ImgNumberer Documentation

Introduction

I wanted a tool to make naming and numbering images from my digital camera both easier and quicker. So I wrote this GUI application as a C# and .NET learning project.

Typical Usage

Take the images off your camera, and place them in a folder on your hard drive.
Start up the ImgNumberer application.
Click the "Add File(s)..." button and then select the files you want, OR
drag and drop the files from Explorer to the ImgNumberer image list.
Sort the images in the list, if you wish, by clicking on the various column headers. Clicking a header once sorts ascending, clicking on the same column again sorts descending.
Go through your images one by one, working your way down the list. If "Show Image" is checked and you have one image selected, you will see it displayed (scaled if necessary) below the image list. You can resize the application window if you like.
You can make a quick first pass through the list, to remove any images you don't want to keep. To remove one or more images from the list, select them and click the "Remove Selected" button. The files will not be physically erased from your folder, they will simply be removed from the image list. This way you can easily re-add them later if you change your mind.
Name your images in-place by double clicking on their names in the "New Name" column, or by selecting them and clicking on "Rename Selected...". If you have more than one image selected, you will get prompted for a name that will be used for all of them (the name of the last image selected will be used as the default). Note that it is perfectly OK for several files to have the exact same name at this point, because when you number them later the names will become unique (e.g. "07-Car.jpg" and "08-Car.jpg"). If an image in the list has a new name (in the "New Name" column) that is different from the original name (in the "Orig Name" column), it will be colored blue.
If you would like to group or reorganize the images, you can move them around in the list by selecting them and clicking the "Move Up" or "Move Down" buttons.
When you have your images named and ordered like you want them in the list, you are ready to number them. The default "Min Digits" value is 2, which means the images will be numbered with two digits on the front of the filename like "01-Truck.jpg". You can change this if you like. Note that if more digits are needed (e.g. you have 100 images in the list, but have "Min Digits" set to 2) then more will be used automatically. The default "Start Num" value is 1, but you can change this if you are adding to an existing collection of images and want to start at another number.
Look over the list to make sure everything is how you want it. Then when you are ready to apply the changes, click "Write Changes" and the files will be renamed. Presto! You're done!

Tips

You can press F1 to display this help at almost any time.
You can Undo and Redo all actions except "Write Changes". Once you write your changes, your undo history will be erased and will start over after that point. So make sure you are ready before clicking "Write Changes"!
If you right-click in the image list, you will get a context menu that will allow you to perform most actions.
The hotkeys for "Move Up" (Alt+U) and "Move Down" (Alt+D) are much quicker than using the buttons.
Columns in the image list can be resized and moved around, like in Explorer.
When editing either a single image name or multiple names, you can use ESC to cancel the change.