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: Ron Murias <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 13:00:27 -0600
What are your initial file names?
On 2011-05-28, at 12:21, Philip Giles <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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:
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> 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:
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> 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
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> 3) Rename each set of sorted images, now in the individual folders, to image001, image002, image003, image004, image005 etc etc
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> 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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