User Guide

Chapter 3: Manage mode
Place in
subfolders
Subfolders drop-
down list
Displays the following pre-defined subfolder options to select:
Single folder by name: Creates a new subfolder with the name you type
into the Name field, which activates when you select this option. All the files
are placed into a folder with the new name.
Single folder today's date: Creates one folder using today's date as the
name and places all the files into the folder.
Nested folder - today's date: Creates a series of nested folders, one
below the other, based on today's date and on the format you select in the
Format field, which activates when you select this option. The folders are
created as the sample shows and all the files are placed in the lowest folder.
Nested folder - file's date: Creates multiple sets of nested folders based
on the files' dates and on the format you select in the Format field, which
activates when you select this option. The folders are created as the sample
shows and the files are imported into the lowest folders on each date.
Preserve folder names: Preserves existing folder names when you use
the From Disk option to import. For example, if you have a flash drive or CD
containing images in a complex set of subfolders, the whole folder tree is
imported intact.
Format Displays date format options for the Nested folder options (see above).
Sample Displays a sample of the nested folders that will be created using the current
settings (see above).
Backup to Backup destination
drop-down list
Creates a backup set of files using an exact duplicate of the subfolders you have
selected under Place in subfolders.
You can also do one of the following:
Click Browse and then navigate to an existing folder to use as a backup des-
tination.
Click Browse and then Make New Folder to create a new folder as a
backup destination.
Any Organize settings (ACD Database, EXIF, or IPTC data) will not be
added to this backup copy when you import. Existing file metadata is
included in the backup copy.
Rename files to Rename template
drop-down list
Renames each file as it imports according these predefined renaming templates:
Date/time - filename: Creates each filename using the file date and time
the file was created plus the original filename.
Date/time: Creates each filename using the file date and the time it was
created.
Camera - sequence number: Creates each filename using the camera
name and a sequential number starting at one.
Date/time - sequence number: Creates each filename using the file date
and the time it was created plus a sequential number starting at one.
Camera - filename: Creates each filename using the camera name and
the original filename.
When you create and save your own renaming templates, they also appear in this
list for you to select.
Edit Opens the Rename Templates dialog box where you can create and save your
own renaming templates.
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