it is:
1) Create 6 new folders within the main folder, with the new folders
named 1 though to 6
2) Move the image files in the main folder to each of the new folders,
with every 6th images being moved to folder 1, then the next set to
folder 2 and so on.
If there were 36 images in the main folder they would end up in the 6
folders as follows:
folder 1: images 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 31
folder 2: images 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, 32
folder 3: images 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, 33
folder 4: images 4, 10, 16, 22, 28, 34
folder 5: images 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 35
folder 6: images 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36
If there were 60 images in the folder, they would be sorted as follows:
folder 1: images 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55
folder 2: images 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56
folder 3: images 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, 33, 39, 45, 51, 57
folder 4: images 4, 10, 16, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46, 52, 58
folder 5: images 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 35, 41, 47, 53, 59
folder 6: images 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60
3) Rename each set of sorted images, now in the individual folders, to
image001, image002, image003, image004, image005 etc etc
So the end result would be 6 new folders, each with 6 or 10 images in
them, and each set of images renamed as above.
Is it possible to do something like this in Automator? Any help would
be much appreciated.
With best regards,
Phil
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