File Renaming Options

Photos, Videos, and Documents can be renamed in several areas in Mylio Photos.

Media can be renamed on import, inside the application to aid in organization, and on export. The settings below will guide you in choosing the correct formatting to create your desired filename(s).

File Naming Presets

• Prefix-Sequence – lets you enter custom text as a prefix and automatically numbers the images. For example, if you’re renaming a folder of flower photos, you might choose to enter “flowers” in the prefix field. Your images would be renamed flowers1.jpg, flowers2.jpg, flowers3.jpg, etc.
• Year-Month-Day-# – uses the image metadata to determine the capture date of each photo and applies that date to the file name. A series of images captured on April 8, 2006 would be renamed to 2006-04-08-1.jpg, 2006-04-08-2.jpg, 2006-04-08-3.jpg, etc.
• Year-Month-# – uses the image metadata to determine the capture year and month of each photo and applies that information to the file name. A series of images captured on April 8, 2006 would be renamed as 2006-04-1.jpg, 2006-04-08-2.jpg, 2006-04-3.jpg, etc.
• Camera-# – uses the image metadata to determine the camera model used to capture the photo and applies that information to the file name. A series of images captured by a Canon EOS Digital Rebel would be renamed to Canon EOS Digital Rebel-1.jpg, Canon EOS Digital Rebel-2.jpg, Canon EOS Digital Rebel-3.jpg, etc.
• Custom – allows you to choose specific information to include in your file names. For example, if you’re renaming a series of flower photos captured on April 8, 2006, you may want to create a filename template that contains the date, some custom text describing the subject matter, and the sequence. A custom template of {d}_custom-text_{n4} would rename your files to 20060408-flowers-0001.jpg, etc. Scroll down for a complete list of custom options.

Custom Filename Options

Selecting the Custom File Naming option lets you choose specific information to include in your filenames. The following list includes the available parameters.

• {a} Abbreviated weekday name e.g. Fri
• {A} Full weekday name e.g. Friday
• {b} Abbreviated month name e.g. Jun
• {B} Full month name e.g. June
• {c} Camera serial number e.g. 026401
• {CY} Current year e.g. 2022
• {CM} Current month e.g. 01 to 12
• {CD} Current day of the month e.g. 01 to 31
• {CT} Current time HHMMSS e.g. 101259
• {d} Date in the form YYMMDD e.g. 001231 (for December 31, 2000)
• {D} Day of the month e.g. 01 to 31
• {F} Name of the folder that contains the media e.g. Vacation2015 for a folder named Vacation 2015
• {h} Hour – 12 hour clock e.g. 01 to 12
• {H} Hour – 24 hour clock e.g. 00 to 23
• {i} Abbreviated camera name e.g. 5D (for Canon EOS 5D)
• {I} Full camera name e.g. Canon EOS 5D
• {j} Day of the year e.g. 001-366
• {m} Month e.g. 01 to 12
• {M} Minutes e.g. 00-59
• {n1} Sequence Number e.g. 1, 12, 150
• {n2} Same as {n1} with zero padding for 1-9 e.g. 01, 12, 150
• {n3} Same as {n1} with zero padding for 1-99 e.g. 001, 012, 150
• {n4} Same as {n1} with zero padding for 1-999 e.g. 0001, 0012, 0150
• {o} Image file name without the extension e.g. IMG_332 for IMG_332.jpg
• {p} AM/PM indicator (lowercase) e.g. pm
• {P} AM/PM indicator (uppercase) e.g. PM
• {q} Quarter e.g. Q{q} gives Q2 for June
• {S} Seconds e.g. 00 to 59
• {t} Time in the form HHMMSS e.g. Equivalent to {H}{M}{S}
• {y} Abbreviated Year e.g. 04 for 2004
• {Y} Year e.g. 2004