Lightroom export order

[herma]

<p>I am in a terrible bind. I have to burn about 400+ photo's to a dvd. They have been processed in LR in order of capture time from 3 different camera's. I tells the this is the story of the wedding in chronological order. Now I cannot get them on a CD in that specific order. I have renamed all the files:{ custom name, orginal file, 001}, thinking that the sequence 001 to 413 will export them in that order.<br>

I am sorry if this has been asked before but I am in a super hurry and I cant figure it out.</p>

<p>Thanks a bunch if you can help.</p>

[roger_smith4]

<p>If the photos are in the right order in library mode in Lightroom, when you select them all they should be exported in the same order. I did this with a few weddings as well.</p>

[pbalko]

<p>Windows? Chances are it's your OS and/or your burn software that's ordering them by the custom name. Try putting the sequence first when you name the files on export: 001, etc. That should clean it up.</p>

[mark_sirota1]

<p>Right, if you're trying to sort by filename, you need to put the sequence number first. It's not Lightroom that determines the sort order, you're just asking Lightroom to create filenames that something else can sort.</p>

[roger_smith4]

<p>But won't it alphabetize properly in either order (image1 comes before image2 alphabetically)? I never start with sequence numbers myself.</p>

[pbalko]

<p>Assuming, in Herma's case, "custom name" is alphabetic and the same for all images; and "original file" is numeric; and sequence is last, the reading software will order the images according to the first set of numbers, i.e. the "original file." If "custom name" is different for each image, then all bets are off as the software will order the images alphabetically. Placing the sequence first seems to be the easiest way to ensure export of the images in the order in which they've been arranged regardless of the custom name and original file number.</p>

[keithdunlop]

<p>We would have to know exactly what your file naming is in order to answer your question. What is the "custom name", "original file"??</p>

[herma]

<p>Custom name is the couples name: AmyJohn, same for all 413 images.<br>

Original file : a variety of numbers, this is probably where it all goes wrong. I wanted to be able to find the original file incase of a fix.<br>

Sequence: Because I have 413 files, I picked the option 001. Figuring the whole triple number thing.<br>

I shall try to do the sequence right after the custom name.</p>

 

[r_johnston]

<p>If you have Lightroom, export them with a custom file name. <br>

IE... AmyJohn-YYYY-Mon-Day-HRMN-Second... the series can be set in Custom to sort this way. By including the second, it forces them into order, even if you shot several in one minute.<br>

Its made sorting much easier for me.</p>